Oxford City threw a massive spanner in Bournemouth Sports' title hopes with a 3-0 win at Marsh Lane. Ascot, meanwhile, were winning 2-0 at Badshot Lea to put them nine points clear. The Yellawomen are now in a position where Sports require them to drop points if they have any hope of catching them. In the North, Long Crendon are there in all but name. Only Milton United can catch them and, even then, they need a huge 30 goal swing to go above them. The teams meet next weekend at The Heights. At the bottom Caversham won at Eversley. Their second victory of the season which puts them level on points with The Boars. The teams meet on the last day of the season. The big game in the South finished all-square between Stoneham and Portchester, leaving both still trailing Havant by four points. Portchy need to win 3 of their last 4 to guarantee the title.
Thursday 7 March
Penn & Tylers Green 5-1 (3-0) Abingdon United Development
Finally, after many a postponed game and relocation to The Northcourt, this game got played. Despite relinquishing home advantage, Penn raced into a three goal lead at half-time, before scoring two more after the break. Liberty Dieppe and Ellie Ludgate-Williams both got a brace whilst captain Rachel Harnby also chipped in. Abingdon's consolation was scored by, you've guessed it, Mimi Hodges.
Penn & Tylers Green 5-1 (3-0) Abingdon United Development
Finally, after many a postponed game and relocation to The Northcourt, this game got played. Despite relinquishing home advantage, Penn raced into a three goal lead at half-time, before scoring two more after the break. Liberty Dieppe and Ellie Ludgate-Williams both got a brace whilst captain Rachel Harnby also chipped in. Abingdon's consolation was scored by, you've guessed it, Mimi Hodges.
Premier League
Top of the League - Ascot United : Top Scorer - Ellie White (22), Oxford City
Badshot Lea 0-2 Ascot United
United did exactly what they needed to do. An early Nicole Brown goal got them off to just the start they wanted. The lead was held until half-time, then on the hour mark, Hayley Cruickshank made certain. Meanwhile, up in Oxfordshire, Bournemouth Sports were unexpectedly dropping points, leaving the Yellawomen nine points clear at the top. Meaning that the title is now in their own hands. Read the match report on the Ascot United website.
Eastleigh 0-1 Woodley United
A bare bones Woodley side with only eleven available players battled hard to win the points at Eastleigh. A foul on May Hamblin with ten minutes of the first half remaining saw them awarded a penalty which Tina Brett stroked home. Photographer Andy Wicks was on hand to capture all of the action for us.
Oxford City 3-0 Bournemouth Sports
The Hoops kept up their challenge for a top three finish and at the same time, put a massive dent in Bournemouth's title hopes. The game looked to be going into the real goalless until birthday girl Emily Harris popped up with the opened two minutes into added time. Shortly after the break captain Georgina Tayman made it 2-0 and , to top off a great performance, Ellie White added her 22nd goal of the season with just under a quarter of an hour left. Read the match report on the Oxford City web site.
Winchester City Flyers 1-3 Warminster Town
Flyers took the lead in the 32nd minute through Jane Yeates, scoring for the second consecutive game after her hat-trick at Woking. The hosts then missed a golden opportunity to go two up on the stroke of half-time. They were made to regret the mess as Town stormed back in the second half. Maddie Brown and Mia Blazey gave the visitors a 2-1 lead just 11 minutes after the restart. Poppy Wannell then added icing to the cake with five minutes to go.
United did exactly what they needed to do. An early Nicole Brown goal got them off to just the start they wanted. The lead was held until half-time, then on the hour mark, Hayley Cruickshank made certain. Meanwhile, up in Oxfordshire, Bournemouth Sports were unexpectedly dropping points, leaving the Yellawomen nine points clear at the top. Meaning that the title is now in their own hands. Read the match report on the Ascot United website.
Eastleigh 0-1 Woodley United
A bare bones Woodley side with only eleven available players battled hard to win the points at Eastleigh. A foul on May Hamblin with ten minutes of the first half remaining saw them awarded a penalty which Tina Brett stroked home. Photographer Andy Wicks was on hand to capture all of the action for us.
Oxford City 3-0 Bournemouth Sports
The Hoops kept up their challenge for a top three finish and at the same time, put a massive dent in Bournemouth's title hopes. The game looked to be going into the real goalless until birthday girl Emily Harris popped up with the opened two minutes into added time. Shortly after the break captain Georgina Tayman made it 2-0 and , to top off a great performance, Ellie White added her 22nd goal of the season with just under a quarter of an hour left. Read the match report on the Oxford City web site.
Winchester City Flyers 1-3 Warminster Town
Flyers took the lead in the 32nd minute through Jane Yeates, scoring for the second consecutive game after her hat-trick at Woking. The hosts then missed a golden opportunity to go two up on the stroke of half-time. They were made to regret the mess as Town stormed back in the second half. Maddie Brown and Mia Blazey gave the visitors a 2-1 lead just 11 minutes after the restart. Poppy Wannell then added icing to the cake with five minutes to go.
Division One North
Top of the League - Long Crendon : Top Scorer - Henna Hussain (23), Penn & Tylers Green
Caversham United 1-0 Eversley & California
In a season that has seen far more downs than ups, the Goats have not let their heads drop, and got their just rewards in this massive relegation 6-pointer at Mapeldurham. A single Emily Buckingham strike gave Caversham all the victory, moving them level on points with The Boars, but still bottom due to their vastly inferior goal difference. Eversley still have plenty of games left but with the teams meeting again on the final day, this result could yet prove to be pivotal.
Wycombe Wanderers u23 1-2 Long Crendon
So close they can almost touch it. Long Crendon took a giant step towards the title at the weekend with a hard-earned 2-1 win at Wycombe. Eleanor Lovelock scored both goals for the title favourites with Eleanor Mitchell grabbing the goal for the young Chairgirls. Just one more point to make it mathematically certain for Long Crendon now.
In a season that has seen far more downs than ups, the Goats have not let their heads drop, and got their just rewards in this massive relegation 6-pointer at Mapeldurham. A single Emily Buckingham strike gave Caversham all the victory, moving them level on points with The Boars, but still bottom due to their vastly inferior goal difference. Eversley still have plenty of games left but with the teams meeting again on the final day, this result could yet prove to be pivotal.
Wycombe Wanderers u23 1-2 Long Crendon
So close they can almost touch it. Long Crendon took a giant step towards the title at the weekend with a hard-earned 2-1 win at Wycombe. Eleanor Lovelock scored both goals for the title favourites with Eleanor Mitchell grabbing the goal for the young Chairgirls. Just one more point to make it mathematically certain for Long Crendon now.
Division One South
Top of the League - Havant & Waterlooville : Top Scorer - Chloe Melton (27), AFC Stoneham
AFC Stoneham 1-1 AFC Portchester
There's nothing to separate these two in the league table and there was nothing between them on the pitch on Sunday. With two games in hand and the better goal difference, it's still advantage Portchester in the race to haul back current leaders Havant & Waterlooville, after Charmaine True earned them a point. Win every remaining game and they will be champions.
Fleet Town P-P Woking
There's nothing to separate these two in the league table and there was nothing between them on the pitch on Sunday. With two games in hand and the better goal difference, it's still advantage Portchester in the race to haul back current leaders Havant & Waterlooville, after Charmaine True earned them a point. Win every remaining game and they will be champions.
Fleet Town P-P Woking
Fixtures - Sunday 17th March
Premier League
Bournemouth Sports v Badshot Lea
After last weekend's unexpected defeat, this is a must win for Bournemouth. Next weekend they go head to head with Ascot but that would be a dead rubber if they were to not take all three points against The Baggies. The reverse fixture in January was quite a close affair that Sports edged by 2-1 with all three goals in the first half. Holly Montgomery scored for Badshot Lea with Bournemouth's goals coming from Rosie Eden and Liane Folkenstern.
Chapel Gate, Nr Hurn Airport, East Parley, Hampshire BH23 6BL.
Warminster Town v Wycombe Wanderers
Town's 3-1 win at Winchester on Sunday saw them leapfrog The Chairgirls into fifth spot. However, Wanderers have a game in hand. The reverse fixture, way back in September last year, was a topsy-turvy game that ended in a draw after both teams had led. Charlotte Hill put Wycombe ahead but Mia Blazey and Rebecca Snelling had Town 2-1 up at the break. Katie Riddington levelled it up just after the hour.
Weymouth Street, Warminster BA12 9NS
Winchester City Flyers v Woodley United
Flyers squandered a 1-0 lead on Sunday before going down 3-1 to Warminster. Meanwhile, Woodley were winning 1-0 at Eastleigh to give themselves a very good chance of a top three finish on their Premier League return. Back in November Woodley beat Flyers 3-1 at Bulmershe Pavilion in a game that saw two red cards, Maddie Sawyer for Woodley and Charlie Snelling for Flyers. The score was level after 90 minutes but Bonnie Messitt and Katie Hudson scored added time goals for United.
Winklebury Football Complex, Winklebury Way, Basingstoke, Hants RG23 8BF
Division One North
Kidlington v Beaconsfield Town
The Greens will be looking for a strong finish in their last two games as they seek to hang on to second spot. They won the reverse fixture 4-2 at Holloways Park, a game that saw Courtney Sumner score twice whilst Town were reduced to ten for the final 10 minutes when Ciara Moore was sent-off. The Rams are comfortably clear of the bottom two and showed just what a good side they can be when they beat Penn & Tylers Green in the County Cup last time out, a game that Botp was lucky enough to be present at. (Rams Hit The Right Spot).
Exeter Park, Crown Road, Kidlington OX5 1AB
Milton United v Long Crendon
The title is all over bar the shouting. However this weekend pits champions-in-waiting Long Crendon with the only team that has even the remotest chance of catching them, Milton United. Anything less than a home win hands the trophy to the visitors mathematically. The reverse fixture was very close, a single Brooke Burns goal for Crendon was the difference. If Milton were to win on Sunday they would still need to win all of their remaining fixtures whilst overturning a 30-goal goal difference deficit.
Milton Heights, Potash Lane, Milton, Abingdon OX14 4XB
Penn & Tylers Green v Chesham United Development
The reverse of this fixture was given to Chesham as a home walkover, making this their first encounter this season. They are currently locked together on 28 points but Chesham have played one more game than Sunday's hosts. Penn and a morale boosting 5-1 win in the Combined Counties Cup last midweek whilst Chesham went down 4-1 to Long Crendon in their last game.
French School Meadow, Elm Road, Penn HP10 8LG
Wycombe Wanderers u23 v Eversley & California
After Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Caversham the Boars are glancing nervously over their shoulder at the bottom side, who are now level on points. In Eversley's favour, they do still have nine games remaining whereas The Goats have just four. They do, however, still have to play each other. Wycombe are currently third but with their game in hand on Kidlington, could move into second place. Either way, they have had a tremendous first season at this level.
18i78 Stadium, Wymers Wood Road, Burnham SL1 8JG
Division One South
AFC Stoneham v Woking
The big games come thick and fast for The Purps. A week after their crunch clash with Portchester ended all-square, they welcome fourth placed Woking to Stoneham Lane. Their earlier meeting ended level. Chloe Melton had Stoneham in front early on but a second half strike from Helen Ogle sent both teams home with a point. A draw would not be a favourable result for either team this time out.
Stoneham Lane Fotball Complex, Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh SO16 2PA
Abbey Rangers v AFC Portchester
Portchy's point at Stoneham last weekend means that their title hopes lie within their own hands. Win their remaining games, which includes a trip to current leaders Havant & Waterlooville, and they will be champions. Rangers, although nine points clear of the bottom, are still not mathematically safe and this is their last game of the season, so they'll be itching to get something out of it. The two previous meetings this season, one league and one league cup encounter, were big wins for Portchester on both occasions, 7-1 in the league and 9-0 in the cup.
Addlestone Moor, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 2QH
Fleet Town v Rushmoor Community
Rushmoor go into this, their last game of the season, sees them six points above their bottom placed opponents. However, Fleet still have four more games to come after this one. Admittedly two are against Portchester and one against Stoneham. In between those, they also have a North Hants Cup Final with Andover New Street, a competition that saw them beat Rushmoor 2-1 on their way to the final. However, their other two meeting, in the league and league cup, both went the way of Rushmoor by scorelines of 4-0 and 5-1.
Crookham Road, Fleet GU51 5FA
Bournemouth Sports v Badshot Lea
After last weekend's unexpected defeat, this is a must win for Bournemouth. Next weekend they go head to head with Ascot but that would be a dead rubber if they were to not take all three points against The Baggies. The reverse fixture in January was quite a close affair that Sports edged by 2-1 with all three goals in the first half. Holly Montgomery scored for Badshot Lea with Bournemouth's goals coming from Rosie Eden and Liane Folkenstern.
Chapel Gate, Nr Hurn Airport, East Parley, Hampshire BH23 6BL.
Warminster Town v Wycombe Wanderers
Town's 3-1 win at Winchester on Sunday saw them leapfrog The Chairgirls into fifth spot. However, Wanderers have a game in hand. The reverse fixture, way back in September last year, was a topsy-turvy game that ended in a draw after both teams had led. Charlotte Hill put Wycombe ahead but Mia Blazey and Rebecca Snelling had Town 2-1 up at the break. Katie Riddington levelled it up just after the hour.
Weymouth Street, Warminster BA12 9NS
Winchester City Flyers v Woodley United
Flyers squandered a 1-0 lead on Sunday before going down 3-1 to Warminster. Meanwhile, Woodley were winning 1-0 at Eastleigh to give themselves a very good chance of a top three finish on their Premier League return. Back in November Woodley beat Flyers 3-1 at Bulmershe Pavilion in a game that saw two red cards, Maddie Sawyer for Woodley and Charlie Snelling for Flyers. The score was level after 90 minutes but Bonnie Messitt and Katie Hudson scored added time goals for United.
Winklebury Football Complex, Winklebury Way, Basingstoke, Hants RG23 8BF
Division One North
Kidlington v Beaconsfield Town
The Greens will be looking for a strong finish in their last two games as they seek to hang on to second spot. They won the reverse fixture 4-2 at Holloways Park, a game that saw Courtney Sumner score twice whilst Town were reduced to ten for the final 10 minutes when Ciara Moore was sent-off. The Rams are comfortably clear of the bottom two and showed just what a good side they can be when they beat Penn & Tylers Green in the County Cup last time out, a game that Botp was lucky enough to be present at. (Rams Hit The Right Spot).
Exeter Park, Crown Road, Kidlington OX5 1AB
Milton United v Long Crendon
The title is all over bar the shouting. However this weekend pits champions-in-waiting Long Crendon with the only team that has even the remotest chance of catching them, Milton United. Anything less than a home win hands the trophy to the visitors mathematically. The reverse fixture was very close, a single Brooke Burns goal for Crendon was the difference. If Milton were to win on Sunday they would still need to win all of their remaining fixtures whilst overturning a 30-goal goal difference deficit.
Milton Heights, Potash Lane, Milton, Abingdon OX14 4XB
Penn & Tylers Green v Chesham United Development
The reverse of this fixture was given to Chesham as a home walkover, making this their first encounter this season. They are currently locked together on 28 points but Chesham have played one more game than Sunday's hosts. Penn and a morale boosting 5-1 win in the Combined Counties Cup last midweek whilst Chesham went down 4-1 to Long Crendon in their last game.
French School Meadow, Elm Road, Penn HP10 8LG
Wycombe Wanderers u23 v Eversley & California
After Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Caversham the Boars are glancing nervously over their shoulder at the bottom side, who are now level on points. In Eversley's favour, they do still have nine games remaining whereas The Goats have just four. They do, however, still have to play each other. Wycombe are currently third but with their game in hand on Kidlington, could move into second place. Either way, they have had a tremendous first season at this level.
18i78 Stadium, Wymers Wood Road, Burnham SL1 8JG
Division One South
AFC Stoneham v Woking
The big games come thick and fast for The Purps. A week after their crunch clash with Portchester ended all-square, they welcome fourth placed Woking to Stoneham Lane. Their earlier meeting ended level. Chloe Melton had Stoneham in front early on but a second half strike from Helen Ogle sent both teams home with a point. A draw would not be a favourable result for either team this time out.
Stoneham Lane Fotball Complex, Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh SO16 2PA
Abbey Rangers v AFC Portchester
Portchy's point at Stoneham last weekend means that their title hopes lie within their own hands. Win their remaining games, which includes a trip to current leaders Havant & Waterlooville, and they will be champions. Rangers, although nine points clear of the bottom, are still not mathematically safe and this is their last game of the season, so they'll be itching to get something out of it. The two previous meetings this season, one league and one league cup encounter, were big wins for Portchester on both occasions, 7-1 in the league and 9-0 in the cup.
Addlestone Moor, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 2QH
Fleet Town v Rushmoor Community
Rushmoor go into this, their last game of the season, sees them six points above their bottom placed opponents. However, Fleet still have four more games to come after this one. Admittedly two are against Portchester and one against Stoneham. In between those, they also have a North Hants Cup Final with Andover New Street, a competition that saw them beat Rushmoor 2-1 on their way to the final. However, their other two meeting, in the league and league cup, both went the way of Rushmoor by scorelines of 4-0 and 5-1.
Crookham Road, Fleet GU51 5FA
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