In Part Two of his exclusive interview with Gemma Donnelly, Head of Blackburn Rovers Women and Girls Football, Impetus editor Ben Gilby examines the status of the FA Women’s Championship, the growth of the game and where what her aims are for the future at the Ewood Park outfit. (For the first part of theContinue reading “Rovers Rollercoaster Ride Takes Upward Curve – Part II”
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Rovers Rollercoaster Ride Takes Upward Curve
In this first of a two part interview, Impetus editor Ben Gilby talks to Blackburn Rovers’ Head of Women’s and Girl’s Football/First Team Manager Gemma Donnelly about how the club have progressed in recent years and the relationship between the men’s and women’s sides at Ewood Park. Blackburn Rovers are an example that hard work,Continue reading “Rovers Rollercoaster Ride Takes Upward Curve”
Glasgow City: Inspiring Girls & Women
Laura Montgomery co-founded Glasgow City in 1998 and they have become arguably the most successful women’s football in Britain. With the team just sealing a thirteenth consecutive Scottish title and tonight hosting Danish side Brondby for a place in the Quarter-Finals of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, we are delighted that she agreed to talkContinue reading “Glasgow City: Inspiring Girls & Women”
Wilson Sees Bright Future For Shropshire’s Saints
Impetus editor Ben Gilby spoke exclusively to TNS Women’s manager Lawrence Wilson about his side who are linked to the perennial Welsh champions, but who are based in Oswestry and play in the English women’s football pyramid. The New Saints (TNS) Ladies play in the FA Women’s National League Division One Midlands. The club, basedContinue reading “Wilson Sees Bright Future For Shropshire’s Saints”
AIK Women – Breeding Ground For Success
by Ben Gilby AIK (pronounced “Orr-Ear-Kor”) are based in Solna, a city around seven miles outside of Stockholm. Their men’s side were formed back in 1891 and play home matches at the National Stadium (firstly the Rasunda, now Friends Arena). The women’s side, AIK Fotboll Dam presently play in the Elitettan, the second tier ofContinue reading “AIK Women – Breeding Ground For Success”
Poles Apart: Forty Years of the Matildas
by Ben Gilby Yesterday marked the fortieth anniversary of the first recognised international for the Australian women’s national team when they took on New Zealand on 6th October 1979. The circumstances faced by these pioneer members of the Matildas are poles apart from their present day counterparts. It is important to emphasise that Australia isContinue reading “Poles Apart: Forty Years of the Matildas”
Magpies Rising Like A Phoenix From The Flames
Impetus editor Ben Gilby talks to Notts County Women manager Adam Dunleavy about the team’s incredible progress since they entered the league system for the 2018/19 after the heart-breaking loss of the original club. The original Notts County Ladies side were created in 2014 after the Lincoln Ladies team formed some nineteen years previously wereContinue reading “Magpies Rising Like A Phoenix From The Flames”
Exceptional Älvsjö: The Background to the Unlikliest of Champions
by Ben Gilby In this two part feature, Impetus editor Ben Gilby tells the story of women’s football club from one of the tiniest towns imaginable, and how they became Swedish and European heavyweights. The opening piece sets the scene on the town and what the team achieved. When it comes to women’s football teamsContinue reading “Exceptional Älvsjö: The Background to the Unlikliest of Champions”
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