Bradford City WFC vs Blackburn Rovers LFC Programme

FAWPL Round-up: Sunday 27 November
A narrow 3-2 victory over Derby County took
Middlesbrough to the top of the FA Women’s
Premier League Northern Division last Sunday.
Bianca Owens’ 13th goal in 14 games put Boro
ahead, but not for long. Nicole Dale equalised
less than five minutes later as the Rams aimed
to bounce back from a surprise cup exit at
lower-league Chester le Street Town.
However, instead they would fall to a third
successive defeat by the same scoreline which
Boro beat them in the reverse.
Emily Scarr put the visitors ahead again just
past the hour, while substitute Ellie Dobson
doubled that lead.
Ellie May pulled one back for Derby off the
bench to make for a nervy finish, but Boro saw
out the result to move to the summit.
The big battle at the bottom, meanwhile, saw
Nottingham Forest come out on top as they
downed Newcastle United 5-1.
The Toon Army are four points adrift at the
foot of the table now, with Annabel
McKechnie’s seventh minute strike
immediately putting them on the back foot in
the game.
Katie Lowder added another before half time,
while Charlotte Broad and Catherine Beaver
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had Forest 4-0 up before the hour.
Sophie Williams pulled one back for United,
but Georgia Gladwin restored the hosts’ four
goal lead in the dying moments.
Result—Sunday 27 November:
Derby County 2-3 Middlesbrough
Huddersfield Town 1-6 Leicester City
Nottingham Forest 5-1 Newcastle United
Stoke City 1-3 Bradford City
Elsewhere, Leicester City ran riot in
Huddersfield in a result that did anything but
follow the recent form of both sides.
It took the Foxes only five minutes to break
the deadlock through Kim Farrow, and Shauna
Cossens would double that lead before the 15
minute mark.
Town captain Kate Mallin pulled one back
before the half hour mark, but Leicester
restored their two goal lead within a minute
as Farrow bagged her second of the day.
Sophie Domingo’s penalty made it four before
the break, while another for her and a header
from Lauren Impey rounded things off nicely
in the second period to take Leicester into
third.