Sheffield United Women beat Durham 4-1 in the Regular Season round 4 on 27 September 2026. The result leaves the hosts ninth with three points and Durham bottom at zero, a fourth defeat in a row for the visitors.
Andrews opened the scoring in the twelfth minute and added a penalty in the fifty-fourth, then went on to complete her hat-trick sixty-nine minutes in. Hutchison scored in the thirty-seventh and Quinn found the net fifty-one minutes in. By then Durham had already been reduced to defending deep after Andrews' first goal.
Sheffield United have not won before today, but this was a different performance from the heavy defeats they suffered against Manchester United and Newcastle. To be fair, they controlled the tempo rather than chasing the game, and the visitors could not find a foothold once Andrews struck.
There were five yellow cards — Devlin, Fergusson, Warrington, Hepple and Ayre — and a late booking for Bristow. Nine substitutions were made across the ninety minutes, with Andrews herself replaced in stoppage time after her third goal.
We had given Durham a 44 per cent chance of winning, but the match went another way. Their recent results against top sides showed they can score, yet here they failed to answer when Sheffield United took control.
The hosts move off zero points with a win that does not make them contenders, but it does give them something to build on. Durham remain at the foot of the table with goal difference still to improve and confidence to rebuild.
