REPORT | Berriew Ladies 2-2 Denbigh Town Ladies

Denbigh Town Ladies ended a superb runners-up campaign with a point in mid-Wales on Sunday.

Goals from Catrin Davies and Beth Kell gave Town a two-goal advantage but the home side fought back to take a share of the points.

It means Denbigh finished the campaign 2nd in the North Wales Women’s Football League East, 11 points adrift of champions Flint and three clear of third-placed Kinmel Bay.

Town began the game well and led after 23 minutes when Davies latched on to a ball from Lowri Claybrook to turn home.

Within five minutes the lead was doubled as Davies turned provider slotting the ball to Kell who finished for her eighth goal of the league season.

However, within a minute Berriew pulled one back via Faye Marshall halving the deficit going into the break.

Half-Time: Berriew Ladies 1-2 Denbigh Town Ladies

Town were keen to end the campaign on a high but will be disappointed with a second half that saw Berriew’s fightback complete on 63 minutes. That woman again Marshall thumping the ball home to secure a point for the mid-Walians.

Neither side found a further breakthrough as the curtain came down on the NWWFL East campaign with only the decider between East and West to play, but for Denbigh the season doesn’t stop just yet. The girls next travel to Llangefni in the Quarter-Final of the Betty Pickering Cup on April 28th.

Denbigh Town Ladies: Young, S.Jones, E.Morris, Adler, C.Morris, Claybrook, Harrison, Kell, Purvis, Roberts, Davies

Subs: Lawson, Bancroft, Cooper

Attendance: 55

Referee: Lauren Harris

Image: Lisi Jones