Chelsea 2–1 Manchester United by Ben Gilby Chelsea won the battle of the top two in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League as they condemned Manchester United to their first defeat of the season at Kingsmeadow and went top of the table in the process. The two teams went into the match as the onlyContinue reading “Fine Margins The Difference”
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Brisbane Draw – Have They Lost Their Roar?
Newcastle Jets 1–1 Brisbane Roar By Ben Gilby. Pre-season W League favourites Brisbane Roar are still looking for their first win of the season after they racked up their fourth draw from four games this campaign. Newcastle Jets were outstanding in the first half at McDonald Jones Stadium and will be frustrated that they wereContinue reading “Brisbane Draw – Have They Lost Their Roar?”
Sky Blues Soar To The Top of the Table
Sydney FC 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Report and EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS by Kris Goman The government regulations and border closures see all teams essentially playing their neighbours to reduce travel and thus we have another Sydney derby on our hands. This time it’s a Sydney FC home match so we’re at Stadium Australia which is whereContinue reading “Sky Blues Soar To The Top of the Table”
City Win Thriller To Make Amends
Melbourne Victory 2–3 Melbourne City By Kieran Yap. After last week’s 6-0 thrashing at the hands of their cross-town rivals Melbourne City began the first half with obvious determination to make amends. They welcomed Alex Chidiac into the starting line-up and reinstated Rhali Dobson while Victory started without superstar Lisa De Vanna due to aContinue reading “City Win Thriller To Make Amends”
Condon The Difference Once Again
Perth Glory 1–2 Adelaide United By Ben Gilby Perth Glory’s highly talented team of youngsters went down to their second straight Westfield W League defeat of the season against Adelaide United at Dorrien Gardens, with Emily Condon scoring the decisive goal for the South Australian side for the second week in a row. The gameContinue reading “Condon The Difference Once Again”
The Swedish Scene
@DandalBs returns with our weekly feature on all the news, views and transfer speculation in the top two tiers of Swedish Women’s Football, the Damallsvenskan and Elitettan. As we suspected two weeks ago, it now seems almost certain that Kopparbergs/Göteborgs FC will play Damallsvenskan 2021 as a part of BK Häcken. Häcken is the clubContinue reading “The Swedish Scene”
Peamount United: Champions League Heroics & Domestic Double Delight
Hot on the heels of a sensational performance in the qualification stages of the UEFA Women’s Champions League and the club clinching the League and Cup double, Ben Gilby spoke to Elaine Harrington, secretary of Republic of Ireland’s top side Peamount United. Elaine began our conversation by explaining the history of the club: “We wereContinue reading “Peamount United: Champions League Heroics & Domestic Double Delight”
Impetus – Your One Stop Home For W League Coverage in the UK
Impetus‘ comprehensive coverage of the 2020/21 Westfield W League season is drawing large numbers of readers throughout the UK, Australia, USA, Scandinavia and France! We’re proud that, thanks to our Australian based contributors Kris Goman and Kieran Yap, and UK based Ben Gilby we have been in a position to offer reports on every gameContinue reading “Impetus – Your One Stop Home For W League Coverage in the UK”
Four-midable from Super Fran
Reading 0-5 Chelsea by Ben Gilby Chelsea took advantage of all other FA Women’s Super League teams being on the side-lines to close the gap on Manchester United at the top of the table to three points in addition to holding a game in hand and having superior goal difference over United after a comfortableContinue reading “Four-midable from Super Fran”
Six of the Best in Victory Over Reigning Champions
Melbourne City 0-6 Melbourne Victory By Kieran Yap Under a beaming summer sun and in front of a vocal and ecstatic crowd, Melbourne Victory delivered a football lesson to Melbourne City and sent out a warning to the rest of the league. After a stuttering and at time frustrating opening game, they look to haveContinue reading “Six of the Best in Victory Over Reigning Champions”
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