Above: Canberra United’s Grace Maher, who made her 50th appearance for the club in Tuesday’s 5-0 win at Western Sydney Wanderers. Photo: Kris Goman for Impetus. Ahead of Canberra United’s game at Brisbane Roar tomorrow, Impetus’ Ben Gilby heard from the Greens’ Grace Maher and some news from the Roar camp (17/2/22). Canberra United’s GraceContinue reading “Maher: We’re Ready For The Roar”
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Steph Catley On Resting And Preparation
By Ben Gilby (16/1/22) Above: Steph Catley in action for Australia last year. Photo: Football Australia. Matildas vice-captain Steph Catley spoke yesterday from Australia’s pre-Asia Cup training camp in Dubai about her preparations for the competition. The Arsenal defender highlighted the importance of having to manage the load of playing so many games with regularContinue reading “Steph Catley On Resting And Preparation”
Katriina Talaslahti: Rising Star in Goal
Impetus’ French editor Jean-Pierre Thiesset spoke to FC Flury ’91’s Finnish goalkeeper Katriina Talaslahti, a player with a rising reputation in a team challenging for their first-ever UEFA Women’s Champions League qualification (20/12/21). Katriina Talaslahti who celebrated her 21st birthday on September 21, is one of the youngest goalkeepers in D1 Arkema, the top flightContinue reading “Katriina Talaslahti: Rising Star in Goal”
Phoenix Rise To Take Point From First Ever Game
Wellington Phoenix 0-0 Western Sydney Wanderers By Ben Gilby (4/12/21) Above: Wellington Phoenix (yellow and black) take on Western Sydney Wanderers in their first-ever A-League Women match at Wollongong yesterday. Photo: @ALeagueWomen. Wellington Phoenix produced a promising performance to take a point from their first-ever A-League Women’s match. The game, which was delayed due toContinue reading “Phoenix Rise To Take Point From First Ever Game”
The Swedish Scene
With season’s end approaching, Ben Gilby rounds another week of action in the top two tiers of Swedish women’s football as champions are decided and the Elitettan’s final promotion spot nears confirmation. DAMALLSVENSKAN: Above: Rosengård celebrate lifting the title. Photo: @fcrosengard Kristianstads’ third place hopes took a major dent after they went down 1-0 atContinue reading “The Swedish Scene”
Town Take One Point Which Might Have Been Three
Stoke City 1-1 Brighouse Town By John Thompson Above: Ellie Dobson, voted as Brighouse Town’s player of the match. Photo supplied by: Brighouse Town Brighouse Town came away from Stoke City with a point from their FA Women’s National League Northern Premier clash, but in reality should have grabbed all three. Town will be utterlyContinue reading “Town Take One Point Which Might Have Been Three”
Scottish Women’s Football Receives £100,000 Funding Boost
The Scottish Football Partnership Trust pictured here at Hampden Park today with a cheque for £100,000. Photo supplied by: Scottish Women’s Football. An anonymous benefactor has donated a further £100,000 to The Scottish Football Partnership Trust (SFP Trust) in support of Scottish Women’s Football (SWF). This donation will help strengthen the infrastructure and capacity of SWFContinue reading “Scottish Women’s Football Receives £100,000 Funding Boost”
Eastern Region Premier and London & SE Premier Round-Up
Darrell Allen looks at all of the action in two of the tier five divisions from yesterday. Above: Wroxham’s Holly Walker gets a shot away against King’s Lynn Town yesterday. Photo: Ben Gilby. After an exciting two opening weekends, the final Sunday of August saw a dramatic day in the Eastern Region Premier with fiveContinue reading “Eastern Region Premier and London & SE Premier Round-Up”
More Key Signings in the W-League
Overnight news from the W-League with Brisbane Roar, Newcastle Jets and Western Sydney Wanderers all announcing exciting additions to their squads. Above: Mariel Hecher celebrates with Tameka Yallop for Brisbane Roar last season. Photo: W-League. Brisbane Roar have announced the re-signing of highly talented attacker Mariel Hecher for a second season in orange. The Brazilian-bornContinue reading “More Key Signings in the W-League”
Things Have To Change
Above: Team GB taking the knee at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Photo: Getty Images Catherine Paquette observes that football still has a long way to go before it gets rid of its racist, ableist, xenophobic, sexist, and homophobic problems. At the end of this week, a released PFA report on social media abuse was then followedContinue reading “Things Have To Change”
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