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16 Sep 2024

The guys at the Orient Outlook Podcast continue to support the ladies' teams by including a regular update spot on their popular Sunday evening broadcasts. Yesterday (Sunday 15th Sept) was no exception, the guys gave a brief round-up of the previous weeks' key news items, so the easy way to catch up is just listen in on the OOP chaps via this link which takes you to the start of the women's update (at 58 mins) although there's plenty of good Orient stuff throughout the entire podcast.

After the drawn out "will we - won't we" question about whether or not we'll still be playing in the Greater London Women's Premier League in 2024/25, The GLWFL got on with their programme which left the O's ladies with no league fixtures until a later date. The league has seen two rounds of games, the second of which was played on Sunday 15th September. Here are the results:-

Islington Borough Ladies have started off strongly with two wins, a 3:1 away win at Luton on the opening day followed by a 5:0 away win at league newcomers Camden and Islington United, we'll call them CandI Utd from here on. Freya Glen, Andrea Niper (x2) and Abby Webster (x2) doing the damage. Two away games and two wins puts IBLFC in second spot on GD behind leaders Hammersmith.

Perennial title contenders Comets have found things difficult at the start of the season having scored a second half equaliser to get a point away at Tooting Bec on the opening day, they followed this with a 2:1 home defeat to a strong looking Camden Town outfit, Camden also have two wins in two games and sit third on GD.

Headstone Manor continue to find wins hard to come by but it looks as though things are coming round for them after a close 3:2 defeat to newly promoted Luton Town Reserves. Second half goals from Sasha Williams and a penalty from the ever-reliable Jade Doherty brought the sides level but it was not quite enough to rescue a point as the Hatters found a late winner. It leaves Manor at the bottom whilst Luton sit mid-table with three points.

Hammersmith march on at the top of the division thanks to two wins from two and a huge GD courtesy of a big win over Headstone Manor on the season's first day. Things were much tougher playing away against last season's Division One champions and League Cup winners South London Firsts. Georgia Oakley and sub Sabina Hollywood got the goals for the home side who continue to show they will be force to reckon with in the Premier league.

The other promoted club, Brentford B are finding the Premier division significantly more challenging. Their opening match was against fellow promoted club South London Firsts who took the points with a 2-0 victory. Next up were experienced outfit Tooting Bec who proved to be too strong for their west London opponents as they ran out with a 7:0 victory. Two goals apiece from Sarah Orton, Jayny Saunders and Charlotte Stiff plus one from sub Amber Guyatt made it a long afternoon from the newcomers. Set pieces proved to be a winner for Tooting Bec as their second, third and fourth goals came from free kicks given away by the Bees.

The current standings in the Greater London Women's Football League (GLWFL) can always be found on these pages by going to GLWFL Standings . The under 18s results and league standing are at JPL Warriors (under 18s) Standings and the under 16s are at JPL Warriors (under 16s) Standings.

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