Northern Ireland Women's Football

NI: Fully Focused On Another Three Points

Ahead of tonight’s game with North Macedonia, Northern Ireland head coach Kenny Shiels outlined what he is looking for from his side. Copy kindly provided by the Irish FA (29/11/21). Above: Rachel Furness, who levelled Northern Ireland’s all-time international goalscoring record with a hat-trick in Skopje last week. Photo: Presseye/William Cherry. Kenny Shiels insists onContinue reading “NI: Fully Focused On Another Three Points”

Wales and Northern Ireland Annouce Squads

With the approach of the next International Window, both Wales and Northern Ireland have unveiled their squads for their two matches. We bring you all the news: Photo: Wales will be looking for further celebrations in their next two games. Photo: Kunjan Malde/FAW. Gemma Grainger has announced a 26-player squad as Wales look to continueContinue reading “Wales and Northern Ireland Annouce Squads”

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”

News From Northern Ireland

The Irish FA provide us with all the news from the national squad selection for forthcoming games with England and Austria, plus all the news from the Irish FA Women’s Challenge Cup Final. Above: Northern Ireland squad Photo: via Irish FA Northern Ireland senior women’s team manager Kenny Shiels has made a couple of changesContinue reading “News From Northern Ireland”

Glentoran Lift NI Title In Style

Article kindly provided to Impetus by the Irish FA Above: Lauren Wade pictured celebrating after a goal for Glentoran earlier in the season. Photo: Glentoran FC Northern Ireland international Lauren Wade netted four goals as Glentoran Women put the gloss on their Danske Bank Women’s Premiership title win with a thumping 9-1 victory over DerryContinue reading “Glentoran Lift NI Title In Style”

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”

Sion Swifts: Strabane side beating the odds and aiming for the Champions League

Impetus editor Ben Gilby spoke to Sion Swifts’ manager Tony McGinley who tells the fascinating story of a women’s team based in Strabane who are becoming one of the top women’s sides in Northern Ireland. Whilst Linfield may have won the last four Northern Ireland Women’s Premiership titles, there is side eighty odd miles awayContinue reading “Sion Swifts: Strabane side beating the odds and aiming for the Champions League”