#DanskeWomensPrem: Cliftonville and Glentoran net notable wins
#DanskeWomensPrem: Cliftonville and Glentoran net notable wins Linfield lost at home to Cliftonville. (Bob Hall Sports Photography)
Cliftonville and Glentoran both recorded statement victories as they underlined their Danske Bank Women’s Premiership title ambitions.
Derry City Women 0-1 Crusaders Strikers
Glentoran 4-1 Sion Swifts
Linfield 1-4 Cliftonville
The Reds won 4-1 at Linfield on Wednesday 2 June to make it six wins from their opening six rounds of matches, highlighting the shift in the balance of power between the two sides this season.
Former Blues stars Caitlin McGuinness, Kirsty McGuinness and Louise McDaniel were all on target for the North Belfast side in the rout, while Yasmin White added a fourth late on as striker Ali Smyth’s penalty on the hour mark was not enough for the hosts.
Senior women’s futsal team prepare for Euro qualifiers in Lithuania
Northern Ireland’s senior women’s futsal team are gearing up for three Euro qualifiers in Lithuania next month.
Team boss Keith Gibson has put together an 18-strong training squad ahead of the three matches which will be whittled down to 12 before his team travel to eastern Europe.
The matches from 5-8 May against Lithuania, Slovakia and top seeds Serbia are in Group A of the preliminary round of the UEFA European Women’s Futsal Championship 2022.
The winners of three Women’s Futsal Euro preliminary rounds next month (postponed from May 2020) will advance to a main round in October, joining 13 teams given byes. From the main round four teams will emerge for a four-team knockout final tournament in March next year.