Tag Archives: Barclays FA Womens Super League

Impetus’ Club By Club FAWSL Preview

Ben Gilby runs his eye over all of the FAWSL clubs in detail ahead of the new season kicking off tonight and makes some predictions about what might happen. ARSENAL: Ground: Meadow Park, Boreham WoodCapacity: 4,500Head Coach: Jonas Eidevall Transfers In: Mana Iwabuchi (Aston Villa), Nikita Parris (Olympique Lyonnais, France), Simone Boye Sørensen (Bayern Munich, Germany), Frida Maanum (Linköping,Continue reading “Impetus’ Club By Club FAWSL Preview”

Ashford Town & Impetus’ FAWSL Predictions

Ahead of the new Barclays FAWSL season which kicks off this Friday, Ellie Luscombe, Lucy Potter and Charlotte Baker from Impetus partner club Ashford Town (Middx) joined up with three of the site’s writers, Ben Gilby, Kris Goman, and Kieran Yap to discuss their predictions for the season. PREDICTED CHAMPIONS: Ellie: Chelsea as I feelContinue reading “Ashford Town & Impetus’ FAWSL Predictions”

Ward’s Well Organised Villa Narrowly Lose To Full Strength Chelsea

Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa Words and Pictures by Ben Gilby Above: Chelsea celebrate after Beth England’s first half header sealed their 1-0 win at Kingsmeadow. Photo: Ben Gilby Chelsea ended their pre-season campaign with victory over Aston Villa in front of over 1,000 noisy spectators at Kingsmeadow. It was a disjointed performance from Emma HayesContinue reading “Ward’s Well Organised Villa Narrowly Lose To Full Strength Chelsea”

Kyah Simon: Spurs Sign The Ultimate Fighter

Above: Kyah Simon after being unveiled as Tottenham Hotspur’s latest signing. Artwork: Tottenham Hotspur. Kyah Simon’s road to the FA Women’s Super League has not been an easy one.  After all, this is a player some people wrote off when she was 15 years old.  Despite her setbacks though, Simon has come back time and time again,Continue reading “Kyah Simon: Spurs Sign The Ultimate Fighter”

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”

Kerr-ific Chelsea Retain The Title

Chelsea 5–0 Reading By Ben Gilby Chelsea regained the Barclays FA Women’s Super League title with a comfortable victory over Reading at Kingsmeadow. Emma Hayes named the same starting line-up as last week’s Champions League Semi-Final which meant that Swedish international Jonna Andersson remained on the bench. Reading’s season will be filed under ‘transitional’ andContinue reading “Kerr-ific Chelsea Retain The Title”

Chelsea One Step From The Title

Manchester City 2-2 Chelsea By Ben Gilby Chelsea moved within three points of the Barclays FA Women’s Super League title after earning a draw at closest challengers Manchester City. In a high tempo, all action encounter of the highest quality, it was a dominant first half performance from Matildas star Sam Kerr which ultimately provedContinue reading “Chelsea One Step From The Title”

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”

The Impact of the Summer Transfer Window at Reading Women

Impetus welcomes new contributor Abi Ticehurst and her first piece is a detailed look at Barclays FA Women’s Super League side Reading’s new summer signings and the influence that they have had at The Madejski Stadium this season. As a consistently mid-table team, in the last few years at least, clubs like Reading tend toContinue reading “The Impact of the Summer Transfer Window at Reading Women”