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Discovering The Dub: what new fans thought of the record breaking A-League women season.

By Kieran Yap 29/4/24 Above: a packed crowd for The Newcastle Jets. Photo Newcastle Jets Following record crowds and growing momentum, Impetus Football spoke to new fans of the A-League women to learn their experiences of their first season. The 2023/24 A-League Women season has been a huge success in terms of attendance. Hopes wereContinue reading “Discovering The Dub: what new fans thought of the record breaking A-League women season.”

City outshoot Jets to make the Grand Final

Melbourne City 3-0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne City win 6-0 on aggregate. By Kieran Yap 28/4/24 Above: Melissa Barbieri celebrates Melbourne City’s win after the final whistle. Photo: Melbourne City Melbourne City have advanced to the A-League Women Grand Final with a 3-0 win in the second leg of their semi final against the Newcastle Jets.Continue reading “City outshoot Jets to make the Grand Final”

The A-League double is in sight for Melbourne’s McKenna sisters

By Emma Burke 26/4/24 Melbourne City’s Tijan and Leticia McKenna are sisters, housemates, premiership teammates and Grand Final aspirants. Ahead of the semi final second leg, they talk to Impetus Football about the season so far. “We’ve suffered some hard losses… so it’d be a nice little closing for the story we’ve written the wholeContinue reading “The A-League double is in sight for Melbourne’s McKenna sisters”

Twin telepathy stuns the AMEX Stadium

Brighton and Hove Albion 1-2 Everton By Aimee-Lou Caldecourt (22/4/24) Above: Karen and Sara Holmgaard teamed up and gave Everton the advantage on the South Coast. Photo: WSL. Fireworks welcomed Brighton and Everton to the pitch. The teams went into the fixture knowing that safety in the Women’s Super League was all but mathematically confirmed. The game started pretty cagey inContinue reading “Twin telepathy stuns the AMEX Stadium”

The FA cup final rehearsal ends in a mighty draw

By Fran Lever 22/4/24 It would be fair to say if it was asked to a good percentage of women’s football fans in this country, they would not have predicted a Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur FA cup final at the start of the season but last weekend, both teams booked their tickets to WembleyContinue reading “The FA cup final rehearsal ends in a mighty draw”

City combative and clinical in Semi-Final win over Jets

Newcastle Jets 0-3 Melbourne City By Kieran Yap Above: a record crowd arrived at Maitland Sports Ground to watch Newcastle vs Melbourne City. Image: Newcastle Jets A clinical Melbourne City have won the first leg of the semi final against The Newcastle Jets 3-0. Goals to Daniela Galic, Emina Ekic and Shelby McMahon gave CityContinue reading “City combative and clinical in Semi-Final win over Jets”

Meade and Russo braces bury Bristol

Arsenal 5-0 Bristol City By Joe Rosedon 15/4/24 Above: Leah Williamson (left) and Katie Reid. Photo Arsenal Women Arsenal thump relegation-threatened Bristol City 5-0 to consolidate their place in the top three in the Women’s Super League table. Doubles from Lionesses Beth Mead and Alessia Russo alongside an own goal from Ella Powel sealed a comfortablewin for the Gunners. Arsenal openedContinue reading “Meade and Russo braces bury Bristol”

Manchester United come marching in all over Chelsea FA cup title defence

By Fran Lever 15/4/24 Above: Photo from Manchester United women The start of last month Chelsea had quadruple dreams that were crushed by Arsenal in the Conti Cup final. Then there was a treble dream but their successful run in the FA cup competition came to an end yesterday as Manchester United got their revengeContinue reading “Manchester United come marching in all over Chelsea FA cup title defence”

Dumont rises to deny Victory

By Jonathon Hagger 14/4/24 Above: The Central Coast Mariners celebrate the penalty shootout win over Melbourne Victory. Photo: Central Coast Mariners Melbourne Victory 0 (2)- 0 (4) Central Coast Mariners The second elimination final pitted the Melbourne Victory against the might of the Central Coast Mariners. In very warm conditions both teams went in toContinue reading “Dumont rises to deny Victory”

A tight battle for the title in the Barclays Women’s Championship

By Caitlin Kelly 12/4/24 Above: Bristol City’s trophy lift celebrating their promotion from the Barclays Women’s Championship in the 22/23 season. Photo: The FA As this season draws to a close, the title race in the Championship is beginning to heat up with just fourpoints separating the top four sides. The four-way title race will inevitably be battled out until the final matchday with so little to divide thoseContinue reading “A tight battle for the title in the Barclays Women’s Championship”