Palace suffered two narrow defeats to Portsmouth and Sheffield United at the start of the month, with Annabel Blanchard grabbing a goal away at Portsmouth before a late Jessie Gale finish wrapped up the points for the hosts.

Despite Kirsty Howat's thunderous effort against Sheffield United, the Blades managed to hold on at Sutton for a 2-1 win the following week.

Jo Potter's side bounced back though, and put together two consecutive wins to close out November.

The first was a 2-1 victory away at Ipswich in the Barclays Women's Super League 2, where Palace came from behind with two fine strikes from Ashleigh Weerden and Abbie Larkin.

Then came the final group stage of the Subway Women's League Cup, where the Eagles needed an emphatic win against WSL side Leicester CIty to keep their cup

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