Exeter City vs. Gwalia United |

2:00pm - 26 April, 2026 - St James's Park

Exeter City

    2

    Gwalia United

      1

      Live ReportMatch Report

      1. 90' + 6'

        Full-time.

      2. Yellow Card

        90' + 5'

        Benedicte Haaland

      3. 90' + 5'

        Goal disallowed for Exeter.

      4. 90' + 1'

        Haaland sends in a free-kick from the Exeter half, but too much pace causes the ball to fall to Giles.

      5. 88'

        Late heartbreak as Georgia Vaccaro is sent through on goal, and she lifts the ball past Haaland to give the lead back to Exeter.

      6. Goal!

        88'

        Georgia Vaccaro

      7. 84'

        Gwalia break, Emma Thomas finds Ackerman, who feeds Walters, but she is offside.

      8. 81'

        Exeter are unable to capitalise on it. Now they have a corner.

      9. 80'

        Exeter win a free-kick just outside the box.

      10. Substitution

        79'

        Beth McGowan replaces Molly Kehoe

      11. 78'

        Less than 15 minutes (plus additional time) to go. Exeter are forcing Gwalia to work for it. However, Gwalia are battling defensively.

      12. 68'

        Zuurmond tries a shot from inside the box. saved by Haaland.

      13. 66'

        Another brilliant effort falls to Gwalia. Molly Kehoe manages to peel away from her marker, shooting low but Giles intervenes.

      14. Substitution

        64'

        Georgia Vaccaro replaces Emily Poole

      15. Substitution

        64'

        Jess Sandland replaces Sarah Stacey

      16. Substitution

        64'

        Bow Jackson replaces Emily Toogood

      17. 63'

        Almost. Gwalia play the ball back to front, with Walters through on goal one-on-one. After a little hesitation, she decides to lob Giles, going just over the bar.

      18. 62'

        Gwalia win a throw-in deep in Exeter’s half. Imi Scourfield, Georgia Walters and Tia Asker combine to send in a ball towards Keira O’Keefe. Too much power on the ball prevents us from keeping possession.

      19. 57'

        Georgia Walters is fouled, winning a free-kick. Ackerman steps up to whip the ball into the area, which is gathered by substitute goalkeeper Olivia Giles.

      20. Substitution

        56'

        Imi Scourfield replaces Cerys Jones

      21. Substitution

        53'

        Phoebe Baker replaces Beth Ireland

      22. Substitution

        53'

        Liv Giles replaces Abbi Bond

      23. Yellow Card

        51'

        Katie Quick

      24. 50'

        A slack back pass from Exeter sees Bond cannon a ball at Ackerman that ends up going out of play for a goal-kick.

      25. 49'

        Emily Poole curls a shot from just outside the box, ending up wide of the goal.

      26. 48'

        Sophie Gillies is able to outmuscle Cerys Jones to get a shot away, which Haaland saves.

      27. 46'

        The second half is underway. Come on Gwalia!

      28. 45' + 4'

        Half-Time: Exeter City 1-1 Gwalia United. Level at the break, with Tia Asker finding the back of the net.

        Sarah Stacey gave Exeter the lead, tapping home from a matter of yards to put the Grecians ahead, sending the strong attendance at St James’ Park into celebration. Exeter were in search of more goals with Emily Toogood threading a ball to Stacey that went away from any danger.

        Georgia Walters found space on the halfway line, with Tia Asker making a darting run in behind, intuitively looping the ball over Abbi Bond in the Exeter goal to give Gwalia a good response going into the second 45. And from this point, Gwalia were able to match Exeter with their intensity.

      29. 45' + 3'

        Ackerman sends in a corner destined for the back-post, but Gwalia win another corner. Exeter are able to clear their lines.

      30. 45'

        Haaland makes an excellent shoulder save from close range to deny a second for Exeter.

      31. 45'

        Closing in on half-time with Gwalia growing since the equaliser.

      32. 34'

        WE ARE LEVEL!!!!!!!! Georgia Walters sends a peach of a ball into the path of a lightning-quick Tia Asker, she lobs Bond and we equalise!!

      33. Goal!

        34'

        Tia Asker

      34. 28'

        Beth Ireland sends in a searching cross for Stacey to attack, but Haaland is able to gather.

      35. 25'

        Gwalia set off on a quick counter-attack. Ackerman and Asker combine with the latter cutting it back for Ackerman to shoot, but hers shot is off-target.

      36. 20'

        Emily Toogood crosses low into the Gwalia penalty area. Stacey has a swipe at goal. The ball evades everybody in the box. A let-off.

      37. 14'

        A half chance from a Gwalia corner. Shurima Vine picks up the loose ball, sending the ball towards Asker, finding Daisy Ackerman, whose flick falls into the hands of Bond.

      38. 13'

        An early blow for Gwalia as Sarah Stacey’s short-range effort gives the hosts the lead.

      39. Goal!

        9'

        Sarah Stacey

      40. 7'

        Exeter go close again, Ishbel Zuurmond going into battle with Ellie-Mai Sanford. Zuurmond wins the battle, poking the ball from 12-yards, going just wide of the post.

      41. 6'

        Leah Burridge has a shot from the left, aiming a shot towards Benni Haaland’s near post, but her shot hits the side netting.

      42. 4'

        Tia Asker does well to bring down a bouncing ball, hooking it towards Georgia Walters at the back-post, her header is saved by Abbi Bond.

      43. 1'

        We are underway at St James’ Park.

      44. 0'

        The teams are out of the tunnel.

      45. Good afternoon from a sunny St James’ Park as Gwalia United travel to Devon to face Exeter City in the final match of the 2025/26 season of the FA Womens National League Southern Premier Division season.

        Kick-off is at 2pm.

      46. There is no live report available for this match

      Lineups

      Starting

      • 1Abbi Bond
      • 3Emily Toogood
      • 4Jaydee Seaman
      • 5Fearne Slocombe
      • 8Beth Ireland
      • 10Sarah Stacey
      • 14Emily Poole
      • 15Ishbel Zuurmond
      • 21Sophie Gillies
      • 22Leah Burridge
      • 23Amber Pollock

      Substitutes

      • 12Liv Giles
      • 6Jess Sandland
      • 2Bow Jackson
      • 7Phoebe Baker
      • 9Ellie Sara
      • 18Georgia Vaccaro

      Starting

      • 26Benedicte Haaland
      • 2Ellie-Mai Sanford
      • 3Tia Asker
      • 4Katie Quick
      • 10Georgia Walters
      • 14Molly Kehoe
      • 15Shurima Vine
      • 16Emma Thomas
      • 17Daisy Ackerman
      • 23Cerys Jones
      • 25Keira O'Keefe

      Substitutes

      • 31Ameliah Yarwood
      • 8Beth McGowan
      • 12Cori Williams-Mills
      • 18Manon Pearce
      • 19Callie Jones
      • 20Anna Powell
      • 22Imi Scourfield

      Match Info

      Stadium

      St James's Park

      Date & Time

      2:00pm 26 April, 2026