Chichester & Selsey Go Down Battling

West Ham United 11 – 0 Chichester and Selsey From Caz Evans The scoreline will suggest that West Ham gave Chichester and Selsey a ‘hammering’ but that wasn’t officially the case. The West Ham team featured many international players and a strong starting 11. West Ham got off to a quick start when the refereeContinue reading “Chichester & Selsey Go Down Battling”

Impetus’ Australian Team Invited Onto Podcast

By Ben Gilby Last night, three of Impetus‘ four Australian women’s football contributors were invited onto the Since ’71 Podcast to review the W-League season and more widely introduce Australian women’s football to a UK audience. The episode can be listened to here: https://since-71.com/since-71-podcast-s03e07-w-league-season-review-with-impetus/ Myself, Kieran Yap and Kris Goman spent just over an hourContinue reading “Impetus’ Australian Team Invited Onto Podcast”

Grand Final Shows Us The Best Of The Future

by Kieran Yap Wow, what a game what a season, what a goal! You couldn’t script it, the title fight was a rematch of the Premier’s Plate decider a fortnight ago. On that evening, Sydney FC took the bragging rights, the trophy and the status of Grand Final favourites. Ominously on that night, Kyra Cooney-CrossContinue reading “Grand Final Shows Us The Best Of The Future”

Cooney-Cross Seals Melbourne’s Victory

Sydney FC 0–1 Melbourne Victory By Ben Gilby with EXCLUSIVE photos from Kogarah by Kris Goman Melbourne Victory won a hugely dramatic Grand Final with an incredible goal straight from a corner by starlet Kyra Cooney-Cross. Despite it taking almost two hours of play for a goal to be scored, it was a hugely entertainingContinue reading “Cooney-Cross Seals Melbourne’s Victory”

Dark Blues’ Victory Dents WSW Finals Hopes

Melbourne Victory 1-0 Western Sydney Wanderers By Kieran Yap On an immaculate pitch, in perfect conditions and in finals bound form, Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers played in front of an empty stadium and put on a display of fast, wonderfully chaotic football that would have delighted the crowd had fans been able toContinue reading “Dark Blues’ Victory Dents WSW Finals Hopes”

Dream Goal On Return For Crummer

Brisbane Roar 4–0 Perth Glory By Ben Gilby. Larissa Crummer scored a dream goal on her eagerly awaited return to the W-League after a two year injury lay-off as Brisbane Roar ran out comfortable winners against a game Perth Glory outfit in a match played in front of a big crowd in thirty degree heatContinue reading “Dream Goal On Return For Crummer”

Hecher Super Strike Settles See-Saw Battle

Melbourne City 2–3 Brisbane Roar By Ben Gilby. A brilliant strike by Mariel Hecher earned Brisbane Roar their second straight win after starting the season with four consecutive draws. The Brazilian’s effort settled a see-saw encounter at AAMI Park and came just three minutes after the hosts levelled from being 2-0 down. The first opportunityContinue reading “Hecher Super Strike Settles See-Saw Battle”

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”

Jonna Andersson – Medals Galore And Aiming For Many More!

As part of the exciting re-design of Impetus, Ben Gilby spoke to Chelsea and Sweden star Jonna Andersson who has played in the World Cup, Olympic Games and UEFA Women’s Champions League in a fantastic career. Jonna was born and brought up in the city of Mjölby, south-east Sweden and her family played an integralContinue reading “Jonna Andersson – Medals Galore And Aiming For Many More!”

The View From France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset gives us news of the announcement of France’s squad for the upcoming final qualifiers for the Women’s European Championships. With qualification still in doubt and all sorts of behind the scenes conflicts, there were many eyes on Corinne Diacre’s selection this time round. Corinne Diacre has announced her list of players for theContinue reading “The View From France”