Chelsea 3-1 Brighton and Hove Albion By Kris Goman Above: Two of Chelsea’s scorers Guro Reiten and Beth England celebrate after the defending champions go 3-1 up. Photo: Sky Sports. Brighton and Hove Albion continue to be a thorn in the side of Chelsea. Last season they were the only team to defeat the premiers.Continue reading “Chelsea See Off Stubborn Seagulls”
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Kerr-fect! Chelsea Teach United A Painful Lesson
Manchester United 1-6 Chelsea By Ben Gilby Chelsea gave Manchester United a lesson in the importance of flexibility, concentration and ruthlessness as the defending champions comfortably dispatched the north-western side at the Leigh Sports Village, with Sam Kerr scoring two and making one of her side’s six goals. The visitors made two changes for this game. Niamh Charles replaced Ji So-yun, who onlyContinue reading “Kerr-fect! Chelsea Teach United A Painful Lesson”
Dominant Chelsea Leave Everton Feeling Blue
Chelsea 4-0 Everton by Ben Gilby Above: Erin Cuthbert puts in a superb tackle. Photo: Ben Gilby For Chelsea, what a difference a week makes! Blues boss Emma Hayes moved to provide more cover at the back after their below-par defensive performance against Arsenal – an unsuccessful system left Chelsea dangerously vulnerable at the Emirates Stadium with JessContinue reading “Dominant Chelsea Leave Everton Feeling Blue”
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”
Sam Kerr: “Pretty Handy at Soccer”
Ben Gilby profiles one of the biggest stars in Australian sport, never mind Australian women’s football. A player he has been lucky enough to see develop since her mid teenage years, Sam Kerr (pictured above via insider.com). “Ya know Daniel’s got a little sister who’s pretty handy at soccer!” It was 2008, and I wasContinue reading “Sam Kerr: “Pretty Handy at Soccer””
Catalan Masterclass Leaves Chelsea Feeling Blue
Chelsea 0–4 FC Barcelona By Ben Gilby Barcelona produced one of the greatest performances of any women’s club team in totally dismantling Chelsea to win their first Champions League title. Chelsea boss Emma Hayes showed recognition of the threat posed by her team’s Catalan opponents by swapping Jess Carter and Niamh Charles’ backline positions aroundContinue reading “Catalan Masterclass Leaves Chelsea Feeling Blue”
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 Make History
Chelsea 4-1 Bayern Munich Chelsea win 5-3 on aggregate. By Ben Gilby Chelsea produced a performance to be proud of as they became only the second English team in history to make a European club final. Chelsea welcomed back talismanic captain Magda Eriksson after being out for almost a month. Additionally, the club’s regular leftContinue reading “Chelsea Make History”
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