Football in the UK and Ireland season 2019/20

Discussion in 'Women's International' started by shlj, Jul 9, 2019.

  1. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    The World Cup has barely finished and we are back.
    Chelsea v Spurs and Man City v Man Utd on Matchday 1 will be played at the men's ground.

    Here is the silly season moves so far :

    Arsenal

    In : Leonie Maier (FC Bayern), Jill Roord(FC Bayern), Manuela Zinsberger (FC Bayern), Jennifer Beattie (Man City),

    Out : Sari Van Veenendaal, Dominique Bloodworth ( Wolfsburg), Ava Kuyken ( Florida Gators)



    Manchester City

    In : Ellen White ( Birmingham City, Matilde Fidalgo ( SC Braga), Laura Coombs ( Liverpool), Aoife Mannion ( Birmingham)

    Out : Nikita Parris (Olympique Lyonnais), Abbie McManus (Manchester United), Claire Emslie ( Orlando Pride), Melissa Lawley (Liverpool) , Jennifer Beattie (Arsenal), Keira Walsh



    Birmingham City

    In : Claudia Walker ( Everton), Abbi Grant ( Anderlecht)

    Out : Ellen White ( Manchester City), Meaghan Sargent ( Bristol), Charlie Wellings ( Bristol), Hayley Ladd (Manchester United), Lucy Quinn (Tottenham Hotspurs) , Aoife Mannion ( Manchester City), Marisa Ewers ( Aston Villa)



    Chelsea

    In : Guro Reiten ( LSK)

    Out : Hedvig Lindhal, Jade Bailey ( Liverpool)



    Reading

    In : Kristine Leine (Roa)

    Out : Rebecca Jane (Liverpool), Kirsty Pearce ( retirement), Jade Bailey ( end of loan - Chelsea), Gemma Davison ( Tottenham Hotspurs)



    Bristol

    In : Meaghan Sargent ( Birmingham), Charlie Wellings ( Birmingham)

    Out : Julie Biesmans, Danique Kerkdijk ( Brighton), Juliette Kemppi, Alicia Johnson, Lucy Graham ( Everton), Rosella Ayane ( Tottenham Hotspurs), Heather Payne,



    West Ham

    In :

    Out : Lucienne Reichardt ( retirement), Claire Rafferty ( retirement), Rosie Kmita, Brianna Visalli , Rebecca Spencer ( Tottenham Hotspurs), Jane Ross ( Manchester United), Ria Percival ( Tottenham Hotspurs)



    Liverpool

    In : Rebecca Jane (Reading), Melissa Lawley ( Man City), Jade Bailey ( Chelsea)

    Out : Laura Coombs (Manchester City), Leandra Little (Sheffield United)



    Brighton

    In : Danique Kerkdijk ( Bristol), Matilde Skovsen ( VSK Aarhus)

    Out : Lucy Gillett, Sophie Perry, Marie Hourihan ( SC Braga), Chloe Peplow ( Tottenham Hotspurs)



    Everton

    In : Kika Van Es ( Ajax), Tinja-Riikka Korpela (Valarenga), Lucy Graham ( Bristol), Molly Pike ( Chelsea Academy)

    Out : Dominique Bruinenberg, Siri Worm (Tottenham Hotspurs), Olivia Chance, Rebecca Flaherty ,Emma Brownlie, Claudia Walker ( Birmingham), Faye Bryson, Angharad James



    Manchester United

    In : Jackie Groenen ( 1. FFC Frankfurt), Abbie McManus (Manchester City), Hayley Ladd ( Birmingham), Jane Ross (West Ham)

    Out : Charlotte Devlin, Naomi Hartley ( Sheffield United), Lucy Roberts, Ebony Salmon



    Tottenham

    In : Rebecca Spencer ( West Ham), Ria Percival ( West Ham), Siri Worm ( Everton), Chloe Peplow ( Brighton), Rosella Ayane ( Bristol), Gemma Davison ( Reading), Lucy Quinn ( Birmingham),

    Out : Emma Beckett, Megan Wynne, Renee Hector, Sarah Wiltshire, Bianca Baptiste, Anne Meiwald, Wendy Martin, Ryah Vyse,
     
  2. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    darn......didn't know you could get such a long name on a jersey(but they did it), as this Aussie makes her debut at West Ham
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  3. sbahnhof

    sbahnhof Member+

    Nov 21, 2016
    Aotearoa
    That's a big-name signing right there.

    [​IMG] Northern Ireland: The first NI trophy of the year was the league cup final, held during the World Cup. Demi Vance got two goals in a minute to win it:

    Glentoran Women [white] vs Sion Swifts Ladies - League Cup Final 2019
    - www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RT7mTG7HJg
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    In the league it's still Linfield on top, but Glentoran are effectively level after they beat the leaders 1-0. Eight more matchdays to go.


    Still undefeated, Peamount have 12 wins from 12 in the league. The only blemish was a semi-final defeat 2-1 to Dublin's Shelbourne, who went on to win the league cup this week:

    Wexford Youths Women 0-1 Shelbourne FC [red], League Cup Final - (Emily Whelan 73')
    - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ors8hTEeQu0

    (Match report - WNL)
     
  4. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Silly season update with the number of new ins and out :

    Arsenal : 4-2
    Man City : 5-5
    Birmingham City : 5-10 strong suggestion budget went down badly due to men's club heavy debt
    Chelsea : 2-5
    Reading: 3-6
    Bristol : 6-7
    West Ham : 6-7
    Liverpool : 3-4
    Brighton : 3-4
    Everton : 5-7
    Man Utd : 5-5
    Tottenham : 8-8
     
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  5. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    All the FA WSL will be streamed online and not geo-blocked, the app the FA Player will go live 2nd of September.
     
  6. sbahnhof

    sbahnhof Member+

    Nov 21, 2016
    Aotearoa
    Here's a sneak preview:

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    Speaking of errors,

    Blissett, if you're going to be a true Scotland fan and expert, you can't be mistaking Gaelic for English on TV. And it's essential to memorize all the Gaelic victory phrases. Here's your homework.

    "Dream Bigger" PSG v Glasgow City (2015)
    - /www.youtube.com/watch?v=grg2RlzWM6w
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    [​IMG] Scotland: The SWPL season is back underway – Glasgow City got another important win over Hibs as they each chase the 2019 title.

    Glasgow City 2-1 Hibernian - SWPL 1 (4 Aug 2019)
    - youtu.be/tqHFqcXMb04
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    It'll be a sad day when City are overtaken by Celtic or Rangers, and not just for football reasons. Celtic won the Old Firm game 3-1 on Sunday – two days later headlines had Rangers accuse Celtic fans of sectarian and misogynistic abuse at the game. The two Rangers post-match interviews don't mention anything like that, and nothing else has come of it. The Celtic fan group denied it (in a childish statement), and the club apparently offered the game tape as evidence.

    In SWPL 2, a very competitive division this year: the top 6 are separated by 7pts. Hearts lost 1st place as they slipped up at home at the spaceship :eek: and Hamilton, relegated last year, beat Dundee United 2-0 to lead the league on goal difference.

    Hearts 1-1 Kilmarnock | Highlights
    - youtu.be/dP1TVPQoYwk
    [​IMG]
     
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  7. sbahnhof

    sbahnhof Member+

    Nov 21, 2016
    Aotearoa
    [​IMG] New manager for the Ireland team:

    Bell's been drawn by the bright lights of Huddersfield, but his replacement has also had experience in Germany as a manager and player – really a glittering career. "Maren Meinert – who led Germany to the UEFA U-19 Finals last month and has won 3 U-19 European titles and 2 U-20 Women's World Cups in her time coaching the German youth side" - (TribalFootball.com)

     
  8. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    I am surprised that Meinert in the past supposedly declined the position of manager of Germany Senior Women's NT (or at least, these were the voices at the time) and accepted instead to start her career in senior football with a somehow "minor" team.

    Or, on second thought, it could feel no surprising at all: maybe, despite her successes at youth level, she didn't want to "burn" herself right away by taking one of the most high-profile women's NTs in the world, and she chose to begin her senior career step by step. She could eventually end sitting on the bench of Germany NT, later in her career, but with much more experience at this level under her belt... :coffee:
     
  9. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Meinert was not kept by the DFB and it did not look like a friendly split from what I read on German websites.
    So it's a great opportunity for her.
     
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  10. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Tier 2,3 and 4 have started this week-end as well the FA Women's Cup preliminary rounds.

    One promotion from the Championship to the FA WSL. Rumours going round is at least four teams have gone full time this year.
     
  11. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Round 1 Championship results:

    London Bees 0 London City Lionesses 2
    Leicester 1 Durham 5
    Crystal Palace 0 Coventry United 0
    Lewes 5 Blackburn Rovers 1
    Aston Villa 3 Sheffield United 0
    exempt : Charlton
     
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  13. Ethan Frank

    Ethan Frank Member+

    Chelsea
    United States
    Jun 11, 2019
    I think that was Aston Villa 3 - Sheffield United 2.
     
  14. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    yes indeed mistyped results
    Sheffield were 2-0 up.
     
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  15. sbahnhof

    sbahnhof Member+

    Nov 21, 2016
    Aotearoa
    Top 2 are Durham and Lewes, cool... OK, Championship table, just stay like that for 8 months plz, thx

    - https://www.wsc.co.uk/stories/14229-durham-women-s-underdog-championship-challenge-inspires-a-city (Archived)

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    Durham's Sarah Robson against Lewes (photo: James Boyes, cc-by)


    Durham stand out as the division's only club without finances from a men's club. They're also the only North East club left, in a region which has produced a lot of England players. Durham mention their astute financial management and backing from the university, but how long will that be enough?
     
  16. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Well I'd be surprised if that would be enough for the FA WSL figures mentioned were about £400 to £500k minimum needed.
     
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  17. sbahnhof

    sbahnhof Member+

    Nov 21, 2016
    Aotearoa
    [​IMG] England: Matches announced at the big stadiums, as well as Chelsea-Spurs and the Manchester derby. Everyone's trying to be Juventus...

    Bristol City - Ashton Gate, 7 Sep, v Brighton
    https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/city-women-open-season-at-ashton-gate/

    West Ham - The London Stadium, 27 Sep, v Spurs
    https://www.whufc.com/news/articles...st-historic-match-london-stadium-tickets-just (Archived)


    England WNT - Wembley, 9 Nov, v Germany

    Spurs - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 17 Nov, v Arsenal
    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48934921

    Reading will hold 3 more games at the Madejski in 2019. Sunderland's derby against Newcastle was at the Stadium of Light on Sunday, a 3-2 home win, but it was only moved because of fire damage at the Hetton Centre. There's takeover talk at the club, with an American group interested.
     
  18. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    An interesting book is out today:

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    Quite a controversial character indeed, her story will be interesting to read
     
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  19. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    here's a replay of England's friendly vs Belgium


    keep in mind that #1 USA destroyed Belguim, 6-0 about five months back, you expect somewhat similar perfromance from the #3 team, right? But unfortunately, this is, once again the underwhelming,

    play slowly the ball to the lone striker, into the crowded mid defense, while juicing things up with another spectacular own goal, ENGLAND!
     
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  20. Ethan Frank

    Ethan Frank Member+

    Chelsea
    United States
    Jun 11, 2019
    I’m actually one of the few people who didn’t think the US was all that dominant in the 6-0 win considering the score line. The US was heavily reliant on dead ball situations for their goals with only two from the run of play, and only one of those two involved some great build up play in my opinion.

    I’ll trust your analysis of England’s play in this match. We should keep in mind though that England has also drawn Wales and lost to New Zealand recently. They’re capable of below par performances.
     
  21. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    didn't watch the US/Belgium game, was wondering how did the lil cupcake Philtjens(all 4ft+something) do vs the US? She was quite good in completely shudown Nikita Parris, but then Nevllie don't believe in fast transition or long balls or quick, side to side changes, lol
     
  22. Ethan Frank

    Ethan Frank Member+

    Chelsea
    United States
    Jun 11, 2019
    Don’t really recall individual Belgium performances. Both goals from the run of play came on Belgium’s right and not Philtjens’ side though.
     
  23. sbahnhof

    sbahnhof Member+

    Nov 21, 2016
    Aotearoa
    [​IMG] Bury FC are going under, as described by David Bolt in the thread, Dead and Buryed?.

    Surprisingly, the Bury women's team are still going in the regional leagues, kicking off on Wed 4 Sep:

    - https://www.newschain.uk/football/e...kept-burys-womens-team-alive-and-kicking-1353 (Archived)

    [​IMG] Wales manager Jayne Ludlow talked about balancing the senior team with her responsibility to the Wales youth teams:
    - https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49409865

    [​IMG] Ex-Ireland captain Emma Byrne has come out of retirement to keep goal in Barcelona...region, with the Spanish club Terrassa.
    - https://www.the42.ie/emma-byrne-signs-terrassa-fc-4776246-Aug2019/ (Archived)
     
  24. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
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    Aug 16, 2014
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