Andria Georgiou climbed off the bench and fired in a free-kick to secure a valuable point for London Bees against promotion-chasing Yeovil Town.
An exciting first half produced a hatful of chances at both ends, with Bees’ Sophie Harris on exceptional form to deny multiple long-range efforts. She was beaten in the 28th minute, however, as Natasha Knapman opened the scoring, keeping her cool admirably when through on goal.
Going behind seemingly knocked the hosts’ confidence, already down after a recent disappointing run of three defeats in a row in all competitions, and their composure on the ball suffered on a warm and draining afternoon at The Hive.
The Bees returned for the second half resurgent and, after a smart Gemma Fraser through-ball, Paula Howells did well in the 48th minute to slide the ball past Alice Evans and into the far corner.
Yeovil refused to settle for a point and substitute Shauna Cossens made an almost immediate impact, finishing beautifully from the edge of the box on 58 minutes.
Bees’ own substitute Georgiou was not to be outdone though, equalising with a marvellous free-kick from similar distance five minutes later as Yeovil dropped points in WSL 2 for the first time since the World Cup concluded.
London Bees Goal Scorers: Howells 49′, Georgiou 63′
Yeovil Town Ladies FC Goal Scorers: Knapman 28′, Cossens 58′
London Bees: Sophie Harris, Aoife Hurley, Billie Brooks, Jade Dempster, Paula Howells, Gemma Fraser (Lucy Loomes 60), Leigh Nicol (Sydney Hinchcliffe 70), Paige Wakefield (Andria Georgiou 60), Katherine Huggin,; Amber Gaylor, Ashleigh Goddard.
Subs not used: Imogen Riches, Rebecca Anderson, Beth Davies.
Bookings: None.
Red cards: None.
Yeovil Town: Alice Evans; Bow Jackson (Emily Donovan 83), Natalie Haigh, Nicola Cousins, Helen Bleazard, Steph Williams, Ellie Curson, Stacey Pearson (Shauna Cossens 51), Sarah Wiltshire, Annie Heatherson, Natasha Knapman (Alys Hinchcliffe 88).
Subs not used: Charlotte Johnson, Stephanie Beck, Jodi Cornwall, Ebony Dover.
Bookings: None.
Red cards: None.
Attendance: 253
Referee: Anthony Dacosta
Yeovil Town Ladies are in Continental Tyres Cup action on Sunday 16th August at The Jones Stadium, Sherborne (2.00pm KO).
Report courtesy of Yeovil Town Ladies FC
