York City Ladies completed a league double with a 3-0 victory at bottom-of-the-table Wakefield Ladies in a hastily arranged North East Regional Premier League clash on Wednesday evening.
The Minsterbelles had already heavily defeated their West Yorkshire opponents 13-0 at the weekend, with Nikki Brown scoring four times alongside Anna Whitehead (2), Josie Hewson (2), Lindsay Jordan (2), Alice Turner, Helen Winterburn and Sara Renfrew.
And player-of-the-game Brown was once again on target for the visitors, while striker Lucy Lendhill also claimed a brace after coming off the bench.
Photo: Ian Parker
Midfielder Nikki Brown was again on target in a 3-0 victory against Wakefield
Their latest result strengthens City’s hold on sixth-place and moves them within three points of Farsley Celtic, who now have a single game in hand.
City Ladies are next scheduled to play at third-in-the-table Hartlepool United on Sunday afternoon (kick-off 2.00pm).
Elsewhere, Norton & Stockton Ancients moved top of the division while inflicting a second consecutive 15-0 defeat on Wallsend BC Ladies. Victoria Hutchinson (6), Nyci Thorns (5), Kate McSorley, Shannon Reed, Aimee Stabler and Sian Williams grabbed the visitors’ goals.
There was also a League Cup tie with Farsley Celtic overcoming Castleford White Rose 4-2.
Wakefield Ladies: Vicky Brooke, Katie Hawkshaw, Julia Hogan, Zoe Kerins, Tara Nolan, Dee Parker, Sophie Parrish, Kennedy Power, Charlotte Roberts, Eleanor Smith, Emily Wright
York City Ladies: Emily Garland, Josie Hewson, Laura Midgley, Abbi Webster, Charlie Shaw, Sara Renfrew, Nikki Brown, Megan Bramham, Lindsay Jordan, Alice Turner, Anna Whitehead
subs: Leigh Bamford, Beth Clayton, Lucy Lendhill, Helen Winterburn
Goals: Brown, Lendhill (2)
Photos by kind permission of Ian Parker
