Double-win weeks brings title closer for City Ladies... academy plan unveiled

Chi celebrate one of the four goals that sank Cheltenham / Picture by John Holden

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Chichester Ladies made it two 4-0 wins out of two with comfortable victories against Basingstoke and Cheltenham to leave them needing just a couple more wins to wrap up a deserved FA Women's south west one title with room to spare.

Last Thursday evening Basingstoke visited Oaklands to face the leaders but an assured performance was more than enough for the green army to reclaim a ten-point lead at the top.

Kally Ambler opened the scoring after 14 minutes with a venomous finish with her right boot from a tight angle having been put clear by Charley Wilson-Blakely.

Chichester continued to press and after a quiet period they doubled their lead through Wilson-Blakely on the half-hour.

Minutes later a third goal arrived and Wilson-Blakely was the beneficiary again thanks to a lovely cross from Lauren Cheshire.

The diminutive figure of Cherelle Khassal came off the bench just after the hour to add more zip to the attacking options. It took her only a minute to make a statement as Khassall burst through a static defence, latching on to an exquisite through-ball from Jess Lewry and firing into the roof of the net.

Sunday brought a trip to Cheltenham, where Chichester welcomed back Jenna Fowlie following a long absence to have a baby and she was on the bench alongside Carmen Kager and Laura Ingram.