Sutton Coldfield Town 1-2 Stourbridge

In front of a large crowd at Coles Lane, both sides showed why they are near the top of the division with quality play and good organisation

In a tightly contested game, the Royals took an early lead after just four minutes with a Niamh Deasy header

With play fairly even, Stoubridge got an equaliser on twenty-six minutes when the Royals failed to deal with pressure down their left-hand side

All square at HT

The second-half began at full pace for both teams with Stourbridge using the long-ball wide to create opportunities

The Royals started well but never really got into their stride and after sixty-nine minutes Stourbridge took the lead after Sutton failed to clear a shot which deflected to an unmarked Stourbridge player who was not closed down

The Royals Player-of-the-Match was Ally Forbes for the third game in a row with her organisation, retaining the ball and calmness under pressure

Manager Andy Burman commented “We wish Stourbridge well in the competition. Our focus from day one has been to get promotion and we can now fully concentrate on that objective”