Forest Women, Cobblers and Pirates all go top in FA WNL | OneFootball

Lisa Milliken of Northampton Town celebrates with Lalia Channell and Jemima Footitt after scoring against Sutton Coldfield Town. (Photo by Pete Norton/Getty Images)

Nottingham Forest, Northampton Town and Real Bedford all went top of their respective FA Women’s National League tables with victories on Thursday 13 February.

Northern Premier Division

Hull City P-P Halifax Nottingham Forest 1-0 Rugby Borough (Att: 923)

Nottingham Forest are back on top of the table again, three points ahead of Wolves, after Mel Johnson made an 87th-minute breakthrough against Rugby Borough at the City Ground.

Southern Premier Division

Oxford United 3-0 Milton Keynes Dons (Att: 138)

Oxford United went fourth when pushing MK Dons closer to the drop, Zoe Barratt’s opener added to in the last quarter of the match by a Phoebie Poole brace.

Division 1 Midlands

Loughborough Lightning 1-1 Peterborough United (Att: 555) Northampton Town 6-0 Sutton Coldfield Town

One of four teams could have ended the day top of the table, six-goal Northampton Town the side that did so while Loughborough Lightning and Peterborough United drew to remain behind Leafield Athletic.

Jade Bell hit a hat-trick for the Cobblers, substitute Lisa Milliken scored twice and Amber Pearson was also on target.

Loughborough rewarded their record attendance with a fifth-minute goal from outside the box by Morgan Rogers but the Posh levelled in the 89th minute, when Hayley James headed home from a corner.

Division 1 North

Barnsley FC 1-2 Huddersfield Town (Att: 78) Chorley 1-0 AFC Fylde (Att: 340) Durham Cestria P-P Norton & Stockton Ancients

Chorley tackle AFC Fylde. (Photo: John Shirras)

Chorley returned to third place with a single-goal success over basement side Fylde, Huddersfield Town came from behind to win at Barnsley FC, Katie Astle and Beth Stansfield replying to Jodie Gregory’s second-half opener.

Division 1 South East

Cambridge United 1-2 Real Bedford (Att: 103) Chesham United 1-0 Actonians (Att: 42) London Seaward 0-2 London Bees (Att: 78)

Real Bedford overtook Chatham Town and Norwich City to go top with a game or two in hand on their title rivals. Leyla O’Brien’s first-half brace was enough for the win at Cambridge United, whose Sarah Wiltshire halved the deficit with 17 minutes left.

Chesham United beat fourth-placed Actonians with Maddie Wright’s goal soon after the interval, to move further clear of the bottom two,

London Bees took the points 2-0 at London Seaward, who are now 11 points from safety. Megan Burrows opened the scoring and Sam Lanza got the second when following up Hayley Hoare’s strike against the crossbar.

Division 1 South West

Bristol Rovers P-P Keynsham Town Moneyfields 2-2 Worthing Portishead Town 2-3 Bridgwater United (Att: 87)

Fourth-placed Worthing battled back from two down to draw 2-2 at second-in-the-table Moneyfields. Megan Fox netted twice for the hosts but the Rebels forced two deflected own-goals in the space of five minutes.

Portishead Town stay in the relegation zone despite twice going ahead against Bridgwater United. Emily Lindsey got both their goals, the second from the spot but Ellie-Mae Bell, Connie Pengelly and then Ella-Mae Miller struck for the visitors.

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