Match Report: Evesham United Women 0-5 Hednesford Town Women FC
Sunday 8th November 2026 – League Cup 2nd Round
Evesham United Women welcomed the currently unbeaten Premier Division leaders, Hednesford Town Women, to The Spiers & Hartwell Stadium for their League Cup fixture on Sunday. The current Cup holders were sure to be a challenge for the newly promoted Tier 6 side, who welcomed back Tallulah Brown, Tamzin Hayward and Beattie Jutel to the starting eleven.
The visitors made a fast start using the flanks to good effect, but Evesham were defending well with Chloe Raxter saving at the near post early on. Evesham carried a threat too and looked dangerous up front with the hard-working Natalie Sewell and Freya Bostock leading the line. Both forwards were full of running; Sewell’s surge forced a corner, which Bostock headed over from Liv Tresigne’s cross.
Captain Chopper Pitts took a booking for a pull back on the halfway line, scuppering a Hednesford attack before the visitors took the lead when the ball was lobbed back towards goal following a clearance, with Maisy Sinclair able to lift the ball over Raxter for 0-1.
Tamzin Hayward was the next to go into the Referee’s notebook; the Hednesford player involved seemingly let off the hook in a coming together.
A period of Hednesford pressure, including a couple of corners, saw Evesham defend well, with Brown, Pitts, Jutel, Kyra Bostock, Matilda Harris and Midfielder Ria Salleh all heading, blocking, tackling and clearing danger well.
Despite the pressure from Hednesford, Evesham still had chances, with shots from F. Bostock and Hayward saved.
Hednesford extended their lead with 10 minutes left of the first half when a defence-splitting pass saw Millie Rogers go through one-on-one and finish coolly into the bottom corner for 0-2.
Sewell rounded Keeper Liv Wells out wide, and her shot was expertly cleared off the line by Kate Wright as the hosts looked to get back into the game, but in added time at the end of the half, a good passage of play saw Sinclair score her second of the afternoon for a 0-3 HT lead.
The second started with the visitors on the attack, but fine defending from Harris and a good save from Raxter kept them out. Changes came as Jess Kenny and Bea Harding came on for Hayward and Brown. Soon after, Pitts was off for Ella Parkinson as Manager Mark Taylor changed the shape.
Parkinson immediately sent in a cross from the right, with Wells making an outstanding save down to her left from F. Bostock’s effort.
The visitors made it 0-4 with a shot from distance after Raxter did well to block the initial move; unfortunately, the ball landed at the feet of Pheena Smith, who stroked it home.
Saff Boswell and Ellie Nash came on for F. Bostock and Sewell with 20 minutes to play before Hednesford got their fifth, Ria Elsmore directing her header well from a corner.
Jess Kenny shot wide late on with what would have been a deserved goal for the hosts, but despite their best efforts, it wasn’t to be. A fine effort with plenty of positives in what was always going to be a tough afternoon, but the Robins can hold their heads high and be proud of their approach.
Player of the match: Tallulah Brown; Opposition Player of the Match: Kimberley Tsiga, a commanding display from the Centre half.
Next up for Evesham is the County Cup 2nd Round when Wolverley Women FC visit on Sunday 15/11/26 KO 2 pm.
Match Report: Simon Corbett
POM: Ria Salleh
