Dearne & District Ladies 3 Huddersfield Town LFC 1

Well, so much for my expertise on the women's game. This game was a comfortable win for Dearne who belied the difference in status between the clubs to run out deserved winners.

I stood near the Huddersfield bench before the game and it was pretty obvious to me that one of their players was decidedly unwell (I won't describe it too much - I'll leave that to your imagination!) and it was no surprise that she didn't start the game.

Apart from the first five minutes when Town had a couple of threatening corners the first half was dominated by Dearne No. 8 Bradie Wild, who had moved from her midfield role in the previous round to a position up front and she proved a real thorn in the side for the Huddersfield defence. She hit the woodwork twice in that period.

However, for Huddersfield it couldn't last and within 5 minutes of the start of the second half they were 2 down. And it was Wild who got both goals. By 55 minutes Dearne were 3 up with a stunning strike from Lizzie Tester and that really seemed to be it.

But back to that sick Town player. Her name - Katie Barnes; her mission - well to try and last 25 minutes without throwing up! She came on and changed the game, she was everywhere, scoring one and causing havoc for Dearne. But it was too little too late. She did send a teammate through one-on-one with 5 minutes to go - if that had gone in who knows what would have happened. But it was Dearne's day and their best-ever run in the competition continues.