Liverpool and Chelsea will definitely challenge for the top 2 positions alongside Arsenal and Birmingham.
Noooooo - they're taking Coco away from the loud, crazy referee woman from the Bad Neuenahr stands? I feel an international stalking case developing.
Someone said on fb that there were too many foreigners now in the WSL. Here are the numbers according to my file : 2011 35/168 21% 2012 45/162 28% 2013 32/143 22%
Maybe they mean the foreigners are too good now? Who knows. There's a phrase called "********wits abound" which means... well, ********wits abound.
Full transfer recap : Arsenal Ladies FC : In : Rebecca Spencer (Birmingham City), Shelley Kerr Manager ( Scotland U19 ) Out : Hayley Ladd ( Coventry City), Kirsty Linnett ( Birmingham City), Laura Harvey Manager (Seattle Reign ) Birmingham City Ladies FC : In : Kirsty Linnett ( Arsenal Ladies), Katie Wilkinson (Aston Villa), Mary Earps ( Doncaster Belles), Melissa Lawley( Bristol Academy) Out : Harley Simpson ( SC Albion), Anna Wilcox ( Leicester City), Eniola Aluko ( Chelsea Ladies), Rebecca Spencer (Arsenal Ladies), Jodie Taylor (Goteborg FC ) Bristol Academy WFC : In : Lucy Staniforth ( Lincoln Ladies), Gwen Harries ( Everton Ladies), Out : Michelle Green (Cardiff City), Rachel Simkin (Navy), Jessica Fishlock (Seattle Reign), Melissa Lawley( Birmingham City) Chelsea Ladies FC : In : Eniola Aluko ( Birmingham City), Katie Holtham (Doncaster Belles), Edda Gardarsdottir (Örebro), Olina Vidarsdottir (Örebro), Sofia Jakobsson (Rossiyanka), Ester( Rossiyanka) , Paul Green ( Assistant Manager, Doncaster Belles) Out : Sue Lappin (Glasgow City), Gemma Bonner ( Liverpool Ladies), Katie Sherwood ( ) , Adriana ( WNY Flash), Sophie Perry, Sophie Gwilliam, Lara Fay Doncaster Rover Belles : In : Cheryl Foster (Liverpool Ladies ), Nicola Hobbs (Lincoln Ladies), Emma Higgins, Out : Paul Green (Assistant manager, Chelsea), Katie Holtham ( Chelsea Ladies), Tanya Oxtoby ( Nottingham Forrest) Mary Earps (Birmingham City ), Alyssa Lagonia (Hellas Verona), Tania Pedron, Everton Ladies FC : In : Andy Spence ( Manager), Vicky Jones ( Liverpool Ladies), Kelly Jones (Liverpool Ladies), Out : Mo Marley ( Manager), Fara Williams ( Liverpool Ladies), Natasha Dowie (Liverpool Ladies), Becky Easton (Liverpool Ladies), Lucia Bronze (Liverpool Ladies), Eartha Pond (QPR), Gwen Harries ( Bristol Academy ) Lincoln Ladies FC: In : Karen Bardsley (Linkopings), Rick Passmoor (Manager) Out : Glen Harris ( Manager) , Colette McCallum (Perth Glory), Laura Alleway (Brisbane Roar), Lucy Staniforth (Bristol Academy), Nicola Hobbs ( Doncaster Belles ) Liverpool Ladies FC In : Whitney Engen (Pali Blues ), Gemma Bonner (Chelsea Ladies), Fara Williams (Everton Ladies), Natasha Dowie ( Everton Ladies), Lucia Bronze (Everton Ladies), Nicole Rolser (Bad Neuenahr), Louise Fors ( Western Syndey Wanderers), Katrin Ómarsdóttir (Orange County Waves), Jess Holbrook (Leeds United ), Amanda Da Costa(Boston Breakers), Rebecca Easton (Everton Ladies), Corina Schroeder ( Bad Neuenahr) Out : Aroon Clansey ( Canberra United, video analyst), Emily Gielnik ( Brisbane Roar),Vicky Jones (Everton Ladies), Alex Culvin, Danielle Lea ( Manchester City), Amie Flemming, Kelly Jones ( Everton Ladies), Sophie Jones, Cheryl Foster ( Doncaster Belles) , Nicki Harding ( Manchester City), Nicki Davies ( Aston Villa), Chloe Jones (Aston Villa), Helen Griffiths ()
Bristol has signed Rayo Vallecano's captain Natalia Pablos, who scored 3 goals against Arsenal in the 2011 and 2012 Champions Leagues. Overall, she has scored 311 goals in 324 games in the Spanish league, and 8 goals in 13 Champions League games. This season she has scored 20 goals in 23 games. She will travel to Bristol on March 18, after playing two last games for Rayo against Athletic Bilbao and Espanyol. Here's a compilation of many of her goals:
33 clubs have applied to join the FA WSL Division 1 & 2 Up to 20 will be chosen. Next opening for the FA WSL will be 2018 for the unlucky loosers. The admission criteria are based on money and marketing, players and team quality is the last criteria. An England and Arsenal "legend" retires as expected really as she has not played much for like 6 years. Katie Chapman missing the first half of the season due to pregnancy ( 7 months pregnant)
Liverpool - Everton finish 1-1 in the FA cup . It was a nice game , a true derby, a tough physical game.....the two teams definitely displayed a good performance , the result is fair as Liverpool had the best players but Everton have a better team , which is normal due to the fact that almost all Liverpool's players are new.....Swedish international Louise Fors scored the first goal on a penalty and Nikita Parris , wotm with Rachel Brown in my opinion , equalized for Everton with 5 minutes remaining ......Form what I saw , I am pretty sure this year it will be harder than usual for Arsenal to win the league .
Great start of the FA WSL season due to the weather. 8 games involving FA WSL teams have been postponed already with one FA Cup game and one FA WSL Conti Cup game played for each side. The League starts on the 14th of April except for Arsenal starting on the 12th of May now due to Champions League involvement.
The results so far and the table after Game Day 2, Game Day 3 8-12 May including a game at the Emirates Stadium. Chelsea 1 Birmingham 1 Lincoln 0 Liverpool 1 Bristol 4 Everton 3 Doncaster 0 Chelsea 4 Birmingham 1 Lincoln 1 1. Chelsea 4 (2) 2. Bristol 3 (1) 3. Liverpool 3(1) 4. Birmingham 2(2) 5. Lincoln 1(2) 6. Arsenal 0(0) 7. Everton 0(1) 8. Doncaster 0(1)
The teams have been selected for 2014 with the creation of a 2nd division with 10 teams Division 1 stays the same as the last 3 seasons except Doncaster being relegated and Man City replacing them Now Doncaster has 13 League games to play before going down Also Lincoln are now moving to Nottingham in a move that will remind people of the Wimbledon/MK Dons disaster. The division 2 teams : Aston Villa Ladies FC, Doncaster Rovers Belles Ladies FC, Durham Women's FC, London Bees Women's FC (Barnet FC), Millwall Lionesses FC, Oxford United Women's FC, Reading Women’s FC, Sunderland Women's FC, Watford Ladies FC, Yeovil Town Ladies FC
"The FA will make no further comment until this process is complete, when final confirmation will be given on all clubs that will enter FA WSL1 or FA WSL2 in 2014. This is expected to be completed in due course." I read that as "we're not tellin ya nuffin, and you can all ******** off".
I think at least one team is appealing (Portsmouth) and the FA ahs to go through the appeal process first. But yeah they wont disclose their choice for sure, they did not the first time round.
hahahhaaaahhaaa.....very true Smulan , well Man City's billion has a certain power in England.....after all they are capitalist in disguise....
Well, I guess just because of the $$ behind Liverpool, there was no way they were going to "relegate" them, (or Chelsea for that matter,) so Doncaster got the boot.... absolute shame, considering their history, but at least the past few tables *somewhat* support the move. The Lincoln -> Notts is heretic, though.
I got the usual FA reply when I asked about the choices : "The adjudication process will remain confidential between the involved parties as the information is sensitive. "
I'm probably missing something here, but does this mean that clubs are not relegated or promoted based on the results of their games?
For the first year of the two-division setup, no; they had to take application and I guess pick that way. But my understanding was that, now that they have two divisions, there WILL be pro/rel - based on standings - starting with the jump from 2014->2015.