Ipswich Town Women exited the FAWNL Cup at the quarter-final stage following a 2-1 after-extra-time defeat to FAWNL Southern Premier Division leaders Portsmouth at the AGL Arena this afternoon.

The visitors took the lead in the 29th minute via Sophie Quirk but the Blues levelled eight minutes later from the penalty spot, Bonnie Horwood converting after Maisy Barker’s cross had been handled.

Natasha Thomas struck the post with a header in the 73rd minute, then two minutes later Tractor Girls manager Joe Sheehan talked his way into the referee’s book.

The scoreline remained level at full-time, so the game went into an additional half an hour and four minutes in Pompey retook the lead, Nicole Barrett finding the net from distance.

Town were unable to find another equaliser in the remaining minutes of extra-time and so went out of the competition on a thoroughly miserable cup weekend for the club as a whole.

The Blues face the same opposition at the AGL Arena in the league next Sunday afternoon.

Town: Soper, Mitchell, Boswell (c) (Boughton 116), Williams, Barker (Doe 61), Robertson, Horwood (Bryant 76), Hughes, Bowyer (Peskett 61), O’Brien, Thomas. Unused: Hartley.

Photo: Ross Halls

Lord_Mac added 19:32 - Jan 28 I thought the girls were also unfortunate. Portsmouth had the best of the first half, but Town came into it all the more and after half-time they dominated the second half without finding the net. Sound familiar. The Pompey winner was worthy of winning any game. I’m not sure that playing out from the back is the right strategy though! We lost possession in our final third on several occasions, including their first goal. Our midfield airing of Bonnie Horwood and Kory Richardson are excellent and complement each other

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algarvefan added 23:54 - Jan 28 Not the best of cup weekends for the club, never mind back to the respective leagues!!
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