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Massive congratulations to Wycombe Wanderers, who took the Premier League title on Sunday without kicking a ball, a result of the incredibly entertaining draw between Winchester and Portchester. In the North, the focus is on the bottom where Kidlington stepped up the pressure on Ascot with a good win at The Racecourse Ground. First of all The Greens have a county cup final date with Oxford City on Sunday, a repeat of last year's final. In the South, Farnham still require one more point to take the title after going down at home to Havant & Waterlooville, who take over at the top. Result - Thursday 30th April 2026 Reading 2-1 Oxford City A second successive 2-1 defeat for City as they went down to Reading at Arbour Park. All of the goals came in a busy last 13 minutes, Reading's within four minutes. Ellie Szekeres put The Royals in front after 77 minutes, with Ellie Manners doubling it in the 81st. Grace Craven pulled a goal back for Oxford, but Reading held on to claim the points. Results - Sunday 3rd May 2026 Fleet Town P-P Sholing Winchester City Flyers 2-2 AFC Portchester What a game this was! Chelsie Hay gave Winchester an early lead that they held until half-time. However, back came Portchester through Becki Bath. When Sarah Butterworth stabbed home a second five minutes from time, it seemed that Portchy would go on to win. What they didn't bank on was Annie Northwood popping up with an equaliser in the 90th minute. The consequence of the draw was Wycombe winning the title. Read the full match report here (Everyone's A Winner). Check out the match action photos from Gary Marsh, and you can also listen to Emma Pearmine's post-match thoughts. Woodley United 3-5 Oxford City Woodley led this game 3-1 at half-time with two goals from Lucy Giles and one from Sumayah Zayadi. However, City staged a stunning second half comeback, scoring four answered to take the points. Emily Harris helped herself to two more goals, Grace Craven scored for the second successive game, Reese Ayres scored her second of the season, and Hermione Prescott-Luke scored a screamer.  Ascot United Reserves 2-4 Kidlington Youth Two goals each from Julia Rushmere and Courtney Sumner gave Kidlington the points in this relegation six-pointer. They now trail Ascot by two points with a game in hand. The greens travel to Denham on the 17th and then entertain Tilehurst on the 24th. With Ascot playing Abingdon this coming Sunday, Kidlington will know what they need from those two games. Oxford City Development 4-6 Penn & Tylers Green Penn consolidated second spot after a crazy game at Oxford City. Top scorer Tara Woodward took her season total to 32 with two more goals. Rachael Harnby, Molly Woods, Annalise Scott-Green and Ellie Lovelock rounded off the scoring. Tilehurst Panthers 2-2 Farnborough Farnborough took the lead just past the midway point of the first-half through Laura Quinn-Low. Ten minutes later Quinn-Low doubled the lead, which they held until half-time. Five minutes after the break Leah Why pulled one back and, with eight minutes remaining, Evie Barrett levelled things.  Andover New Street 2-1 Bournemouth Sports Reserves Goals from Summer Williams and Violet Alen cancelled out Matilda Pitcher's strike, just after half-time, giving Andover all three points. With one game to play, New Street are in third spot, three points adrift of leaders Havant & Waterlooville. Should they defeat Farnham by three goals in their last game, they would be guaranteed of second spot at least. Farnham Town 2-6 Havant & Waterlooville Phoebe Fitzgerald scored a hat-trick and was backed up by goals from Tia Hooper, Millie McNamara and Ava Leather, as The Hawks kept their very slim title hopes alive against a Farnham side missing a few key first-teamers. For now, Havant are top of the table, a point clear of Farnham, who have four to play. Farnham player-manager Anya Kinnane scored a screamer to keep Town in touch at half-time, and then scored a second to level things shortly after the restart. Read the full match report from Wandering Tractor and watch all of the goals courtesy of the Farnham X feed. Shaftesbury 2-0 Bursledon Two goals from top scorer Nicola Castle gave Shaftesbury just their second win of the season. It's too late to save them from the drop, but gives them a morale boost ahead of the summer. Fixture - Wednesday 6th May 2026 Reading v AFC Portchester Second place is still a possibility for both of these sides. Portchy may be understandably deflated after Sunday's tense draw with Winchester. The teams drew 1-1 in the reverse league encounter at Portchester last month. However, Portchy did win 1-0 at Arbour Park when they met in the League Cup (Final. Finally). Arbour Park, SL2 5AY Fixture - Thursday 7th May 2026SDFA - Semi-Final Southampton v Winchester City Flyers Familiar foes going head to head in the SDFA Cup semi-final. They've met twice in the league this season and Winchester have come out on top both times. The game at The Charters Community Stadium saw The Sirens lead 1-0 at half-time before City hit them wit three goals in the final 14 minutes. The game at Southampton saw Flyers edge a five-goal thriller. Test Park, SO16 9QZ Fixtures - Sunday 10th May 2026 Badshot Lea v Woodley United The Baggies go into their last game of the season knowing that they are all but relegated. They trail Woodley by three points but have a vastly inferior goal difference. Not only do they need to win this game by a large margin, they would require Woodley to lose very heavily in their final game at Portchester. An 18 goal swing is likely to be way too much to make up. The reverse fixture ended in a 1-1 draw. Westfield Lane, Wrecclesham GU10 4PF Fleet Town v Reading Depending upon Wednesday's result with Portchester, Reading could still be in the hunt for second spot. Fleet can neither climb or drop a league place, so only have personal pride to play for. That said, they were beaten 8-0 by Reading in the reverse fixture just two weeks ago, so they have plenty of reason to redress the balance. Crookham Road, GU51 5FA Sholing v AFC Portchester In the reverse fixture, back in November, Portchester came from a goal down to win 2-1. Although there's not too much riding on this game, you have to remember that there is only 13 miles between the teams and it's effectively a Southampton v Portsmouth derby. Portchester will also still be hoping to finish the season as runners-up. The Mortgage Decisions Stadium, SO19 9PW  Abingdon United Development v Ascot United Reserves After defeat to Kidlington last weekend, Ascot will be anxiously looking over their shoulders at The Greens, who are just two pints behind and have a game in hand. Abingdon have nothing to play for aside form hanging on to third spot. The reverse fixture, very early in the season, ended in a resounding 6-1 win for Abingdon. The Northcourt, OX14 1PL Denham United v Farnborough Two games to go for Denham to go through their league season without dropping a point. The reverse fixture ended 3-0 to Denham. A similar result this week will leave them with one final game, at home to Kidlington next weekend. Farnborough meanwhile, with three games left, are still looking at a potential top four finish. The Den, Oxford Road, Denham, UB9 4DW  Andover New Street v Farnham Town After losing top spot at the weekend, Farnham have four games remaining in which to pick up the one point they need to secure the title. Andover, in third, are not mathematically out of the race either. a win in this game, by three or more, would see them leapfrog Havant into top spot. It was New Street who inflicted Farnham's first defeat of the season when they won 3-1 at The Mem in early April. Foxcotte Park, SP11 0TA Bursledon v AFC Stoneham The Dons lost to Shaftesbury last weekend, which leaves them second from bottom but safe from the drop. They will want to climb a little higher with their three remaining games. This is Stoneham's final game. They can go above Bournemouth into fourth with a win, but can't get any higher. The reverse fixture was a thrilling 4-4 draw in which Stoneham though they had won it in the 93rd minute only for Bursledon to equalise in the 95th. Priory Park, SO32 1SQ  Oxfordshire FA Cup Final
Oxford City v Kidlington Youth A repeat of last season's Oxfordshire County Cup Final (Sweet Sixteen For City) that City won 4-0. City wil be determined to make amends for losing the Chairman's Cup Final a few weeks ago, also the second season running. Kidlington are still involved in a relegation fight with Ascot United Reserves, that looks like it may go to the wire. Marsh Lane, OX3 0NQ
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