Chichester are too casual against Corinthians

London Corinthians 2 Chichester City 2

Chichester travelled to London looking to maintain their 100 per cent record '“ and as the match progressed it seemed certain they would.

Laura Streeter and Kirsty Willet combined in midfield to dominate play.

From a corner, Amber Maher scored her first of the season with a bullet header to put the visitors one up.

Then Willet pounced on a loose ball to toe-poke home just before the break.

Chichester missed chances that they would later regret.

On 86 minutes, Corinthians turned pressure into a goal '“ only the second Chichester had let in this season.

It still looked like Chichester would walk away with the three points but in the 93rd minute, London won a corner which led to the equaliser.

Demoralised Chichester left the pitch with heads down, but a point away form home and a great 80 minutes of football shouldn't be forgotten.

CHICHESTER: Bernard, Pennington, A Maher, R Maher, Parker, Paul, Crook, Willet, Streeter, Pike, Thompson. Subs: Horne (65), Cole.

Burgess Hill 2 Chichester United II 1

Chichester started brightly and a misjudged bounce left Hillians keeper Helen Bashford stranded for Sally Bourn to score from six yards on ten minutes.

Bashford denied Chichester a couple of times but Chichester's stand-in keeper Natalie Clark was unfortunate when Natalie Bagwell struck from outside the area to level.

Captain Abbie Garner from Chichester made some strong but fair challenges as the home team started to pressurise. But while Garner received treatment on the sidelines, Jade Bubb scored the winner from a corner in the 83rd minute.

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Rustington Girls 8 Chichester City Flyers 3

Two early Rustington goals put the Flyers on the back foot. The Flyers, playing with only ten players and with a new central defensive partnership, struggled to get their usual game going.

After the early setback, they found a better shape and started to put a strong team under some pressure.

Ellis got one back for the Flyers before Rustington struck twice more.

The Flyers scored through Ellis in the 43rd minute to peg the score back to 4-2.

But with tiring legs, they conceded four more in the second half before Harnett scored a magnificent long-range free-kick.

Despite having to pick the ball out of the net several times, new keeper Georgina Adams made spectacular saves and finished with a great deal of credit.

Chichester Girls 3 Felpham Girls 0

Playing with the wind in the first half, Felpham started the stronger but lacked a cutting edge up front and Chichester took advantage by snatching a goal just before half-time.

Despite an excellent defensive performance by Ellen Stevens, Chichester increased their lead to three goals and, although Emily Diplock tried manfully to get a goal back, Felpham were comfortably beaten.

FELPHAM: Delongsdon; Russell, Luff, Bailey, Sutton, Watson-Williams, McLinden, Diplock, Dibley, Logan-Rose, Makey. Sub: Paine.

Adur 2 Felpham 6

Felpham started the stronger with Shannon Makey going close twice early on.

The pressure soon told and Eloise Paine opened the scoring from a narrow angle and then scored a superb individual goal.

Adur, to their credit, pulled one back to leave the score 2-1 at half-time.

In the second half, Amy Bailey finished off a fine move in style.

Adur again pulled one back but Bailey drove through the defence to restore the two-goal lead.

And an excellent team performance was cemented with further goals from Alice Price and Laura Dibley.

FELPHAM: Delongsdon; Russell, Luff, Bailey, Sutton, Paine, McLinden, Diplock, Dibley, Logan-Rose, Makey. Subs: Watson-Williams, Price.