Brentford Women B 7 South London Laces-Spartans 0: O'Brien hat-trick sees B team move six points clear

Brentford Women B beat South London Laces-Spartans 7-0 at Bedfont Sports Club on Sunday afternoon to move six points clear at the top of the Greater London Division One South table.

Ava Slade opened the scoring for the Bees, before Marta Boabonay and Cloe O'Brien went on to score a brace and a hat-trick respectively. Liberty Morrice-Bartlett also got on the scoresheet in the dominant home victory.

Tommy Ryan-Maynard's side took the lead early on when Morrice-Bartlett found Slade in space on the edge of the box and she finished calmly from range to tuck her effort into the bottom-left corner.

Morrice-Bartlett then got her second assist of the day when she flicked the ball down the line to Boabonay, whose cross looped over the South London keeper into the back of the net.

The pick of the bunch gave the west Londoners a 3-0 lead when Morrice-Bartlett curled a screamer home from long range to put them in the driving seat at half-time.

Shortly after the restart, Makeba Black, who has featured heavily for the first team in recent weeks, drove out of centre-back and slotted a defence-splitting pass into Boabonay, who made no mistake to power home her second and the Bees' fourth of the day.

O'Brien then got in on the action, controlling the ball at the top of the box from a corner, dribbling past two defenders and slotting home.

Morrice-Bartlett completed a hat-trick of assists shortly afterwards, whipping a corner in from the right which was thumped home by O'Brien from inside the six-yard box.

O'Brien rounded off her hat-trick and an exceptional performance from the Bees with a clever turn and finish from outside the penalty area.

Ryan-Maynard's side now sit six points clear of Regents Park Rangers in second place with a game in hand and go into 2026 in a commanding position with nine games to play.

Brentford: Thorne-Ford, Morrice-Bartlett, Petit, Black, Boabonay, Morgan, Slade, Hlek, Buckmire, Barbosa, Henry

Subs: Alaneme, O'Brien, Wood, Jaffer, Carty