Petersfield Ladies II 1 Fareham Ladies III 3: PETERSFIELD Ladies’ second team faced Fareham Ladies’ third team in cold conditions.

Fareham were above Petersfield in the league and it is usually a close match when the two sides meet.

The play was evenly distributed by both sides in the first half. Fareham managed to get a short corner and scored with a shot which went straight past all the defenders. Preston stopped multiple balls getting into the D and managed to keep pushing the play into the attacking half, and Pearson managed to get plenty of saves in to keep the score to 1-0 at half time.

Fareham scored twice more in the second half to open up a 3-0 lead, although their third goal was almost stopped by S Rymer after a goal line scramble. Petersfield pulled a goal back in the last ten minutes when O’Kelly scored a fine goal from a short corner from the top of the D, but it still finished 3-1 to Fareham.