DOUBLES from Taome Oliver and Emily Allen helped send Oxford United top of the FA Women’s National League Southern Premier.
Carly Johns, Kayleigh Hines and Abbie Bensted also netted in the 7-0 hammering away to rock-bottom Hounslow.
HIGHLIGHTS | Watch all seven goals from yesterday’s impressive victory at Hounslow 🎥#OUWFC | #UnitedByBelief pic.twitter.com/6J7nUzHuhJ
— Oxford United WFC (@OfficialOUWFC) October 12, 2020
A fourth win in five matches sent them to the summit, but boss Liam Gilbert was not getting carried away.
He said: “That’s irrelevant from my point of view, in terms of where we are in the season.
“We’ve all had a mixed bag of results, everyone’s lost a game.
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“We’ll just keep focusing as we always do and look at what could be better.”
Next up for United is a home game, against Cardiff City next Sunday (2pm).
United: Kite, Wallace, Sims, Haynes, Hines, Oliver (Bensted), Baker (McLachlan), Johns, Allen, Mackenzie, Peters (Brown).
Unused subs: Sercombe, Beaver.
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