Photo: Tom West Photography
Millwall Lionesses continued their excellent recent form by defeating Crawley AFC comfortably in the tier five London and South East Regional Premier.
The home side came into this game on the back of a 13-0 win over Margate in the FA Cup last weekend and sat seventh in the league on 10 points. Conversely, Crawley were bottom of the league after losing all seven games they’ve played.
There were some good chances early on in the game, the first one came two minutes in. Liv McGregor put the ball in and found Emma Whitter in front of goal, but the defender cleared her effort.
Crawley then had a chance on five minutes, Ella Bale brought down on the edge of the area, it fell to Ellie Pace who took the shot on but it just went over the bar.
Millwall finally got a goal though and the deadlock was finally broken after 38 minutes. McGregor put a ball in and found the waiting Shannan Drewe at the back post who headed in the opener.
Ten minutes into the second half, Drewe put a good ball in, there was a scramble in the box before Chloe Burr got the ball over the line despite claims from the Crawley defence that it didn’t go in but the assistant referee was sure it did.
Millwall nearly made it 3-0 on 60 minutes, Drewe’s really good effort was saved by Graves, Crawley’s goalkeeper. They came close once more with just under 15 minutes remaining as Whitter drove down the right hand side, passed it to Drewe whose effort was saved.
With just over 10 minutes left, Jones made it three. Drewe once again doing well on the left wing, playing the ball in for Jones to tap it in.
Millwall got another one minute afterwards. Emel Huseyin played in Whitter whose shot was saved by Graves but she couldn’t hold onto it and Ellen Napper was there to tap in a fourth.
The Lionesses move up to fifth in the table, and are next in action on Wednesday away to Enfield Town at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium.
Teams: MILWALL LIONESSES: Wiggins, Poole, Huseyin, Bailey, Chapman, Payne, McGregor, Seely, Whitter, Drewe, Burr. Substitutes: Jones, Napper, Bennett, Joyce, Connell.
Scorers: Drewe (38’), Burr (51’), Jones (79’), Napper (82’).
CRAWLEY AFC: Graves, B. Humphrey, Lazenby, Higham, Williams, McCarthy, Pace, MacDonnell, Bale, Chapman, Page. Substitutes: Martin, Phillips, O. Humphrey, Morris.
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