Source: The FA

The FA WSL2 Player of the month is Melissa Johnson

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Sheffield’s Melissa Johnson has been selected as The FA WSL 2 Player of the Month for January.

Johnson has been one of the key players in the Sheffield FC set up this season as her side have looked to edge their way out of the bottom half of the table and was instrumental in securing valuable points in their FA WSL 2 fixture against Tottenham, scoring a hat-trick in the seven-goal thriller.

Johnson fought off some tough competition from a shortlist including Millwall Lionesses’ Charlie Devlin and Doncaster Belles’s Kirsty Hanson. Devlin came off the bench to score twice in Millwall Lionesses’ win over Tottenham and helped her side to victory against Durham, extending their run of unbeaten games to three. Hanson was also in goal scoring form with a brace against Brighton & Hove Albion to keep Doncaster Belles at the top of The FA WSL 2 table.

The FA WSL Player of the Month award celebrates the best players in FA WSL 1, FA WSL 2 and FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup. Each month, three players are shortlisted based on their performances before a media panel selects a winner for each league.

Presented with The FA WSL 2 Player of the Month award, Sheffield’s Melissa Johnson said, “I feel I’ve settled in well since joining the club in the summer and continue to grow in confidence. I was really pleased with my first half hat-trick against Tottenham – it’s not every day that happens, we need to be doing that in every game at this level!”

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Report courtesy of the FA