The Round-Up – ERWFL 03/12/17

The Round-Up

Sunday 3rd December

ERWFL Premier Division

Cambridge City Ladies fantastic league form continues as the newly promoted side keep hold of the leaders spot in the ERWFL Premier Division winning away to Essex side Brentwood Town Ladies to extend their unbeaten run to 8 matches winning 7. A single goal enough to secure all 3 points on Sunday scored by Bella Simmons who takes her goals tally to 13 for the season from 11 appearances. 

   Cambridge City Ladies remain a point clear of 2nd placed Billericay Town Ladies who also won at the weekend taking on 3rd placed Acle United Ladies in the Premier Division on Sunday. The Essex side getting off to a fantastic start scoring 2 goals in the opening 2 minutes were 3-0 up before the opening quarter of an hour. The lead 4-0 to Billericay at half-time, Paris Smith netting a brace along with a goal each for Georgia Bx and captain Lindsey Morgan. Acle had chances 1st half and came back strongly in the 2nd half Megan Todd wearing the captains armband scoring twice in the 57th and 74th minute not enough however the damage done early in the game Billericay Town keeping up the pressure on the league leaders.

Writtle Ladies finally got back to winning ways after a slump in the league that has seen the one time league leaders take just 2 points from their last 5 games. Came out on top in a 7 goal thriller away to Suffolk side AFC Sudbury Ladies. Goals from captain Abigail Fry, Lucy Jones Hannah Mold and Sophie Vale seeing the Essex side edge the result 4-3 to claim the 3 points and take them back above Acle United into 3rd position. Stacey Teager, Charlene Roach and Semma Halil scoring the goals for AFC Sudbury Ladies.

   It was a Bedfordshire derby on Sunday in the ERWFL Premier Division with 6th placed Bedford Ladies hosting 5th placed AFC Dunstable Ladies. The hosts winning the game 2-0 with goals from Setor Acolatse and Eden Kibron to close the gap on AFC Dunstable to a single point.

ERWFL Division One North

 King’s Lynn Town Ladies are now 7 points clear in the ERWFL Division One North as they recorded their 7th straight win in the league on Sunday at home to Silver End United Ladies they finished the game strongly to take all 3 points with a 5-1 win over the Essex side. Two goals for Olivia Baker, with Tiffany Forshaw, Georgia Reardon and Shelley Woods all claiming a goal each. Rebecca Hollocks scoring for Silver End United Ladies.

3rd placed Wymondham Town Ladies were on the road on Sunday taking on 2nd placed Ipswich Wanderers Ladies, have played half the league games of their opponents due to cup commitments Wymondham Town remain unbeaten in the ERWFL Division One North are scoring plenty of goals two in good form added to that fire power with the addition of striker Hannah Waters formerly with Lowestoft Town Ladies. A blistering start too for Waters in her 1st start for Wymondham scoring in the 6th minute her 1st goal for the club had a hat-trick just TWO minutes later scoring in the 7th and 8th minute. Mollie O’Callaghan made it 4-0 to Wymondham just 2 minutes later. Top scorer Laura Nicholls scored her 22nd goal in the 37th minute to see Wymondham lead 5-0 with Waters scoring her 4th of the game a minute from half-time to see the visitors end a dominant 1st half leading 6-0. Two more goals midway through the 2nd half saw Wymondham win the game 8-0 both O’Callaghan and Waters getting on the scoresheet again. 49 goals now from 7 league games for Wymondham as they look to chase down the leaders.

Histon Ladies were at home in the ERWFL Division One North on Sunday hosting Ipswich Town Ladies Development. Emily Steward putting the visitors into the lead before Katie Seagrave equalised for Histon with 5 minutes left of the 1st the hosts going on to score again late in the 1st half to lead 2-1 Seagrave claiming her 2nd of the game. Histon extending their lead 3 minutes into the 2nd half Sophie Hopkin netting the goal the lead 4-1 going into the final 20 minutes Abigail Davies getting the goal. 15 minutes left and Ipswich Town Development mounted a fightback to claim a point awarded a penalty Grace Bowman stepped up to score to make it 4-2. 5 minutes later it was 4-3 Steward with her 2nd of the game. Into the final 5 minutes and another penalty awarded to the visitors Bowman taking it again and scoring to level the scores up at 4-4.

ERWFL Division One South

Little Thurrock Dynamos Ladies kept their winning start to the season going in the ERWFL Division One South, the Essex side making it 7 wins from 7 to close the gap on Stevenage Ladies Reserves to 6 points with 2 games in hand winning away from home to fellow Essex rivals Hutton Ladies who they have already played 5 times this season in league and cup. Came out on top once again leading 1-0 at half-time went on to win the game 3-1 in the 2nd half. Kerri Thomas scoring a brace for Little Thurrock along with a goal for captain Abbie Simmonds.

At the other end of the ERWFL Division One South, it was good to see Bishops Stortford Ladies returning to action for the 1st time in over a month a difficult period for the club have regrouped and ready to go again this Sunday taking on Hertford Town Ladies. A brace for Kathryn Stanley along with a goal a piece for Heather Martin and Brogan McHale seeing Bishops Stortford win 4-2 to claim their 2nd league win of the season.