Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Manchester United By Ben Gilby Manchester United continued their strong start to the Barclays FA Women’s Super League season after a relatively straightforward victory at The Hive Stadium this afternoon. Pre-match interest centred on three stars of the USA’s World Cup winning side, but whereas Manchester United gave first Super League startsContinue reading “Shot-Shy Spurs Undone by Unbeaten United”
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Battling Birmingham Take The Plaudits But Chelsea Win The Points
Birmingham City 0-1 Chelsea By Ben Gilby Chelsea produced another performance that left more questions than answers after they were largely frustrated by winless Birmingham City, who were supremely well organised in defence at Damson Park this afternoon. Birmingham made three changes from their midweek defeat to Everton in the FA Cup Semi-Final, by bringingContinue reading “Battling Birmingham Take The Plaudits But Chelsea Win The Points”
City Hit Form At Last
Manchester City 4–1 Tottenham Hotspur By Ben Gilby Manchester City finally put their uncharacteristic start to the Barclays FA Women’s Super League start to bed with a comprehensive win over Tottenham Hotspur this afternoon. The pre-game headlines surrounded the respective team sheets, with Manchester City’s immensely strong bench underlining the sheer quality in depth thatContinue reading “City Hit Form At Last”
Raso Inspires Toffees As Chelsea Come Unstuck
Everton 2-1 Chelsea By Ben Gilby Everton produced a performance of real character to come back from a disastrous opening ten minutes to gain an impressive win over Chelsea at a sunny if cold Goodison Park. The visitors couldn’t have come out of the blocks quicker. Within two minutes they created their first opportunity. ErinContinue reading “Raso Inspires Toffees As Chelsea Come Unstuck”
Good Evans – Arsenal See off Spurs Challenge
Arsenal 4-0 Tottenham Hotspur By Ben Gilby Arsenal moved into the FA Cup Semi-Final after a victory that was more hard fought than the final score line suggests. Ultimately the game turned after two unfortunate errors from Ashleigh Neville which led to a piece of brilliance from Jordan Nobbs and a hat-trick from Lisa Evans.Continue reading “Good Evans – Arsenal See off Spurs Challenge”
Champions On Cloud Nine
Chelsea 9-0 Bristol City By Ben Gilby The reigning Barclays FA Women’s Super League side produced a quite phenomenal display of passing, movement and finishing as they dominated a limited Bristol City side at Kingsmeadow. Whilst Chelsea were criticised for an inability to take their chances in front of goal against both Manchester sides overContinue reading “Champions On Cloud Nine”
United Step It Up To Earn Deserved Point
Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea By Ben Gilby A strong second half performance from Manchester United enabled the Red Devils to record a well-earned point against the defending Barclays FA Women’s Super League champions Chelsea. The current respective strength in depth of the two sides was evident with a pre-match glance at the team sheets. ChelseaContinue reading “United Step It Up To Earn Deserved Point”
A Magnificent Seventh For Lyon
VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais By Ben Gilby Lyon won their fifth UEFA Women’s Champions League in a row and seventh from the last ten finals after victory in a high quality final against Wolfsburg in San Sebastian. The final was settled by a goal from Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir, who, with great irony had actuallyContinue reading “A Magnificent Seventh For Lyon”
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Chelsea 2-0 Manchester City By Ben Gilby Chelsea ran out deserved winners in the resurrected Women’s Community Shield at Wembley with defender Millie Bright showing how to finish on a day when her famously more prolific team mate Sam Kerr was below par. Manchester City will point to the controversial sending off of Jill ScottContinue reading “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”
PSG Wait Goes On As Lyon Extend Run
Paris St. Germain 0-1 Olympique Lyonnaise By Ben Gilby Lyon continued their domination over their closest rivals in the French domestic game with a 1-0 win over Paris St. Germain in Bilbao to reach their fifth consecutive Champions League Final. The six times Champions League winners have a staggering record over the Parisians – havingContinue reading “PSG Wait Goes On As Lyon Extend Run”
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