In the second half Basingstoke started without their main striker and this gave Newbury the opportunity to really get into the game which was now very even. The Newbury defence was really working very hard and shutting out the attack. Georgie was having an exceptional second half and with Rachel making more postive runs into midfield this eventually led to an excellent goal by Jen Harkness with a powerful strike from at least 20 m. This really gave Newbury further confidence and although Basingstoke brought their striker back on they were not able to dominate the play for the rest of the game. Although Basingstoke scored 2 more goals this was an outstanding second half performance by Newbury.