In other games, Rozel Rovers won by the only goal at Le Couvent against St John while St Brelade, also at home, collected their first points of the season after defeating Grouville 8-0.Rozel Rovers 1, St John 0: Rozel bombarded St John with constant pressure in the first half and Sue Davison and Dee Byrne both went close to breaking the deadlock in a goal-less first half.The second period was much the same with St John keeping Rozel at bay until Sarah Armstrong hit a cross in from the left but Suzanne Rosser’s strike was ruled out because of offside.The home team’s efforts finally paid off when Jemma Daniel, after going one-on-one with the goalkeeper, put them in front.
St John battled hard for an equaliser only to be denied by a couple of last-ditch tackles from Rosser and Jo Jones.St Brelade 8, Grouville 0: Both teams were fired up for their bottom-of-the table clash and it was the hosts who took the early initiative when Susan Stewart scored from a tight angle.
Grouville settled and applied good pressure but they were unable to convert their chances, mainly from corners.Good passing moves up the wings helped St Brelade into good positions and Stewart completed a hat-trick before Hannah Taylor made it 4-0.Grouville, who found St Brelade’s defence in good form, slipped behind further to another Stewart strike and they crossed over trailing 6-0 after Naomi Gibaut scored with a long range effort, her first goal for the Club.Grouville, who created chances, defended well in the second period but they could not stop Stewart from adding a further brace to take her tally to six and the Saints’ total to eight.St Clement 2, St Peter 5: St Clement stunned the champions by taking the lead through Tara Marie and only after having another effort ruled offside did St Peter kick into action.Katie Liddington and Joanne Fuller were on target to put St Peter in front only for Lisa Feighan to level the scores again.Fuller’s second nudged St Peter into a 3-2 half-time lead and, dominating the second 45 minutes, understrength St Peter added to their tally through Lisa Godinho and Sally Mayman.
Krystle Matthews had an outstanding game in goal for St Clement.Jersey Wanderers 1, First Tower 4: Wanderers had the lion’s share of possession in the first half but were unable to put away their chances while also being denied by some good defensive clearance by Tower defender Katie Warren.Tower were threatening on the break but they were kept out by some excellent goalkeeping from Katrina Tannahill and strong defending by Rose Conway and Laura Russell.Tower came out for the second half in a determined mood and they capitalised with an early goal from Sarah Bland.
However Wanderers were level shortly after through Sheree Maher.Again both teams were evenly-matched before Michelle Bichard latched onto a pass to shoot Tower into a 2-1 advantage.
Wanderers suffered a setback by having a goal ruled offside and, shortly afterwards, Tower added two goals in quick succession from the pacy Kerry Sauvage to lead 4-1.Wanderers had the better of the possession but Tower’s finishing was better on the day helping them to retain their 100 per cent league record.
