Brooke Chaplen gets past former Royal Bonnie Horwood Charlie Estcourt shoots Fara Williams gets stuck in Fara Williams in possession Gemma Davison is fouled in the box Lauren Bruton scores from the penalty spot Lily Woodham made her league debut for Reading Maz Pacheco made her Reading debut Rachel Furness is forced out Reading celebrate Reading fans
Goals from Gemma Davison, Fara Williams, Lauren Bruton and Remi Allen guided Reading to a comfortable 4-0 win over Yeovil at Adams Park.
With two Conti Cup wins already under their belts, Kelly Chambers’ side continued their fine start to the campaign by picking up three points on the opening day of the FA WSL.
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“We needed to make sure we started bright and we made sure we came away with a win,” said Chambers.
“In the second half we delivered an excellent 45 minutes. It should’ve been more in the back of the net today. That’s probably the disappointing part.”
“Everyone’s happy with the win and definitely for the back four, the amount of work we’ve been doing, to have a clean sheet but also being a big part of our possession (game).
“It’s a good start to the season and we need to make sure we carry that on.”
Reading go to Everton on Sunday (2pm).
READING: Moloney, Pacheco, Pearce (c), Potter, Harding, Howard (Furness 45), Allen (Estcourt 69), Bruton, Williams (Woodham 57), Chaplen, Davison.
Subs not used: Laws, Jane, Skeels.
Goals: Davison (5), Williams (11), Bruton (pen) (59), Allen (61)