The Reds reach the summit after hat-trick hero Aaliyah Nolan inspires win.
The Reds came out of the traps flying and took the lead after just 3 minutes when Aaliyah Nolan capitalised on the visitors indecisiveness to make it 1-0.
The Reds spent most of the half trying to get a second with chances coming frequently.
They were punished in the 22nd minute when the visitors’ Senna Robinson fired in a free kick following a head clash, which subsequently meant an early sub when Tanya Fozzard was brought off as a precaution.
The half continued with the Reds in control but couldn’t go into the break in the lead.
Half Time: 1-1
The second half started just like the first and 45 seconds into the second half Barnsley took the lead when Aaliyah Nolan doubled her lead, tapping home after the visitors keeper saved an Emmie King shot.
From then it was one way traffic and it was 3-1 in the 63rd minute when Milly Wortley capitalised and headed home after coming off the bar in the box.
It was 4-1 and a hat-trick for Aaliyah Nolan. A great cross field ball was headed into the path of Nolan who ran through and fired home.
It looked as though it would end 4-1 but an own goal from Lucy Cook made the scoreline less emphatic on a day the Reds reached the top of the league.
Our next home game is against Sheffield FC on Sunday 29th November, at 2pm.