Petersfield Ladies II 1 New Forest Ladies II 2: PETERSFIELD Ladies’ second team were determined to win against the New Forest on Saturday.

The game got off to a positive start, and the possession was shared evenly by both teams. O’Kelly managed to make a break against the run of play, engaging in a one-on-one with the goalie, and she scored the first goal of the game for Petersfield. The defenders and Houghton put in an impressive amount of effort and kept a clean sheet for the first half.

In the second half the visitors managed to get around the Petersfield defenders, and after multiple attempts the visitors managed to score an equalising goal. Both teams continued to fight for possession, and the New Forest kept the Petersfield defenders on their toes with a number of shots which were all cleared or saved. Hardwick suffered an unfortunate injury, and the visitors scored from a penalty flick to earn the three points.