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Tier Three’s Top Two Tie!

AFC Fylde 1-1 Huddersfield Town by Jack Walker Huddersfield Town Women played out an entertaining 1-1 draw with AFC Fylde Women at Kellamergh Park, stretching their unbeaten run to thirteen matches. Heading into the game on the back of a 12-match winning streak, the Terriers made a positive start against their FA Women’s National LeagueContinue reading “Tier Three’s Top Two Tie!”

Three Points But Two More Injuries For Park

Wirksworth Colts 0-3 Pride Park by ‘Boot Room’ Pride Park travelled to Wirksworth the second placed side in the Derbyshire Ladies League Division One on Sunday. With the number of players unavailable through injury and changes in circumstances mounting to an alarming extent it was something of a relief to welcome three debutants to theContinue reading “Three Points But Two More Injuries For Park”

Terriers Travel To Fylde For Mouth Watering Friendly

by Jack Walker Huddersfield Town travel to AFC Fylde in a highly-anticipated friendly as they build up to the mouthwatering FA Cup fifth round tie against FA Women’s Super League side Brighton & Hove Albion on May 16th. The 2pm kick off will take place at Kellamergh Park Stadium behind closed doors and sees theContinue reading “Terriers Travel To Fylde For Mouth Watering Friendly”

The Swedish Scene

@DandalBs brings us our regular Saturday round-up of the Swedish women’s football scene which this week saw the new Damallsvenskan and Elitettan seasons get underway. NATIONAL TEAM: This week’s draw for the group stages of the Olympic Games saw Sweden placed in arguably one of the biggest groups of death of all time. In theContinue reading “The Swedish Scene”

Alex Epakis: Tough Baptism But Big Plans For The Future

In the first of our #DubWrap features, Ben Gilby spoke to Perth Glory head coach Alex Epakis about his background, the club’s W-League campaign, their squad of hugely talented local youngsters and plans for a brighter future. Alex knew from the age of 22 that coaching was going to be his way of making aContinue reading “Alex Epakis: Tough Baptism But Big Plans For The Future”

Marine Women: New Kids On The Block at the Heart of their Community

Ben Gilby spoke to Marine Women’s manager Iain Scott and assistant manager Declan Henry about the relatively new tier seven club who play in the Liverpool County FA Girls and Women’s Open League. Declan began our conversation by outlining how the club were formed less than a year ago. “Marine knew for a while thatContinue reading “Marine Women: New Kids On The Block at the Heart of their Community”

Irish Women’s National League Round Three

Ciarán Duffy of Post to Post Sport rounds-up all the goings on in Week Three of the Irish Women’s National League, which saw reigning champions Peamount United facing an early season top of the table challenge from Shelbourne and Wexford Youth’s teen star Ellen Malloy hitting four goals. Champions Beat Another Challenger Peamount United have played two gamesContinue reading “Irish Women’s National League Round Three”

Chelsea One Step From The Title

Manchester City 2-2 Chelsea By Ben Gilby Chelsea moved within three points of the Barclays FA Women’s Super League title after earning a draw at closest challengers Manchester City. In a high tempo, all action encounter of the highest quality, it was a dominant first half performance from Matildas star Sam Kerr which ultimately provedContinue reading “Chelsea One Step From The Title”

PSG End Lyon Champions League Dominance

Jean-Pierre Thiesset gives us his report of the UEFA Women Champion League round of 8 second leg, Olympique Lyonnais game against Paris SG. Paris St Germain won 2-1 away from home against Lyon, and qualified for the UEFA Women’s Champions League semi-final against Barcelona. Unfortunately for Lyon fans and as I foresaw, Lyon were not ableContinue reading “PSG End Lyon Champions League Dominance”

Pride Park Suffer Misfortune and Defeat

Draycott Victoria 4-0 Pride Park from ‘Boot Room’ An unfortunate combination of mishaps, injuries, ailments and events came together at the weekend to rule several of our players out of our trip to Draycott in the Derbyshire Ladies League, leaving us with just ten fit players available to start the game. With regular goalkeeper JadeContinue reading “Pride Park Suffer Misfortune and Defeat”