Phoenix Rise To Take Point From First Ever Game

Wellington Phoenix 0-0 Western Sydney Wanderers By Ben Gilby (4/12/21) Above: Wellington Phoenix (yellow and black) take on Western Sydney Wanderers in their first-ever A-League Women match at Wollongong yesterday. Photo: @ALeagueWomen. Wellington Phoenix produced a promising performance to take a point from their first-ever A-League Women’s match. The game, which was delayed due toContinue reading “Phoenix Rise To Take Point From First Ever Game”

A-League Women Round-Up

Ahead of the 2021/22 season’s big kick-off tomorrow, Impetus’ Ben Gilby heard from eight of the competition’ ten clubs and a total of 17 players and eight head coaches as the season launch media events were held. SYDNEY FC: Named Australasia’s Best Female Sporting Team Sydney FC’s women’s team were named Australasia’s best for 2021Continue reading “A-League Women Round-Up”

A-League Women Preview

Impetus kicks off our third season covering the top tier of women’s football in Australia with Kieran Yap (KY)’s assessment of each of the club’s best close-season signings and Ben Gilby (BG)’s predictions of where the teams will finish. ADELAIDE UNITED Key Signing: Shadeene Evans Adelaide have mostly tried to keep their team from lastContinue reading “A-League Women Preview”

Australian and NZ Round-up

Ben Gilby brings you all the events from this week’s A-League Women press conferences. He hears from newly announced signings at Melbourne Victory, Adelaide United, Newcastle Jets, and Wellington Phoenix, plus Canberra United’s latest media day and Adelaide United’s joint training session. There’s also the details on the full season fixture announcement and the settingContinue reading “Australian and NZ Round-up”

A-League Women Round-Up

Ben Gilby brings us all the news from this week’s media conferences in Australian women’s football. He starts with the announcement of a big international double header from the Matildas. He then hears from three overseas signings, a Newcastle Jets stalwart, Brisbane Roar’s latest signing and Wellington Phoenix head coach Gemma Lewis. Above: The MatildasContinue reading “A-League Women Round-Up”

A-League Women Round-Up

Ben Gilby hears from Adelaide United’s Fiona Worts & Adrian Stenta before providing the views of Michelle Heyman and Allira Toby at Canberra United’s media day. Tash Rigby and Alex Epakis speak at the unveiling of Perth Glory’s captain for the campaign and we conclude with in depth coverage Wellington Phoenix Women’s first media conferenceContinue reading “A-League Women Round-Up”

Australian and NZ Football Round-up

Brisbane Roar announce the return of a key player and Wellington Phoenix unveil a further nine players for their inaugural A-League Women’s squad. Ben Gilby hears from all the players and coaches. Artwork: Brisbane Roar Roar Announce Key Return of Katrina Gorry: Brisbane Roar great Katrina Gorry has re-signed with the Club for a tenthContinue reading “Australian and NZ Football Round-up”

Australian Football Round-Up

Ben Gilby rounds up a busy week in the game Down Under. We hear from Matildas head coach Tony Gustavsson on the announcement of the Australia squad to take on Brazil. Elsewhere, the ramifications of Lisa De Vanna’s allegations roll on. The key people at Wellington Phoenix who announce their coaching team and first playerContinue reading “Australian Football Round-Up”

W-League Expansion Announced As New Zealand Joins The Party

There has been talk about a New Zealand-based club joining the W-League for quite a while. Wellington Phoenix, who initially looked like joining last season were finally announced overnight as the newest club for 2021/22. We hear from the APL, Phoenix officials and also discover further expansion plans for 12 months time. Artwork: W-League. TheContinue reading “W-League Expansion Announced As New Zealand Joins The Party”