Ladies exit league cup

Travelling to second in the Premier Division Ascot United, Woodley was slow to start and fell a goal behind in the second minute following a good passing move by the home side that allowed Tiffany Skinner to pass two defenders before passing the ball inside Sophie Cheadle’s right hand goal post.

It took the visitors fifteen minutes to get into the game as they withstood early Ascot pressure but once they found their rhythm the pace of Sarah Lawrence and May Hamblin contributed to an evenly contested half with both teams moving the ball in multi passing moves. The best chance of the half for Woodley fell to May Hamblin in the twenty fourth minute when Hamblin’s long range shot was gathered by home keeper Lisa Phillips just inside her right post.

Looking to build on the half, lighting struck twice when the second minute of the second half saw Nicole Brown doubt the home team’s lead not withstanding the referee waiving away appeals by Woodley for a foul on Charley Evans that saw Brown win the ball immediately before scoring.

Hamblin forced a save from substitute keeper Lucie White but once Izzy Woods scored the third in the sixty ninth minute after a run from deep saw her arrive first to a lose ball following Cheadle parrying the ball, Woodley struggled to trouble the home goal.

Brown completed the scoring in the seventy eight minute when she scored from close range following an in swinging corner kick.

Cheadle, Evans, Wilkins, Quinn (Stringer), Simms, Surtees, M Haines, Sawyer, Hamblin, Messitt, Lawrence (Routledge)