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Records are broken and history is made during a thrilling weekend in the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship

The FA Women’s Super League and FA Women’s Championship go on hiatus this coming weekend as international football takes centre stage.

The wait will be all the more agonising given the raft of tantalising developments across the two leagues over the weekend, with unmissable plot lines up and down the country making for nine thrilling encounters.

There were top-of-the-table clashes, record-breaking victories and history-making turns – here’s our round-up of the weekend’s action:

Parris secures a slice of FA WSL history

Nikita Parris is unlikely to forget her star turn in Manchester City’s 3-0 victory at Liverpool anytime soon.

The England forward scored twice in the second period to become the FA WSL’s all-time top-scorer at the age of just 24.

With 37 goals to her name, Parris has moved ahead of former Chelsea and Birmingham striker Eniola Aluko and also helped keep City on the coat tails of leaders Arsenal.

The Glovers’ wait is finally over

Victory in the FA WSL has been a long time coming for Yeovil Town – on Sunday, they tasted glory for the first time since 2016.

Hannah Short’s strike fired the Glovers to a 1-0 win over Everton, their first league triumph in 32 attempts.

Success also brought to an end a run of 41 successive matches without a win in all competitions, allowing Yeovil to move off the bottom of the table, leapfrogging the Toffees.

Gunners continue to fire on all cylinders

Arsenal remain the team to beat in the division, unbeaten and top of the tree.

England midfielder Jordan Nobbs scored a brace while Danielle van de Donk was also on target as the Gunners made it seven wins from seven with a 3-1 success over Birmingham City, Emma Follis on target for the Blues.

Joe Montemurro’s side are three points ahead of Manchester City with a game in hand while Birmingham are eight points behind in third.

Possession play then 💥@JordanNobbs8 rounds off a brilliant team move as @ArsenalWFC make it SEVEN straight wins 👏#FAWSL pic.twitter.com/l3pqulsgBj — The FA Women's Super League (@FAWSL) November 4, 2018

Bachmann shines for Chelsea

Ramona Bachmann’s brace inspired defending champions Chelsea to back-to-back FA WSL wins for the first time this season.

The Blues defeated West Ham United 2-0 at Kingsmeadow, with Switzerland international Bachmann netting twice in the second period.

A fine end to the week for Chelsea, who also breezed into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Women’s Champions League last Wednesday.

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Royals on the march

Fara Williams scored twice as Reading bested Bristol City 3-0 at Adams Park.

A third win of the season saw the Royals return to winning ways after their hard-fought draw with Manchester City last time out, Brooke Chaplen also getting herself on the scoresheet.

Reading are now sixth in the FA WSL table, level with Bristol City, and have a game in hand on Liverpool, who are just a point ahead.

Red Devils reel in the leaders

Tottenham Hotspur remain top of the table in the Championship – but Manchester United took a step towards hauling them in by defeating Spurs 4-1 in an unmissable top-of-the-table clash.

United striker Jess Sigsworth took her tally to eight goals in eight games with a brace while Lauren James and Charlie Devlin were also on target for the Red Devils, Angela Addison bagging the visitors’ consolation effort.

United moved to within two points of Spurs with a game in hand but they also find themselves level with Charlton Athletic, who beat London Bees 2-0.

Durham, who beat Lewes 5-0, are also in the mix, while elsewhere, Sheffield United overcame Leicester City 1-0 and Aston Villa recorded their first league win of the season, beating Millwall Lionesses 2-0.