Chelsea 5–0 Reading By Ben Gilby Chelsea regained the Barclays FA Women’s Super League title with a comfortable victory over Reading at Kingsmeadow. Emma Hayes named the same starting line-up as last week’s Champions League Semi-Final which meant that Swedish international Jonna Andersson remained on the bench. Reading’s season will be filed under ‘transitional’ andContinue reading “Kerr-ific Chelsea Retain The Title”
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Terriers Earn Draw Against Red Devils
Huddersfield Town 2-2 Manchester United U21 By Jack Walker Brittany Sanderson and Lucy Sowerby scored as Huddersfield Town Women battled to a well-earned 2-2 draw against Manchester United U21s yesterday afternoon. The visitors started strongly and took the lead with a crisp left-footed strike that found the bottom corner from range, but Town weren’t behindContinue reading “Terriers Earn Draw Against Red Devils”
Pride Park’s Resilience Rewarded
Ilkeston Town Development 1-3 Pride Park by Boot Room Long term injury absences, the attritional nature of this season and their third game in seven days meant that Pride Park lined up with just eleven players for yesterday’s game at Ilkeston Town Development at Cotmanhay Playing Fields. Park found themselves playing into a fairly stiffContinue reading “Pride Park’s Resilience Rewarded”
Olivia Watson: Back With A Bang
Impetus and Since ’71 are proud to jointly sponsor Sutton United Women’s Olivia Watson. Ben Gilby caught up with Olivia recently to find out how things are going for her now she is back on the pitch. We last spoke to Olivia in February, so she was eager to update us with what has beenContinue reading “Olivia Watson: Back With A Bang”
The Swedish Scene
@DandalBs brings us his weekly wrap of all the news from the latest round of matches in the Damallsvenskan and Elitettan plus a round-up of stories connected to the Swedish national team this week. NATIONAL TEAM: Sweden have been drawn with Finland, Ireland, Slovakia and Georgia in the qualifying group for the 2023 Women’s WorldContinue reading “The Swedish Scene”
Irish Women’s National League Rounds Four and Five
By Ciarán Duffy of Post to Post Sport Peamount United Peamount United top the league with four wins from four and have a game in hand over second placed Wexford Youths. In Round Four they beat Bohemians with three second half goals, scored by Ruddy, Ryan-Doyle, and Watkins. Last weekend, again they had to waitContinue reading “Irish Women’s National League Rounds Four and Five”
Cheltenham Town: Building Towards The Return Of The FAWNL
Dan Lodge, head of PR and media at FAWNL Division One SW side Cheltenham Town Ladies spoke to Ben Gilby about the challenging times of the past 14 months and how they are planning to broaden their supporter base further to aim for Tier Three. Dan began out conversation by outlining the journey that women’sContinue reading “Cheltenham Town: Building Towards The Return Of The FAWNL”
Chelsea Make History
Chelsea 4-1 Bayern Munich Chelsea win 5-3 on aggregate. By Ben Gilby Chelsea produced a performance to be proud of as they became only the second English team in history to make a European club final. Chelsea welcomed back talismanic captain Magda Eriksson after being out for almost a month. Additionally, the club’s regular leftContinue reading “Chelsea Make History”
Wroxham Women: Moving Forward Together
Darrell Allen, media officer at one of our partner clubs, Wroxham Women, updates us on their progress since the return to football. We are a month on from the re-start of Norfolk Football and it was like the girls had never been away. After so long away it was hard to know what to expectContinue reading “Wroxham Women: Moving Forward Together”
The Swedish Scene
@DandalBs brings us our weekly round-up of all the goings on in the Swedish women’s game. This time we round-up all the latest action in the Damallsvensan and Elitettan in addition to the news around the game. NEWS ROUND-UP: At least five Piteå players have tested positive for coronavirus after their defeat to Eskilstuna UnitedContinue reading “The Swedish Scene”
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