Report | Aberystwyth Town Women 0 Swansea City Women 4
Swansea City Women continued their positive start to 2025 with a comfortable win away at Aberystwyth Town Women.
The Swans couldn’t capitalise on a dominant first half, but Emily Thomas broke the deadlock early in the second half.
Chloe Chivers doubled the lead with a superb strike from distance, before Aimee Deacon tapped home a third from close range.
And Taite Trivett rounded off the scoring late on, bursting from her own half and finishing well to make it 4-0
First-team manager Jamie Sherwood had handed first starts to new signings Lauren Davies and Caitlin Williams, with Davies replacing the absent Lucy Finch.
Williams started brightly for the Swans, delivering a great ball to the back post that Robyn Pinder headed just wide of the post.
Davies then came close to her first Swansea goal. Emily Thomas’ delivery to the back post allowed the fullback time to control before powering a shot into the side-netting.
She would come close again before the break, seeing her low effort well saved by Chelsea Herbert at the near post.
The chances kept coming for the visitors. Nia Jones curled an effort narrowly wide before Richards turned in the box and arrowed a low strike just wide of the mark.
Emily Richards almost found the opener with just moments left of the first half, turning in the box before arrowing a low shot that would also go just beyond the post.
It was goalless at the break, but the Swans would finally get the breakthrough early in the second half when Thomas’ effort from wide flew over the head of Aber keeper Herbert and into the back of the net.
From there the floodgates opened, Chivers made it 2-0 just 15 minutes later, a 30-yard strike fizzing past the goalkeeper to double the visitors’ advantage.
Just 10 minutes later it was three, Deacon crashing home Stacey John-Davis’ cross from close range for her 10th goal of the season.
John-Davis almost made it four late on from a lofted free-kick, but she was denied by a good save from Herbert.
But Trivett would round off the scoring late on, picking the ball up in her own half before bursting in on goal and finishing into the bottom right corner as the Swans returned to winning ways in the league, following back-to-back defeats at the end of 2024.
Aberystwyth Town Women: Chelsea Herbert, Rebecca Mathias (captain), Elan Jones, Hannah Davies, Lleucu Mathias, Imogen Scourfield, Libby Isaac, Ffiona Evans (Lowri James-Evans 73), Modlen Gwynne (Amelie Talbot 80), Jessica Baker (Maria Ewers 64), Josie Pugh.
Unused subs: Shauna Chambers.
Swansea City Women: Charlie Haynes, Lauren Davies, Sophie Brisland-Hancocks, Sammy Wynne, Robyn Pinder (captain) (Aimee Deacon 69), Maddy Murray, Emily Richards (Chloe Chivers 69), Caitlin Williams (Stacey John-Davis 62), Emily Thomas, Jess Williams (Taite Trivett 79), Nia Jones.
Unused subs: Verity Jones.