By Maddie Reader

Town Women made it a fourth-straight win with a 2-0 victory at home to Gwalia United on Sunday afternoon.

A brace from Natasha Thomas sealed all three points for the Blues in front of a 1,000-strong crowd.

The hosts started on the front foot and went close after two minutes when Grace Garrad crashed a 20-yard free-kick off the crossbar, with Ruby Doe heading the rebound wide.

Town had another great chance to open the scoring in the ninth minute when Ella Rutherford fed in Sophie Peskett, whose effort was saved by the legs of Laura O’Sullivan-Jones. 

The Blues kept applying the pressure on the Gwalia defence and opened the scoring on 33 minutes when Garrad’s curling free-kick from the side of the pitch was nodded into the far corner by Thomas.

Town went into the break on top, with Natalia Negri not being called on to make any saves. 

Thomas scored her second of the game on 59 minutes when Garrad’s deep free-kick from the right was headed back across goal by Megan Wearing towards the striker who stabbed home from close-range. 

Summer Hughes twice went close to adding a third when Peskett’s cross from the right was volleyed against the crossbar by the defender, before she struck another first-time effort just over the bar a few minutes later.

Joe Sheehan’s side are next in action on Sunday, 6 April against Watford, with kick-off set for 2pm at Grosvenor Vale. 

Town: Negri, Mitchell, Wearing, Garrad, Hughes (Barker), Doe, Robertson, O’Brien (Seaby), Rutherford (Bowyer), Peskett, Thomas (Watson). 

Subs (not used): Hartley, Williams.

Attendance: 1,013.

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