Norwich City Women are hoping that a return to Carrow Road for their final league game of the season can be a springboard for a strong promotion push next term. Andy Cook's side are second in the table ahead of the game against Queen's Park Rangers on 27 April, but cannot catch champions Real Bedford, no matter what result they achieve. They have won their last six in a row in WNL Division One South East, but a run of three successive defeats in November and December undermined their hopes of success this season. "The turnaround we've had since Christmas is like an achievement in itself. Obviously, we wanted that promotion but sometimes it doesn't go your way," midfielder Eloise Morran told BBC Radio Norfolk. "We've finished this season really strong and we've got the game to go to really end it on a high note. "It's really encouraging for next season. We've been through the experience of having a rough patch. As a squad, there's a lot of youngsters in it and we are learning so much about how we can bounce back as quickly as possible from setbacks." They appeared at Carrow Road for the first time in April 2023 after becoming fully integrated with Norwich City FC the previous year, and league games against QPR and Cambridge United were played there last season. But the team's only appearance at Carrow Road so far in 2024-25 was for a WNL Cup game against Ipswich Town, from a level higher up the women's pyramid, which they lost 4-0. "These are the games you live for. We've had some amazing attendances in the past and hopefully we'll get that again this time," said Scotland Under-19 international Morran. "There's nothing like the feeling of the crowd behind you when we score, you feel like everyone is with you and the support is immense. "I don't think there will be anyone in our squad who is not desperate to score at Carrow Road but at the end of the day, we want it more for the team." Norwich drew both league games this season against Real Bedford - the club backed by bitcoin investors the Winkelvoss twins. Moran added: "The performances we've put up against them have been really good. We've shown there's no reason we can't compete at that level, if not higher. "One of the big things we've taken this year is game by game, everyone focuses on the final destination but it is really a journey, it's a long old season and you've got to be consistent throughout. "There's been a lot of takeaways from this season which will hopefully help us for next year." Following the match against QPR later this month, Norwich will return to Carrow Road in May to take on Mulbarton Wanderers in the County Cup final.

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Manchester United missed an opportunity to cut the gap at the top of the Women's Super League table to three points as they were held to a 0-0 draw at West Ham. Victory in Dagenham would have moved Marc Skinner's third-placed side to within one win of title favourites Chelsea, as well as giving them a 10-point cushion over fourth-placed Manchester City in the race for Women's Champions League qualification. But despite dominating proceedings, they failed to make their possession pay against a West Ham side who are now unbeaten in four WSL matches. The visitors were twice denied by the woodwork during the first half, with Celin Bizet hitting the post with a first-time strike and a corner clipping the crossbar. After the break, their best chance fell to Elisabeth Terland, whose 47th-minute header brought a smart stop out of Kinga Szemik, diving low to her left to claw the ball away from the bottom corner. Hosts West Ham grew into the game in the second half and looked dangerous on the counter-attack through Viviane Asseyi and Riko Ueki, but never really threatened Phallon Tullis-Joyce's goal. Both sides' positions in the table remain unchanged, with Manchester United third and West Ham seventh. Manchester United arrived in London in triumphant form. Last Sunday they defeated Manchester City 2-0 to advance to a third successive FA Cup final, while in the league they had lost just once in their past 10 matches. During that run they scored 25 goals. Going back to September, they had failed to score in the league just twice - a 0-0 draw with Aston Villa and a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea. But this season, West Ham have turned Dagenham into a fortress. Eighteen of their 20 points have come at home, with only the top four teams boasting better home records. Rehanne Skinner's side have now lost just twice in 10 home matches, going unbeaten in their past five, and conceded just 12 goals. They had to weather the storm against her namesake's side - Manchester United enjoyed 66% possession, outshot their hosts 17 to 10, and had 44 touches in the box, while midfielder Bizet enjoyed the freedom of the right wing West Ham held firm though, to clinch a point and throw another spanner into the battle at the top of the table having taken points off Manchester City and Chelsea this season. Rehanne Skinner told Sky Sports: "I thought we were incredibly hard to play against, defended brilliantly and managed their threats. Another clean sheet, two on the bounce at home and another point against a team in the top four." Manchester United's three remaining matches are all against their fellow top-four sides, setting up a potentially nail-biting finish as they, Arsenal, and Manchester City battle for two Champions League berths. Come the end of the season, Marc Skinner may look back on this match as a crucial two points dropped, particularly given the chances they created. "We wanted to pick up three points - I think we did enough for that," he told Sky Sports. "They came to stop us winning [and] they've got their point reward. "[We] just needed a bit of luck in the box today because we created enough. [It's] frustrating but understandable. We needed to maybe be a little more aggressive on some of the crosses we made and then it would have been a win. "We take another point, another clean sheet for us, and we go into the last three games ready to take on the opponent."

Manchester City forward Mary Fowler is set for an extended spell on the sidelines after rupturing her anterior cruciate knee ligament. The Australia international sustained the injury during Sunday's FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester United. The 22-year-old is almost certain to miss the rest of the Women's Super League season and Australia's friendlies against Argentina at the end of next month. City say she will remain under the care of the club's medical team as she begins her rehabilitation. It is the latest injury blow for City, who are guaranteed to end the season without a trophy following Sunday's cup defeat. Alex Greenwood, Lauren Hemp and Risa Shimizu are all out with long-term knee injuries, while forwards Vivianne Miedema and Khadija Shaw, are sidelined with hamstring injuries. Laura Blindkilde Brown, Ayaka Yamashita Aoba Fujino, Jill Roord and Rebecca Knaak are also on the injury list. Follow our BBC Women’s Football TikTok account