Morpeth Town Women and Blyth Spartans Women secure winning starts to Premiership campaign

Morpeth Town Women began their NFL Women’s Premiership campaign with a 2-1 victory over Alnwick Town Ladies Reserves on Wednesday evening.

After knocking Redcar Town Ladies out of the FA Cup on penalties over the weekend, Morpeth kicked on again with an assured second-half display at Craik Park in midweek to open their new league season with a valuable three points.

Heading into half-time, both sides were locked in a stalemate, but strikes from Kiera Davidson and Emily Jackson-Pigg ultimately secured a 2-1 win for Morpeth.

Elsewhere, Blyth Spartans Women also got off to an eye-catching start in the Premiership, putting seven past Heddon United in their curtain-raiser on Wednesday evening.

Spartans found themselves 1-0 up at the interval in their clash at Croft Park, but really started to pull away after the break, scoring a flurry of goals as they recorded a 7-1 victory - and a real statement of intent - on home soil.