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cambridge women  -    
ebbsfleet united  -     
enfield town  -    
gillingham  -    
ipswich town  -    
lewes  -    
mk dons  -    
northampton town  -    
norwich city  -    

Having the best of the first half, Tottenham's forward play gave the Cobblers quite a few problems and only some good saves by the Town keeper and the crossbar stopped Spurs having the lead at the break.

However, shortly after the restart, Tottenham seized on a moment of indecision in the Northampton defence to open the scoring, but this fired the home team up and they pushed forward onto the Tottenham defence to seek an equaliser.  This came with a shot past the Spurs defence, leading to a long period of possession for the Town team, although neither side created clear cut chances as the game fizzled out in a tame draw.

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enfield town  2     ebbsfleet united  0     

mk dons  2     cambridge women  0     

cambridge women  1     enfield town  5    
mk dons  2     ebbsfleet united  1     

norwich city  -     enfield town  -    
northampton town  -     cambridge women  -    

For the second year running, Tottenham Hotspur Ladies FC went out of the Women's FA Cup to fellow FA South East Combination side, Northampton Town LFC, with a 0-1 home defeat.

The first half was played in the central midfield zone with no clear cut chances until keeper Ebony Cabey-Gooden pulled off a tremendous save low down to her right in the 38th minute.

The teams turned around with no score on the board, but in the second half, Northampton switched into gear and went ahead with a shot into the top right hand corner after only 76 seconds of the half.

Spurs upped the tempo with Jenna Schillaci supplying numerous good cross from the Spurs left which unfortunately couldn't be converted by the Spurs forwards.
 
However, Northampton held on to make Monday's second round draw. 

glenn weaver

Spurs Ladies maintained their unbeaten home record with a 2-1 victory over Lewes in the FA Women's South East Combination on Sunday.
 
Spurs started brightly with the lively front pairing of Rachel Edling and Alex Small causing major problems for the Lewes defence. However, it was Emma Kayser who opened the scoring in the 34th minute with an excellently taken free kick just outside the Lewes box after Alex Small was brought down.
 
Spurs started the second half much like the first with Lewes being put on the back foot.  In the 62nd minute Alex Small doubled Spurs advantage cutting in from the Spurs left to hammer low past the Lewes keeper.
 
Lewes pulled one back in the 70th minute from a header from a corner but the Spurs defence, who were solid throughout, held strong to make the final result 2-1 to the Spurs.    
 
Spurs start their FA Cup campaign next week with a home tie against close rivals Northampton Town.

glenn weaver

northampton town  0     norwich city  2    

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ebbsfleet united  2      ipswich town  5    
enfield town  4     mk dons  1    
lewes  2     gillingham  4    

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cambridge women  1     gillingham  5    
enfield town  5     northampton town  0    
mk dons  2     lewes  3    

ebbsfleet united  2      enfield town  3    
gillingham  4     northampton town  0    
ipswich town  3     cambridge women  2    
norwich city  4     mk dons  1    

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northampton town  2     mk dons  1    
norwich city  4     ipswich town  1    

ebbsfleet united  1      lewes  2    
gillingham  11     dagenham & redbridge  1    

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dagenham & redbridge  2     cambridge women  3    
ebbsfleet united  0      gillingham  5    
lewes  0     enfield town  0    
ipswich town  1     northampton town  4    

enfield town  6     dagenham & redbridge  2    
gillingham  5     ipswich town  1    
cambridge women  4     mk dons  6    
northampton town  2     lewes  1    
norwich city  1     ebbsfleet united  0     

glenn weaver

dagenham & redbridge  1     northampton town  2    
gillingham  1     lewes  2    
ipswich town  4     ebbsfleet united  1     
mk dons  1     enfield town  4    
welwyn garden city  0     norwich city  11    

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ipswich town  3     mk dons  3    

other league cup results :

cambridge women  2     ebbsfleet united  2    (cambridge women won 4-3 on penalties)
lewes  0     enfield town  4    
dagenham & redbridge  0     norwich city  4    

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dagenham & redbridge  0     gillingham  11    
ipswich town  0     norwich city  3    
lewes  2     ebbsfleet united  0     
mk dons  3     northampton town  1    

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cambridge city  0     northampton town  4    
dagenham & redbridge  2     lewes  8    
enfield town  1     norwich city  1    
mk dons  3     ipswich town  2    
welwyn garden city  0     gillingham  18    

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enfield town  0     cambridge city  1    
ipswich town  4     dagenham & redbridge  3    
ebbsfleet united  0      mk dons  3    
norwich city  2     lewes  4    
northampton town  9     welwyn garden city  0    

glenn weaver

gillingham  6     cambridge women  0    
lewes  0     mk dons  2    
northampton town  0     enfield town  2    
norwich city  8     dagenham & redbridge  1    
welwyn garden city  0     ebbsfleet united  7     

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The game itself was placed at the mighty impressive the Stadium MK, the home of the Football League One. 

MK Dons started the brighter of the two sides and had much of the possession in the early stages but failed to capitalize due to the excellent handling of Spurs captain Ebony Cabey-Gooden and a resolute Spurs defence. Spurs main threat was always down the right side with good interchange with Gill Blackmore and Shelley Ovenden.  Spurs build up play continued to improve as the first half but possession was often lost in the last third with one too many passes. 

In the second half, MK Dons again started brightly with a series of shots just going wide and corners that the Spur back line handled well. The movement of Kirsten Thomson into the midfield started to give Spurs more drive going forward and Sasha Kelly was unlucky with an effort that just went wide of the left hand post midway through the second half.  

In the 74^th minute, MK Dons won a penalty after the MK Dons left winger was brought down in the box close to the Spurs goal line. Ebony Cabey-Gooden kept Spurs in the match with a fantastic save down to her left hand side. However, in the 79^th minute, MK Dons final broke down the Spurs defence when a ball cleared following a corner was floated in from the MK Dons right to be headed in at the far post by Aileen Whelan. 

Spurs rallied again in the 83rd minute an excellent cross from the left from Sasha Kelly was struck firmly by Charlotte Snow only to see an excellent save by the MK Dons keeper low down to her right. 

A good exercise and further lessons learned against another team at Level 3 in the Womens FA Pyramid.    

glenn weaver

Despite the heat, the game was played at a fair pace and there were chances at each end before Palace seized on hesitancy in the Tottenham defence to shoot in the first goal of the game.  The Eagles added a second with a shot that flew over Spurs keeper Ebony Cabey-Gooden.

Spurs made some changes and their more attacking efforts in the second half saw them pull a goal back when good work down the left hand side was finished well as Sasha Kelly hooked over the Crystal Palace keeper to make it 1-2.

Unfortunately, the Ladies could not grab an equaliser, but the game against a team from the level above the Combination proved a useful work out.

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