Tyler Toland was on target with a goal for Blackburn Rovers
Tyler Toland set Blackburn Rovers on their way to a first win in seven - at the expense of Erin McLaughlin and Portsmouth.
The Donegal natives and Republic of Ireland internationals were on opposing sides and it was St Johnston’s Toland who had the upper hand in the Barclays Women’s Championship.
Toland, the Blackburn Rovers captain, stepped up to convert a penalty in the 42nd minute of the game at Ewood Park. Toland fired home to the bottom right-hand corner after a foul on Georgia Walters.
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Toland is in her second season at Blackburn while Culdaff’s McLaughlin switched to Pompey from Peamount United in the summer.
Four minutes from the end, Maria Edwards curled in a superb second for Blackburn to bring an end to a wretched sequence of six successive losses.
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