West Ham Ladies’ turn in fortune continued with an impressive 2-2 draw away to Cardiff City Ladies on Sunday afternoon.
Having beaten rivals Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 as part of the Farewell Boleyn celebrations at Upton Park on Tuesday night, the Hammers came close to securing six points in a week through goals from striker Laura Curtis and captain Katie Bottom.
The visistors started brightly in the FA Women’s Premier League South after the long coach journey to Wales, but it was actually Cardiff who pushed themselves ahead when defender Hannah Wheeler gave away a penalty which was converted by the home player.
West Ham responded well to going behind and were soon level, after good work from tricky midfielder Gemma Abela opened up the chance for striker Curtis to tap the ball over the line.
Cardiff came out strong after the break and were applying plenty of pressure, but Marc Nurse’s side’s passion and determination kept Cardiff at bay.
Then, in similar fashion to the winning goal over Spurs, West Ham went ahead when Curtis was tripped in the penalty box. Skipper Bottom stepped-up once again to bury her second penalty of the week.
Nurse’s side led until the final ten minutes of play when a Cardiff corner, cleared by Erika Turner, only found a home player, who fired home an equaliser from five yards.
It’s an impressive result for Nurse’s side though, who with the four points from two fixtures this week, have overtaken Lewes Ladies into ninth in the league, with 18 points from their 20 league fixtures to date.
The Hammers will now be full of confidence as they host the reverse fixture against Cardiff City Ladies on Sunday 20th March at AFC Hornchurch, with kick-off at 2pm.
After that, the Ladies close their campaign by hosting Queens Park Rangers at AFC Hornchurch on Sunday 10 April.
LADIES: Turner, Ritson (Hinz), Wheeler, Bottom (c), Sammons, Abela, Missen, Ray (Marriner), Ferreira, Curtis, Locke (Charles). Subs not used: Adeyemo.
Having beaten rivals Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 as part of the Farewell Boleyn celebrations at Upton Park on Tuesday night, the Hammers came close to securing six points in a week through goals from striker Laura Curtis and captain Katie Bottom.
The visistors started brightly in the FA Women’s Premier League South after the long coach journey to Wales, but it was actually Cardiff who pushed themselves ahead when defender Hannah Wheeler gave away a penalty which was converted by the home player.
West Ham responded well to going behind and were soon level, after good work from tricky midfielder Gemma Abela opened up the chance for striker Curtis to tap the ball over the line.
Cardiff came out strong after the break and were applying plenty of pressure, but Marc Nurse’s side’s passion and determination kept Cardiff at bay.
Then, in similar fashion to the winning goal over Spurs, West Ham went ahead when Curtis was tripped in the penalty box. Skipper Bottom stepped-up once again to bury her second penalty of the week.
Nurse’s side led until the final ten minutes of play when a Cardiff corner, cleared by Erika Turner, only found a home player, who fired home an equaliser from five yards.
It’s an impressive result for Nurse’s side though, who with the four points from two fixtures this week, have overtaken Lewes Ladies into ninth in the league, with 18 points from their 20 league fixtures to date.
The Hammers will now be full of confidence as they host the reverse fixture against Cardiff City Ladies on Sunday 20th March at AFC Hornchurch, with kick-off at 2pm.
After that, the Ladies close their campaign by hosting Queens Park Rangers at AFC Hornchurch on Sunday 10 April.
LADIES: Turner, Ritson (Hinz), Wheeler, Bottom (c), Sammons, Abela, Missen, Ray (Marriner), Ferreira, Curtis, Locke (Charles). Subs not used: Adeyemo.