Everton Ladies suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Yeovil Town at Southport’s Merseyrail Community Stadium after the visitors’ late winner against the run of play.
Despite dominating for long periods of the second half, the Blue Girls failed to carve the Glovers open and paid the price when defender Megan Alexander grabbed the winner in the 77th minute to hand Lee Birch’s side all three points.
Willie Kirk’s Everton controlled the match for long periods after ringing the changes at the break with both teams struggling to stamp their mark on a quiet first half.