It was skin or swim for Viking South Utsira’s title bid as, having climbed back up to second place the previous week, they travelled to leaders La République de Random.
With five points between the sides at the start of play, only a win was good enough for The Blood Eagles. Hopes of this lasted for, ooh, 27 minutes. That was when Random’s early pressure and chances became a lead, one they never came close to surrendering. It was two by the break and three midway through the second-half as Velvet Android’s side were well beaten.
Defeat saw Utsira lose a place to sit third in Division 3e. But only goal difference out of the play-off place. Promotion is still possible, but then so is relegation as the side in sixth only trail VSU by five points.
The mid-table zone of Division 4h is rather congested, making matches such as Drakaina’s meeting with Pinkie Pie rather edgy affairs.
The first half was balanced pretty well on a knife-edge, The Dragons just shading it with 52% of the ball and the one chance of the 45 minutes. The balance shifted very marginally towards Etienne’s girls after the break, pushing up to 54% possession and 2-1 on chances. With three up front, this was enough for the key breakthrough, Grace Winter nodding home just past the hour-mark.
If anything Drakaina’s win made things even tighter. They remain fifth, one point ahead of the drop zone but only two adrift of the play-offs.
Much like VSU, if LNWR Locomotive wanted to re-stoke their promotion fires they needed to beat FC Sprezzatura.
The Steamers trailed fairly early on as Sprezzatura struck on 11 minutes, and generally found themselves on the back foot despite Viktor Boskovic’s exhortations from the touchline. Hopes continued to flicker as long as the gap remained at one, which was up until the hosts scored a 77th minute penalty. LNWR got a spot-kick of their own on 89, Ragna Hofvander converting, but it was too little, too late.
Defeat left Locomotive eight points from the summit and seven points from the Division 5:17 play-off spot. However they remain well clear of the drop zone in points terms, as the gap between themselves in fifth and the side who sit just below the line is still six points.
Having slide from top spot last week, Coxy Ladies Wulpen were looking to get their season back on track when they visited Wheelies Wobblers.
One would have been hard pressed to find a better side for The Waders to face in the circumstances, as Janik’s side had thrashed Wheelies in each of their more recent meetings. This time might have been different if the hosts had converted a 7th minute penalty, but Wii Lee Rubbish lived up to the unfortunate English connotations her name evokes. Buoyed by this let off Wulpen took the lead on 21 minutes through Moreen Mahony, and added two more as the game moved into its final quarter from Ursula Madjarevic and Laetitia Vandenbergh. All three goals came from headers.
The news got even better for Coxy Ladies as the side that has displaced them at the top of Division 5:18 suffered an unexpected defeat, allowing Wulpen to return the front of the pack.
Kanjeng Ratu Kidul WFC made the trip to the Moorside Chippy looking to maintain their recent improvements in their league position as they took on Aspull Academicals.
Academicals missed out on promotion in the play-offs last year, and seem to have suffered a massive hangover from it as relegation is all-but certain this time around. The Sea Spirits gave them another shove towards it when Diana Doom opened the scoring from the spot 16 minutes in (appropriate scorer!).
The hosts raged briefly against this with an equaliser only for Diksha Dalmiya to head in a corner before the break and Tia Farisy to do likewise ten minutes after. SeanoftheShed’s side had further chances in the remaining time without adding to their total. They really didn’t need to, though.
It wasn’t just Solent Sirens in the last chance saloon when they took on Flick of the Wrist; all of the bottom three in Division 5:21 were relying on Andrew7610’s troops getting a positive result against the side in fifth.
Things appeared really promising in the first half, with Solent holding 60% possession and fashioning five chances. Except, except... Simone de Beauvoir’s 14th minute ‘opener’ was disallowed, The Sirens couldn’t force any of their other chances home and then, with half-time looming, Flick were awarded a penalty, which was converted by Dame Hope [was there some kind of Divisional rule that only players with portentous names could take spot kicks?!?]
The sides turned around with the score at 1-0 to the visitors, a result that would have sent the South Coast side down. The second-half saw possession flipped to mostly in Flick’s favour and obviously chances followed that. Wait, no, they were almost identical, but with one rather key difference. This time Solent finished three of their five opportunities in the half. Simone de Beauvoir headed an equaliser on 66 minutes, Jin-Ae Hyeong followed suit three minutes later to turn the match on its head (her first for the club) and de Beauvoir made the game safe with a breakaway in stoppage time.
Solent’s win might Witches of Chiswick would live to fight another day regardless of their result at Victorious Secret. However defeat would leave them hanging by a single fibre.
The Bewitched were on back foot for most of the first half but with only one piece of damage in the 23rd minute. When it became two soon after the break it was game over though, as Wiblflibl’s side were unable to mount any sort of comeback.
Following round 10 the Division 5:21 standings look thus; Kanjeng sit fourth, but within three points of leaders Girls Aloud, who visit Indonesia this week; Solent have climbed to sixth after putting off relegation for seven days, eight points adrift of their vanquished foes who remain fifth; Chiswick stay bottom, and are now eleven points from safety.
A simple win for Csiki Girls over bottom side Farkaslányok wouldn’t be enough, seeing as the visitors manager has been absent for a few weeks. With his side therefore zombified and likely to ship goals in their matches, The Csiki’s needed to run up the score.
If manager Ad Hoc’s message to his side was ‘hit them from the opening whistle’, then this got through loud and clear – Csiki Girls were three up within 12 minutes following strikes from Liraz Israca (4 mins), Maria Morientes (6) and Ellie Clevan. Clevan added a fourth before the break, completed her hattrick after 53 minutes before Morientes wrapped up the scoring from the spot just under a quarter-of-an-hour from the end.
Despite the big win, Csiki Girls remain in the bottom three in Division 5:31. They did climb to sixth though, one point from safety. Unfortunately all the sides around them still have to play Farkaslányok in the second-half of the campaign.
Invisible Ladies had a last, vanishingly small, chance to chase their season ambitions when they travelled to promotion chasers DSV 1900 Frauen.
The See-Throughs probably needed some luck if they were to win the game. Instead basically everything that could go wrong, did. Manager Pebblethefish had included reserve ‘keeper Persephone Ostrovski for experience. She lasted just 15 minutes before being stretchered off with an 18-day injury. By then it was already 1-0, and that had increased to two when Dee Stoneley got the ball into the DSV net. Disallowed. 3-0 to the hosts from the spot. Two yellow cards in the game, both shown to See-Through Afton Merson. Bah!
With four games to play, Invisible sit fourth in Division 6:41, six points clear of the drop zone. Avoiding that is the only remaining ambition for a forgettable campaign.
Menywod Maeshafn came into their game with second-placed The World Is Yours flying on the back of five straight wins.
Following a forgettable first half, the game exploded into life in the opening five minutes of the second. It appeared to do so in response to a double change by Maeshafn boss IsThatcherDeadYet. Certainly opening scorer Simone Kjellberg was one of the 46th minute changes, and she wasted no time in netting in the 48th minute. By the 50 mark it was two, Ada Westerberg finishing a set-piece move.
The visitors must have been rather shell-shocked by this. The one response they could muster came after 61 minutes, but the Welsh superiority was reasserted soon enough when Elodie van Hijde socred a trademark direct free-kick.
That concluded the scoring, and lifted Maeshafn above their conquered foes in the Division 6:55 table. They also climbed past former leaders ZFK Nase Taksi, who were unexpectedly held to a draw. Maeshafn now sit second, one point off the leaders and ahead of third only on goal difference. It promises to be a tense run-in.
Dublin City Womens FC had suffered a set-back last week when they were beaten by promotion rivals Slingers City Ladies. This week The Dubs took on Terrific ladies but with their attention rather divided as elsewhere in Division 6:57 Slingers were taking on leaders Black Widow FC.
The aim for Mortal Joe’s side was win the match and not get carded or injured. The winning part was mostly sorted by two quick goals from Mave McAteer and Dympna Clifden on 15 and 19 minutes. McAteer’s was a debut goal, as the youngster had only been promoted from the Dublin youth system two days before the fixture.
Ai Kamide made it three with a penalty midway through the second-half, at which point Dublin settled. Meanwhile elsewhere Slingers were beating Black Widow 2-0 to throw the top of the table wide open. Dublin remain second, but are now just three points behind Black Widow and remain level with Slingers City.
With five points between the sides at the start of play, only a win was good enough for The Blood Eagles. Hopes of this lasted for, ooh, 27 minutes. That was when Random’s early pressure and chances became a lead, one they never came close to surrendering. It was two by the break and three midway through the second-half as Velvet Android’s side were well beaten.
Defeat saw Utsira lose a place to sit third in Division 3e. But only goal difference out of the play-off place. Promotion is still possible, but then so is relegation as the side in sixth only trail VSU by five points.
The mid-table zone of Division 4h is rather congested, making matches such as Drakaina’s meeting with Pinkie Pie rather edgy affairs.
The first half was balanced pretty well on a knife-edge, The Dragons just shading it with 52% of the ball and the one chance of the 45 minutes. The balance shifted very marginally towards Etienne’s girls after the break, pushing up to 54% possession and 2-1 on chances. With three up front, this was enough for the key breakthrough, Grace Winter nodding home just past the hour-mark.
If anything Drakaina’s win made things even tighter. They remain fifth, one point ahead of the drop zone but only two adrift of the play-offs.
Much like VSU, if LNWR Locomotive wanted to re-stoke their promotion fires they needed to beat FC Sprezzatura.
The Steamers trailed fairly early on as Sprezzatura struck on 11 minutes, and generally found themselves on the back foot despite Viktor Boskovic’s exhortations from the touchline. Hopes continued to flicker as long as the gap remained at one, which was up until the hosts scored a 77th minute penalty. LNWR got a spot-kick of their own on 89, Ragna Hofvander converting, but it was too little, too late.
Defeat left Locomotive eight points from the summit and seven points from the Division 5:17 play-off spot. However they remain well clear of the drop zone in points terms, as the gap between themselves in fifth and the side who sit just below the line is still six points.
Having slide from top spot last week, Coxy Ladies Wulpen were looking to get their season back on track when they visited Wheelies Wobblers.
One would have been hard pressed to find a better side for The Waders to face in the circumstances, as Janik’s side had thrashed Wheelies in each of their more recent meetings. This time might have been different if the hosts had converted a 7th minute penalty, but Wii Lee Rubbish lived up to the unfortunate English connotations her name evokes. Buoyed by this let off Wulpen took the lead on 21 minutes through Moreen Mahony, and added two more as the game moved into its final quarter from Ursula Madjarevic and Laetitia Vandenbergh. All three goals came from headers.
The news got even better for Coxy Ladies as the side that has displaced them at the top of Division 5:18 suffered an unexpected defeat, allowing Wulpen to return the front of the pack.
Kanjeng Ratu Kidul WFC made the trip to the Moorside Chippy looking to maintain their recent improvements in their league position as they took on Aspull Academicals.
Academicals missed out on promotion in the play-offs last year, and seem to have suffered a massive hangover from it as relegation is all-but certain this time around. The Sea Spirits gave them another shove towards it when Diana Doom opened the scoring from the spot 16 minutes in (appropriate scorer!).
The hosts raged briefly against this with an equaliser only for Diksha Dalmiya to head in a corner before the break and Tia Farisy to do likewise ten minutes after. SeanoftheShed’s side had further chances in the remaining time without adding to their total. They really didn’t need to, though.
It wasn’t just Solent Sirens in the last chance saloon when they took on Flick of the Wrist; all of the bottom three in Division 5:21 were relying on Andrew7610’s troops getting a positive result against the side in fifth.
Things appeared really promising in the first half, with Solent holding 60% possession and fashioning five chances. Except, except... Simone de Beauvoir’s 14th minute ‘opener’ was disallowed, The Sirens couldn’t force any of their other chances home and then, with half-time looming, Flick were awarded a penalty, which was converted by Dame Hope [was there some kind of Divisional rule that only players with portentous names could take spot kicks?!?]
The sides turned around with the score at 1-0 to the visitors, a result that would have sent the South Coast side down. The second-half saw possession flipped to mostly in Flick’s favour and obviously chances followed that. Wait, no, they were almost identical, but with one rather key difference. This time Solent finished three of their five opportunities in the half. Simone de Beauvoir headed an equaliser on 66 minutes, Jin-Ae Hyeong followed suit three minutes later to turn the match on its head (her first for the club) and de Beauvoir made the game safe with a breakaway in stoppage time.
Solent’s win might Witches of Chiswick would live to fight another day regardless of their result at Victorious Secret. However defeat would leave them hanging by a single fibre.
The Bewitched were on back foot for most of the first half but with only one piece of damage in the 23rd minute. When it became two soon after the break it was game over though, as Wiblflibl’s side were unable to mount any sort of comeback.
Following round 10 the Division 5:21 standings look thus; Kanjeng sit fourth, but within three points of leaders Girls Aloud, who visit Indonesia this week; Solent have climbed to sixth after putting off relegation for seven days, eight points adrift of their vanquished foes who remain fifth; Chiswick stay bottom, and are now eleven points from safety.
A simple win for Csiki Girls over bottom side Farkaslányok wouldn’t be enough, seeing as the visitors manager has been absent for a few weeks. With his side therefore zombified and likely to ship goals in their matches, The Csiki’s needed to run up the score.
If manager Ad Hoc’s message to his side was ‘hit them from the opening whistle’, then this got through loud and clear – Csiki Girls were three up within 12 minutes following strikes from Liraz Israca (4 mins), Maria Morientes (6) and Ellie Clevan. Clevan added a fourth before the break, completed her hattrick after 53 minutes before Morientes wrapped up the scoring from the spot just under a quarter-of-an-hour from the end.
Despite the big win, Csiki Girls remain in the bottom three in Division 5:31. They did climb to sixth though, one point from safety. Unfortunately all the sides around them still have to play Farkaslányok in the second-half of the campaign.
Invisible Ladies had a last, vanishingly small, chance to chase their season ambitions when they travelled to promotion chasers DSV 1900 Frauen.
The See-Throughs probably needed some luck if they were to win the game. Instead basically everything that could go wrong, did. Manager Pebblethefish had included reserve ‘keeper Persephone Ostrovski for experience. She lasted just 15 minutes before being stretchered off with an 18-day injury. By then it was already 1-0, and that had increased to two when Dee Stoneley got the ball into the DSV net. Disallowed. 3-0 to the hosts from the spot. Two yellow cards in the game, both shown to See-Through Afton Merson. Bah!
With four games to play, Invisible sit fourth in Division 6:41, six points clear of the drop zone. Avoiding that is the only remaining ambition for a forgettable campaign.
Menywod Maeshafn came into their game with second-placed The World Is Yours flying on the back of five straight wins.
Following a forgettable first half, the game exploded into life in the opening five minutes of the second. It appeared to do so in response to a double change by Maeshafn boss IsThatcherDeadYet. Certainly opening scorer Simone Kjellberg was one of the 46th minute changes, and she wasted no time in netting in the 48th minute. By the 50 mark it was two, Ada Westerberg finishing a set-piece move.
The visitors must have been rather shell-shocked by this. The one response they could muster came after 61 minutes, but the Welsh superiority was reasserted soon enough when Elodie van Hijde socred a trademark direct free-kick.
That concluded the scoring, and lifted Maeshafn above their conquered foes in the Division 6:55 table. They also climbed past former leaders ZFK Nase Taksi, who were unexpectedly held to a draw. Maeshafn now sit second, one point off the leaders and ahead of third only on goal difference. It promises to be a tense run-in.
Dublin City Womens FC had suffered a set-back last week when they were beaten by promotion rivals Slingers City Ladies. This week The Dubs took on Terrific ladies but with their attention rather divided as elsewhere in Division 6:57 Slingers were taking on leaders Black Widow FC.
The aim for Mortal Joe’s side was win the match and not get carded or injured. The winning part was mostly sorted by two quick goals from Mave McAteer and Dympna Clifden on 15 and 19 minutes. McAteer’s was a debut goal, as the youngster had only been promoted from the Dublin youth system two days before the fixture.
Ai Kamide made it three with a penalty midway through the second-half, at which point Dublin settled. Meanwhile elsewhere Slingers were beating Black Widow 2-0 to throw the top of the table wide open. Dublin remain second, but are now just three points behind Black Widow and remain level with Slingers City.
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