Three West Ham United women’s team loanees were in action for their respective temporary clubs at the weekend...
With pressure on their shoulders following top-of-the-table London City Lionesses’ 4-1 win at Southampton on Friday night, Shannon Cooke and Birmingham City came from a goal down to beat Durham 3-1 on Sunday in the Barclays Women's Championship.
Mollie Lambert struck in the 23rd minute to stun St Andrew's, but Simone Magill, scoring in either half, completed the turnaround before Emily van Egmond netted a third four minutes from time.
West Ham loanee Cooke played all 90 minutes of the crucial encounter as her second-place side sit two points off the leaders with two games of the campaign remaining. However, as they face London City Lionesses on the final day of the season, their destiny is in their own hands.
Divisional rivals Sunderland were not in action at the weekend, meaning Keira Flannery and Jessie Stapleton will return on Sunday away at Bristol City.
Sunday will also mark Ruby Doe’s Ipswich Town’s and Ellie Moore’s Hahstag United’s last game of the FA Women's National League Southern Premier Division campaign. The former and her team are three points clear of second-place Hashtag and have a superior goal difference of 36.
Elsewhere, Inès Belloumou recorded another assist for Malmö as the Swedish team chalked up a resounding 4-1 win away at AIK on Saturday.
The left-back, who again played 90 minutes for the side she joined on loan in January, teed up Tuva Skoog three minutes after the break, who netted Malmö’s third of the afternoon. The win moves Malmö up to third in the embryonic Allsvenskan Women standings.
Meanwhile, Halle Houssein’s Beylerbeyi, who fell a goal down, clinched a 3-1 win at home to Galatasaray on Sunday. A Kader Hançar brace and a goal from Alexandra Engolo secured the three points, moving Beylerbeyi up to fifth in the Turkish Super Lig Women table.
