Reading Women 2-1 Oxford City Women: Match Report
The Royals got the win via goals from Ellie Szekeres and Ellie Manners after the break.
Reading Women secured their third league win on the bounce with a 2-1 victory over Oxford City at Arbour Park, Slough on Thursday evening. Second-half strikes from Ellie Szekeres and Ellie Manners put the Royals into a deserved lead before a late goal from City’s Grace Craven set up a nervy finish in a match Reading had dominated throughout. Reading have grown in strength consistently and this result confirms their place as the in-form team over the second half of the season.
The Royals now sit top of the statistics table (over the last 10 league matches), above AFC Portchester on goal difference, with seven wins, two draws and only one defeat. During that time Reading have notched up 32 goals, with the best defensive record too, having only conceded five in this period. So it was great to see Reading directors Rick Catania and Alec Lundberg both at the match last night, standing on the sidelines and cheering on the team, in among the Royals faithful.
During the recent podcast with Ben and Ross , Rob Couhig spoke of his absolute trust in both Rick and Alec and their commitment and ability to growing Reading Women, with some exciting news for fans to follow soon. After a top-four finish in 2024/25, the visitors have struggled with consistency and look like they will end this season in the bottom half of the table, currently sitting in seventh place. Although City’s season has been erratic, they arrived at Arbour Park in similar good form to Reading: undefeated in their last four league matches, including an impressive 1-0 victory over second-placed Winchester City Flyers (who are still in contention for the top spot).
Oxford’s top goalscorer Ellie White was included in the starting XI. She’s in prolific form, having grabbed a brace against Badshot Lea in their last league match, taking her total for the season to 17 goals. After being able to name an unchanged team on Sunday, Reading manager Ed Jackson-Norris made just two alterations to the team that demolished Fleet Town 8-0 last time out .
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