- Champions retain women’s crown in season finale.
- Andrade reaches 25 goals for the season to guide her side to a crucial point.
ST PAUL’S won the Jersey Football Combination’s Women’s Division title last night following a 3-3 draw against title challengers St John.
With St John needing nothing less than a win at St Saviour to force a title play-off, reigning champions St Paul’s secured their third successive title, after coming from a goal down three times.
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul’s (c) | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 11 | +34 | 31 |
| St John | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 14 | +33 | 28 |
| Jsy Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 26 | -6 | 12 |
| Grouville | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 10 |
| St Peter | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 60 | +58 | 31 |
Former Aland United professional Jody Botterill put St John ahead in the tenth minute when she scored direct from a corner kick.
Catarina Andrade levelled the scores after 44 minutes when she outpaced a turning defender before lifting the ball over the advancing goalkeeper from 18 yards.
However St Paul’s’ joy was short-lived as Marta Ascenção’s firm downward header from eight yards restored St John’s one-goal advantage just a minute later.
Jemma Daniels made it 2-2 immediately after the resumption when she lifted the ball over several players to find the far corner but again St John went a goal clear, for the third time, when Botterill made ground after rounding a defender to score low into a bottom corner.
On the hour the Island’s leading female goal scorer Andrade bagged her second goal to level the scores at 3-3. Following a strong run down the left, Andrade’s cross-shot sneaked inside the far post for her 25th goal of the season.
