Burgess Hill in the mood for West Ham cup clash

Sent Her Forward rounds up the rest of the weekend action

Crawley Wasps joined the chasing pack in the London & SE Regional League with a 7-2 win over Aylesford (Photo: Dave Burt)

Burgess Hill warmed up for one of the biggest games in their recent history with their first – proper – league win of the season.

Spurs and Cardiff keep pressure on Brighton

Premier League weekend review

Brighton managed to kill off Portsmouth’s League Cup hopes for another season with an extra-time win (Photo: Jordan Hampton)

Tottenham Hotspur took full advantage of the absence of league leaders Brighton and reigning champions Portsmouth, who were in cup action, to surge into third place in the Premier League with a revenge victory over C&K Basildon.

Goal-happy Worthing the talk of the Town

Worthing Town direector of football Tammy Waine is responsible for the coaching strategy for all the club’s women’s and girls’ teams

After a couple of tough seasons, there are some smiling faces around Worthing’s Palatine Park – and it’s Worthing Town’s ladies’ sides who are putting them there.

Triple celebration as Lewes bounce back

Lewes’s first team earned their first win since the opening day of the season (Photo: Jane Roberts)

A triple triumph lifted the mood at Lewes, as all three ladies’ teams notched up impressive weekend victories.

Injury mars spectacular feast of football as Chichester dent Swindon record

Chichester City 1 (Found pen 48) Swindon Town 1 (Westlake 9)

How sad that just 10 seconds from the end of probably the best match that I have seen at this level, a serious injury deep into stoppage time should overshadow such a terrific game of football.

The match, between two of the best sides in the Premier League’s South West Division 1 had been played in impeccable spirit, with no quarter given or asked, and with an absolute emphasis on flowing football.

But when Amy Found, Chichester’s influential midfielder, lunged into a challenge in an attempt to break up what would surely have been the last attack of a compelling match, she sent Swindon’s Sarah Uzzell flying, and by the time the substitute came back to earth, she was clearly in desperate pain.

Four off as West Ham pip local rivals to kick-start season

Midweek round-up

Alice Smith scored a spectacular goal to help Swindon Town to a 9-2 win over their town rivals (Photo: James Booth/Your Sport Swindon)

West Ham United finally got off the mark in the Premier League with a hard-fought 3-2 victory at C&K Basildon in an ill-tempered match that ended up as a nine-a-side game.

Four players saw red in the second clash in a fortnight between the two near-neighbours, with memories of their earlier encounter, in which West Ham captain Stacey Little saw red, still fresh.

Déjà-vu as Brighton stretch lead and Lewes continue to slide

Lewes 0 Brighton 2 (D Cooper 6, Gurr 43)

Charlotte Gurr was on the scoresheet again as she continued her run of form (Photo: Geoff Penn/BHA)

For the second time in a fortnight, Sussex’s big two rivals did battle in the FAW Premier League, and for the second time in a fortnight, Brighton came out on top.

For the second time in a fortnight, Brighton were the sharper and more dominant side, but for the second time in a fortnight, they failed to turn their first-half superiority into goals.

Goal-happy Abbey brought down to earth by wonders of Wimble-ten

Sent Her Forward round-up of weekend football action, from FAW Cup to youth leagues

AFC Wimbledon hit 10 to bring their tally in two FAW Cup matches this season to 19 (Photo: Simon Roe)

They’d hammered in 22 goals in their first two games of the season – and there were another 10 in their third, last Sunday – but for once, Abbey Rangers were on the wrong end of a thrashing.

Brilliant Brighton setting the Premier League pace

Sent Her Forward takes a look at the weekend’s Premier League games as another club loses its unbeaten record

Portsmouth’s Lucy Quinn and Brighton’s Kirsty Barton were both on the scoresheet, but there were contrasting fortunes for their clubs (Photo: Jordan Hampton/James Boyes)

Brighton pulled a little further clear at the top of the Premier League after thrashing newcomers C&K Basildon 6-1 while champions Portsmouth lost their 100% record in dramatic fashion.

Talented youngsters following in the footsteps of their senior role models

Lewes Development 1 (Tibble 10) Brighton Development 4 (Bridge 4, Burt 17, Sinden 33, Rowe 90+3)

Lewes did a better job of shackling Brighton’s dominant midfield in the second half

After listening to arguments and counter-arguments about the purpose of the FAW Premier League’s reserves divisions, what a delight to witness a football match between two genuine development sides, packed full not of first-team regulars but of footballers who very soon might well be.