Five Star Chelsea Sweep Vixens Aside

Bristol City 0-5 Chelsea by Ben Gilby Chelsea extended their lead at the top of the Barclays FA Women’s Super League table with a comfortable 5-0 win over bottom side Bristol City at a wet Twerton Park in Bath. The defending champions were absolutely rampant in the first half, forcing the Vixens to feed onContinue reading “Five Star Chelsea Sweep Vixens Aside”

Chelsea’s Class Too Much For Spurs

Chelsea 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur by Ben Gilby Chelsea maintained their position at the summit of the Barclays FA Women’s Super League after overcoming an uncomfortable opening twenty minutes to eventually dispatch Tottenham Hotspur with ease at Kingsmeadow. In the team news before the game, Chelsea lost Erin Cuthbert from the squad and kept Academy playersContinue reading “Chelsea’s Class Too Much For Spurs”

Fine Margins The Difference

Chelsea 2–1 Manchester United by Ben Gilby Chelsea won the battle of the top two in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League as they condemned Manchester United to their first defeat of the season at Kingsmeadow and went top of the table in the process. The two teams went into the match as the onlyContinue reading “Fine Margins The Difference”

Four-midable from Super Fran

Reading 0-5 Chelsea by Ben Gilby Chelsea took advantage of all other FA Women’s Super League teams being on the side-lines to close the gap on Manchester United at the top of the table to three points in addition to holding a game in hand and having superior goal difference over United after a comfortableContinue reading “Four-midable from Super Fran”

Impetus speaks to Bristol City Vixencast

Impetus‘ Ben Gilby spoke to D-M Withers (D-M), Shahan Miah (SM) and Nat Brown (NB) from Bristol City Vixencast – the weekly podcast featuring all things Bristol City Women. How did the podcast get started? D-M: Last season (2019/20) I decided I wanted to try and make a podcast about Bristol City Women. This wasContinue reading “Impetus speaks to Bristol City Vixencast”

Ella Mastrantonio Speaks To Impetus

Ben Gilby spoke to Australian international and Bristol City midfielder Ella Mastrantonio about her move to England, life at Bristol City Women, her experiences playing for the Matildas and the future of the Australian women’s game. Ella Mastrantonio is from Fremantle, Western Australia. She has six caps for the ‘Matildas’, Australia’s national women’s team afterContinue reading “Ella Mastrantonio Speaks To Impetus”

2020 – The Year The Impetus Increased

In this second part of his review of the year on Impetus, site founder Ben Gilby focuses on October to December, months when the influence of one article on an Australian international transformed the site from one with a small but loyal UK based readership to one with a large global one. It was aContinue reading “2020 – The Year The Impetus Increased”

2020: The Year On Impetus

2020 has been a year like no other. Here, site founder Ben Gilby looks back on our content through a year when Impetus went from having a small but loyal UK audience to breaking through to a large readership across the globe. This has been the first full year of Impetus’ existence after the siteContinue reading “2020: The Year On Impetus”

Connor Wroe Reviews 2020

An original writer for Impetus, Connor Wroe begins a two part in depth review of the year 2020 in women’s football. This first part covers the FA Women’s Super League, UEFA Women’s Champions League, FA Women’s Championship and FA Women’s National League Southern & Northern Premier. His reviews of the four regional FA Women’s NationalContinue reading “Connor Wroe Reviews 2020”

Ruthless United Out Fox The Vixens

Manchester United 6–1 Bristol City by Ben Gilby Manchester United will end the year four points clear of Arsenal at the top of the Barclays FA Women’s Super League after a comfortable victory over bottom side Bristol City at the Leigh Sports Village. The Vixens welcomed back Australian international Chloe Logarzo after she sustained aContinue reading “Ruthless United Out Fox The Vixens”