Above: Abbie Magee of Northern Ireland battles with England’s Lauren Hemp during a friendly between the two sides in February 2021. Photo: Belfast Telegraph. Supplied to Impetus by Irish FA (10/2/22) Northern Ireland’s World Cup qualifier against England in April will be staged at the 18,500 capacity National Football Stadium at Windsor Park. It willContinue reading “NI To Host Lionesses at National Stadium”
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International Round-Up
The past week has seen a huge amount of international women’s football. Ben Gilby rounds up the action in detail from Europe, Asia, South America, and North America. Our French editor Jean-Pierre Thiesset provides a special feature on France’s two matches. Above: Carli Lloyd waves to the crowd ahead of her final international appearance forContinue reading “International Round-Up”
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”
Another Painful Lesson For The Lionesses
England 0-2 Canada By Ben Gilby England suffered another defeat in a game of few real clear cut chances in Stoke. The Lionesses got off to the worst possible start after just three minutes when Manchester City’s Janine Beckie was able to run through the midfield and played a ball on towards Evelyne Viens whoContinue reading “Another Painful Lesson For The Lionesses”
Frustrating Outcome For Lionesses
France 3-1 England By Ben Gilby The Lionesses’ poor run of results continued after they fell to defeat to France in Caen. Whilst England looked menacing coming forward throughout, they came unstuck at the back with an inability to defend high balls into the box, particularly in the first half and suffered a highly questionableContinue reading “Frustrating Outcome For Lionesses”
Not All Heroes Wear Capes. Some Wear Waistcoats
What Phil Neville Has Done Right As England Head Coach. We are delighted to welcome back Daisy Wildsmith to Impetus. In the first of her regular Opinion Pieces, she highlights the areas where, for her, Phil Neville has been a success as Lionesses head coach. Mention the name Phil Neville to any fan of theContinue reading “Not All Heroes Wear Capes. Some Wear Waistcoats”
International Round-Up: Part I
Impetus editor Ben Gilby brings us the first of three reports over the coming days from the international programme which took place over the past ten days or so. Today, we focus on the SheBelieves Cup. SheBelieves Cup Matchday One: The 2020 competition got underway in Orlando with an excellent 3-1 victory for Spain againstContinue reading “International Round-Up: Part I”
In My View
From the tweets of Daisy Wildsmith, the Impetus contributor offers her opinion on last night’s Lionesses’ game with Germany in front of a record breaking Wembley crowd. The accuracy of Steph Houghton, that pass from Keira Walsh and the finish from Ellen White – the high spot of a historic night at Wembley. White’s trademarkContinue reading “In My View”
In My View
From the tweets of Daisy Wildsmith. In a midweek special of her column, Daisy gives her opinion on the Lionesses clash with Portugal in Setubal. On Tuesday night, the most impressive thing for me was that England’s approach play was so often outstanding. It was so frustrating that Portugal seemed happy playing a 10-0-0 formationContinue reading “In My View”
In My View
From the tweets of Impetus‘ Daisy Wildsmith. This week, Daisy turns her attention to the Lionesses’ game against Brazil at Middlesbrough yesterday. This was an afternoon which started with so much to be proud of – Lucy Bronze being given her World Cup award in front of a packed Riverside Stadium by Baroness Sue Campbell,Continue reading “In My View”
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