Northern and Southern Division winners battle to be crowned The FA Women's Premier League champions

Northern and Southern Division winners battle to be crowned The FA Women's Premier League champions

Tottenham Hotspur are on the cusp of glory after a dramatic last-gasp victory over FA Women’s Premier League Southern Division title-rivals Cardiff City on Easter Sunday.

Wendy Martin’s goal in the sixth minute of added time saw Spurs beat the Bluebirds 2-1 at the Cheshunt Stadium and they will seal the title at White Hart Lane with three points against West Ham United next Wednesday evening.

Tottenham cannot be caught by second-placed Charlton Athletic and they are also clear of third-placed Cardiff and Coventry United – both of whom have a number of games in hand – by 11 and 13 points respectively.

FA Women's Premier League Sunday April 16, 2017

By Dan Barnes

Things looked so different six minutes in when Cardiff’s Cori Williams powered home a strike from the edge of the Spurs area, and the hosts went on to trail 1-0 at half-time.

But with just six minutes of normal time remaining, Nikita Whinnett tied things up after being teed up by Lucia Marte Leon.

The drama wasn’t done there, though, with Martin grabbing the winner with 96 minutes on the clock to move her side ever-closer to title glory.

Elsewhere, Gemma Bryan’s four-goal haul inspired Crystal Palace to a 5-2 victory at Portsmouth, with Rosie Paye also on target.

Natasha Stephens and Samantha Quayle scored for the hosts.

West Ham and Lewes shared the spoils as they played out a goalless stalemate.

West Bromwich Albion notched up their third win in four matches in the only game to take place in Northern Division.

They moved themselves up to eighth in the table with a 1-0 victory over Leicester City, with Olivia Mitcham notching the only goal of the game with four minutes of time to go.