Bath City Women Development (0) 3 Frome Town Women (2) 2 – Sunday 10 May 2026
Somerset County Women’s League Division 1 – Peasdown St John Recreation Ground
Match Report by Mark Stillman.
Hari Sabic scored a nine-minute hat-trick in a remarkable turnaround for Bath City Women Development.
City had trailed 2-0 to Frome Town at half-time after beginning the game with only 10 players.
Sabic arrived 15 minutes after kick-off having attended a funeral, and her presence turned the contest on its head as the leading scorer’s treble moved her to 22 goals this season.
With one match to play it also guarantees a credible top five finish for Callum Heal’s side.
Frome took just five minutes to take advantage of starting the game a player up.
Katie Minty made room on the edge of the box and superbly lofted into the roof of the net out of Poppy Yates’ reach.
Yates was forced to readjust when Minty’s effort took a hefty deflection, the keeper doing well to help the ball around the post.
Sabic was thrust straight into the action and her hold-up play led to Tanea Wright’s effort being blocked with Amy Key dragging the follow-up wide.
Frome added a second on 25 minutes when Minty’s precise corner was powerfully headed home at the front post by Keira-Leigh Underhill.
City pulled one back within four minutes of the restart.
Sabic shielded the ball near the byline, cut back in and blasted low past Bethany Restorick.
She notched her and the team’s second on 54 minutes. Patient build-up concluded with Lucy Charlesworth chipping the ball over the away defence to Sabic, who fended off Karen Perkins before firing low across Restorick.
The comeback was complete just before the hour.
After Libby Goater’s fierce attempt was batted away for a corner, Wright’s delivery saw Sabic watch it all the way, meeting the ball on the volley from 10 yards to leave Town shellshocked.
Benefitting shooting down the pronounced slope at Peasedown Rec, City looked the likelier to add to their tally with Sabic battering the underside of the crossbar from close range.
Yates gloved Leah Ham’s stinging effort behind in the closest Frome came to a leveller.
Key could have wrapped the game up, but she skewed wide after Liv Davis and Sabic had worked an opening.
It didn’t matter as Heal’s team comfortably saw out the closing to seal three points.
City’s Line-Up: Yates; Evans, Allan, Charlesworth; Fensome, Davis, Goater, Wright, Witcombe; Key; Sabic.
Scorers: City – Sabic (49, 54, 58); Frome – Minty (5), Underhill (25)
Referee: Mandy Kerfoot