performance, then the results come. three of the home nations were involved in women s world cup qualifiers this evening. it was a pivotal night for northern ireland, but it didn t go to plan, their hopes of getting to next years tournament taking a blow. they lost 3 1 to austria. both sides had gone into the match level on points in group d behind england, but defensive errors cost northern ireland nicole billa punished julie nelson s poor backpass. northern ireland did get a consolation goal five minutes from the end, a weak clearance going straight to substitute joely andrews, who made it 3 1 on the night. in contrast, it was a high scoring victory for england, who beat north macedonia 10 0. ella toone got a hatrick while arsenal s beth mead scored four, and striker ellen white got her 50th senior international goal. she s now second only to wayne rooney in the all time goal scoring chart. meanwhile, wales women slipped
been pretty good. we mentioned the mistakes. effective results in both those games, so we must take confidence in the idea that performance is good, but work to improve it, worked to improve it, and then results come. three of the home nations were involved in women s world cup qualifiers this evening. it was a pivotal night for northern ireland, but it didn t go to plan, their hopes of getting to next years tournament taking a blow. they lost 3 1 to austria. both sides had gone into the match level on points in group d behind england, but defensive errors cost northern ireland nicole billa punished julie nelson s poor backpass. northern ireland did get a consolation goal five minutes from the end, a weak clearance going straight to substitute joely andrews, who made it 3 1 on the night. in contrast, it was a high scoring victory for england, who beat north macedonia 10 0. ella toone got a hatrick while arsenal s beth mead scored four, and striker ellen white got her 50th senior int