Bale was on hand again just after the hour finding Earnshaw in the box and the Nottingham Forest striker's shot from a tight angle was parried by Eddie Gustafsson.
She had visited the terraces the day after that tragic FA cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, and was known to have taken a personal interest in finding out how it happened.
It was Forest who created the first chance, with Chris Cohen's cross almost finding Rob Earnshaw in the box only for a defender to nick the chance away from him.