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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”

Town Win Sets Up Brighton Tie

Huddersfield Town 3-2 Derby County By Jack Walker Huddersfield Town Women emerged victorious from a five-goal thriller with Derby County to book their place in the fifth round of the Women’s FA Cup after a fierce and competitive game. The Terriers held on for a dramatic 3-2 win at the Stafflex Arena, coming out theContinue reading “Town Win Sets Up Brighton Tie”

Chichester & Selsey Go Down Battling

West Ham United 11 – 0 Chichester and Selsey From Caz Evans The scoreline will suggest that West Ham gave Chichester and Selsey a ‘hammering’ but that wasn’t officially the case. The West Ham team featured many international players and a strong starting 11. West Ham got off to a quick start when the refereeContinue reading “Chichester & Selsey Go Down Battling”

Helston Return In Style

Helston 6-1 Mousehole From Paul Parfitt A glorious April Sunday afternoon welcomed the return of league football to Kellaway Park for the first time in 2021.  Unbeaten Helston were playing host to third placed rivals Mousehole as the Blues looked to carry on their fine form from 2020 and push towards securing a first leagueContinue reading “Helston Return In Style”

The Swedish Scene

In our regular Saturday morning round up of the Swedish women’s game, @DandalBs updates us with all the news from the national team’s two games, the big kick off in the leagues and what’s been going on around the clubs. NATIONAL TEAM NEWS: Sweden began their two match international series with a promising 1-1 drawContinue reading “The Swedish Scene”