Matthew Appleby‘s photo gallery for Impetus this week comes from the tier four FA Women’s National League Division One North game between York City and Durham Cestria (3/4/23)
Above: York City (red) and Durham Cestria battle for possession yesterday. Photo: Matthew Appleby.
York City 1-3 Durham Cestria
Durham Cestria are seven points clear at the top of the table after a comfortable win at York St. John’s University’s Haxby Road ground.
The outcome sees York in the relegation zone, one point behind Bradford City, who have a game in hand.
Cestria went ahead just before the half-hour mark when Jen Knowles combined with Ella Wilson who laid back for Leanna Giles to score from the edge of the box. It was 2-0 just before the break when Poppy Prichard was fouled in the box and Knowles dispatched the spot kick. Pritchard made it 3-0 with just under half an hour remaining as she was found by Grace Mackie’s throw and turned before firing a rocket into the top corner.
Jess Holder got a goal back for York City with a long-range effort that came off the underside of the bar four minutes into stoppage time at the end of the match. Whilst Durham Cestria are looking to hold off a Newcastle United side who have three games in hand on them in second spot, York’s season could well come down to their monumental-looking showdown with Bradford City.
Teams: YORK CITY: Attard, Heald, Holder, Smith, Cattle, Hardcastle, Brown, Findlay, Jones, Ash. Substitutes: Harriott, Bowman, Sellars, Singleton, Bell. Scorer: Holder 90+4′.
DURHAM CESTRIA: King, Knowles, Wilson, Gatt, Turnbull, Nicholson, Giles, Pritchard, Mackie, Greenwood, Burn. Substitutes: Richardson, Atkinson, Donald, Dale, Bell.
Scorers: Giles 27′, Knowles (pen) 44′, Pritchard 63′.
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