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Just over a month on from ending Wycombe's 100% start to the season, Reading proved to be the Choirgirls' nemesis again last weekend, putting an end to an unbeaten run that stretched back just over a year. Elsewhere in the Premier League, Woodley lost at Beaconsfield and Fleet Town completed a season double over Badshot Lea. In the North both Larkspur Rovers and Penn & Tylers Green kept up the pressure on leaders Denham United. Wimborne and Bemerton both won in the south, but Farnham still lead by six points. There were no upsets in the various county cup clashes. Results - Sunday 18 January 2026 Beaconsfield Town 4-1 Woodley United A Mia Parkin goal, just past the midway point of the first half, had The Rams ahead at the break. Within 12 minutes of the restart Ashleigh Harte and Henna Hussain had extended that lead to 3-0. Woodley's new signing, Ellie Stalley, pulled a goal back in the 94th minute only for Lexie Sanmarco to restore the three goal led a minute later. Watch the highlights here, courtesy of Beaconsfield's You Tube channel. Fleet Town 1-0 Badshot Lea Fleet edged a tight game to tale all thee point s for the first time since beating Woodley in early October, thanks to a goal from Layla Drury. It was Badshot Lea's third league defeat on the bounce since beating Sholing away at the end of November. Reading 1-0 Wycombe Wanderers Just over a month on from being the first team to take a point off Wycombe this season, Reading went one better, ending Wycombe's year-long unbeaten league record. Level at the break, The Royals hit the front after 62 minutes through Jasmine King. They then held the Premier League's most prolific forward line at bay to take the points.  Abingdon United Development 1-1 Slough Town Slough came very close to bouncing back from last week's defeat at Larkspur with a win, after Nikita Sangha gave them the lead at Abingdon. However, they were denied all three points by an added time equaliser from Ellie Owen. Photographer Sinead Thompson captured the action. Chesham United Development 4-0 Ascot United Reserves Chesham hit two goals in each half to take all the points at home to Ascot. Sophie Bishop was on the mark in the 25th and 40th minute to make it 2-0 at the break, Bishop them completed her hat-trick just past the hour mark, with Charlotte Grosso adding a fourth just three minutes later. Larkspur Rovers 3-0 Oxford United Development Rovers jumped into second spot, level on points with Denham, albeit having played three additional games. Kalina Georgieva had them in front at the break. Just past the hour Calleigh Wright made it with top scorer Savana Fearon adding the third on 75 minutes. It was a second consecutive 3-0 win for Larkspur. Oxford had Tilly Anthony sent off after picking up 2 yellows. Penn & Tylers Green 5-3 Tilehurst Panthers Tara Woodward hit a hat-trick for Penn, adding to the five she scored last week. Ellie Lovelock and Shannon Read added the other two for the home side, who are now in fourth, just three points off top spot and with games in hand over the second and third placed teams. Tilehurst's response came from Deanna Cane and two more from top scorer Leah Why. Watch all of the goals here.  Guernsey 1-2 Bemerton Heath Harlequins The Green Lionesses slumped to their fourth defeat in the last five games after Hollie Keating hit a 90th minute winner for Harlequins. Charlotte Eastman had put the visitors ahead early on only for Codie Le Flem to level things up on the stroke of half-time. Wimborne Town 3-1 Shaftesbury Two Sheree Bell-Jack goals, her 7th and 8th of the season, put The Magpies two ahead. However, Shaftesbury hit back through Nicola Castle just before the break. Wimborne finally sealed the points six minutes from time when Tiara Cheney struck their third.  AFC Bournemouth 4-0 Sholing Sholing bowed out of the county cup against a strong AFC Bournemouth side. Bournemouth's reward is a trip to Winchester City Flyers in the next round. AFC Stoneham 0-3 Winchester City Flyers After a goalless and tight first half, Flyers took control of the game when Chelsie Hay gave them the lead in the 50th minute. Emma Whitlock doubled the advantage on 65 minutes before Shayne Prasad sealed progress twelve minutes later. Flyers now take on AFC Bournemouth at home in the quarter-final. You can read the match report on the Flyers web site. Andover New Street 0-2 Farnborough A first half own goal and an Eliza Andrews strike deep into second half added time, saw Farnborough knock their Southern Division rivals out of the county cup. Borough will now face Southampton FC PGA in the next round. Bournemouth Sports 1-1 (p7-6) Southampton Women Liane Folkenstern put the National League side ahead in this game, but The Sirens hit back in the second half through Lucy Mear, sending the game into a penalty shootout. Sports edged the shootout with a 7-6 sudden death win. Sports will now travel to league rivals Havant & Waterlooville in the quarter-final. Read the match report from Southampton here. Bursledon 0-13 AFC Portchester Portchy went to town at lower-ranked Bursledon, smashing in an unlucky 13 for the Dons. Layla Morgan, April Hill and Becky Bath all hit hat-tricks. Lauren Aitken grabbed a brace and there were also goals for Lucy Nightingale and Charmaine True. Portchester now face a trip to national League side Moneyfields in the quarter-final. Havant & Waterlooville 2-1 AFC Varsity The Hawks progressed to the quarter-final courtesy of goals from Jodie Burchell and Emma-Jane May. Varsity hit back through top scorer Kayleigh Mackay, but couldn't prevent the home side booking a home date with Bournemouth Sports. Farnham Town 6-1 Denham United This eagerly awaited clash between two sides with a 100% league record went the way of the team from the south. Emily Foss gave the hosts an early lead which was doubled by Rachael Manley. However, a well take Brogan Moore goal had Denham back in the mix, until Rebecca Price made it 3-1 before the break. United had captain Lauren Cox sent off in the second half, allowing Farnham to take full advantage of the numbers. Emily Foss once more and two more for Rebecca Price, wrapping up her hat-trick, sent Town through. Read about it in the BotP match blog (North South Divide), and match the highlights from Farnham's X feed. Fixtures - Sunday 25 January 2026 Reading v Beaconsfield Town Fresh from ending Wycombe's year-long unbeaten run, The Royals welcome third laced Beaconsfield to Arbour Park. When the teams net at Holloways Park, back in September, a late Katie Riddington goal secured the points for The Rams. Reading currently sit five points behind their visitors, but have three games in hand. Arbour Park, SL2 5AY Wycombe Wanderers v Fleet Town When Wanderers lost their 100% record a few weeks back, their response was to nine past Beaconsfield. Fleet will be wary of a similar response in the Wycombe's first game after losing their unbeaten run. Fleet will also want to gain some kind of revenge for the 11-1 thrashing handed out by Wycombe in the reverse fixture in early September. 18i78 Stadium, SL1 8JG  Larkspur Rovers v Abingdon United Development With leaders Denham in Chairman's Cup action, both of these team's could take over at the top on Sunday. Larkspur need just a point to take over, Abingdon would need all three points. Rovers have won their last two home league games by a 3-0 score line. United have won one, drawn one and lost one of their last three. This is their first meeting this season. Lord Halsbury Memorial Playing Fields, UB5 5FE Penn & Tylers Green v Farnborough Two sides in pretty good recent form. Penn have won their last three, Farnborough have won two and drawn one. A win for Penn would take them level on points with Denham, albeit having played two more games. Farnborough, currently ninth, have only played six league games so far, although one of them was the reverse fixture at home to Penn, which ended 3-1 to the away side. French School Meadow, HP10 8LG  Bemerton Heath Harlequins v Andover New Street Despite the fact that Andover put eight unanswered goals past Harlequins in the reverse fixture, they find themselves four places and four points below their hosts this weekend. However, New Street do have two games in hand. A win for Quins would lift them over Wimborne into second place. Shrewton Recreation Ground, SP3 4JU Farnham Town v AFC Varsity This will be the third meeting between these sides this season, but Varsity won't particularly want to be reminded of the previous two games. Early on Farnham beat the 9-1 in the FA Cup whilst the reverse league meeting at Hatches Farm ended 8-4 to Town. Memorial Ground, GU9 7DY Guernsey v Bournemouth Sports Reserves It's now seven without a win for Guernsey, who have hit a bad patch after a great start to the season. Sports have been up and down, winning one, drawing one and losing one of their last three. The reverse fixture, back in early September, ended all-square with Isobel Weatherly hit a first-half hat-trick for Sports. Victoria Avenue, Guernsey GY2 4BB  Southampton Women v AFC Portchester A delayed third round tie, with a trip to Farnham Town for the victors. They've already met at Southampton in the league. Spoils were shared that day thanks to a late Becky Bath equaliser for Portchy. Note that this game is being played at Portchester (source; FA Full-time) Venue: AFC Portchester Womens  Badshot Lea v Tilehurst Panthers
Both of these teams have lost their last three league games, so a break for the Chairman's Cup is probably something they'll both be happy to take. The Baggies are yet to take a league point at home, but have won here in the FA Cup. Westfield Lane, Wrecclesham GU10 4PF Bursledon v Shaftesbury The first of a double-header between these two, with a league encounter scheduled for the following Sunday, both to be played at the home of The Dons. The scheduled league game at Coppice Street was postponed back in November, so this is their first meeting of the season. Priory Park, SO32 1SQ Denham United v AFC Stoneham Another test against a team from the south for Denham. After Sunday's county cup exit at Farnham, United venture a little further south to take on The Purps. Denham's only defeat at The Den this season came in a League Cup clash with Premier League Winchester, which they lost 3-2. Memorial Ground, GU9 7DY Havant & Waterlooville v Ascot United Reserves Another south versus north encounter as The Hawks welcome Ascot to the south coast. Ascot have already faced Havant's league-mates Farnham in the League Cup, losing 5-1 back in December. Westleigh Park, Havant PO9 5TH Kidlington Youth v Sholing Division One North bottom side Kidlington face a tough test as Premier League Sholing come to town. However, The Boatwomen do not travel too well, losing six of their seven away league encounters so far. Kidlington are yet to pick up a league win but do have a county cup semi-final, against Barton United, to look forward to. Yarnton Road, OX5 1AT Wimborne Town v Oxford City With just one defeat in six, Wimborne are a side in good current form. In the same period, City have won twice, but have lost their last two games. Town's focus is probably their continued chase of Farnham Town, but a Premier League cup scalp would be a great boost. City, beaten in last year's final, will be looking to go one better this year. Wyatt Homes Stadium, BH21 2FU Woodley United v Chesham United Development Still looking for their first league win, Woodley take on Division One North side Chesham United Development, who two of their last three in the league, after a shaky start. Woodley have already gone out of the League Cup to lower league opposition, so will be very wary of this potential banana skin. UofR Bulmershe Pavilion, RG5 3HE
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