Newcastle United Women’s team turn on the style at St James’ Park in another step to the title

Newcastle United Women defeated Burnley 3-0 at St James' Park to maintain their unbeaten WSL 2 campaign. Kathleen McGovern opened the scoring from a Lois Joel pass before former Newcastle defender Deanna Cooper inadvertently deflected a Beth Lumsden cross into her own net. Martha Thomas sealed the victory by converting from six yards out following another setup by Lumsden.

The dominant win established a three-point lead at the top of the WSL 2 table over rivals Sunderland, whom Newcastle face next Sunday at the Stadium of Light. Burnley were forced to finish the contest with ten players after substitute Charley Docherty suffered an injury following the exhaustion of their substitutions.