Here are news about the transfers so far starting in alpahabetical order with Arsenal LFC Ins : Jordan Nobbs ( Sunderland ), Stephanie Houhgton ( Leeds), Ellen White (Leeds) Out: Corinne Yorston (Bristol), Ruesha Littlejohn ( Glasgow City), Helen Lander (Chelsea ) NB : youngsters and reserves outgoing not listed as too many one of them is now at De Paul University, IL Birmingham City LFC Ins : Chelsea Weston ( Doncaster ), Laura Bassett ( Leeds), Jess Wright ( Leeds), Jade Moore ( Leeds), Emily Westwood ( Everton), Rachel Williams ( Doncaster) , Dunia Susi ( Chelsea), Stephanie Curtis (Chelsea), Karen Carney ( Chicago Red Stars) Out : Sian Larkin ( Colchester) Maimee Morris ( Ball State University, Indiana) Jemma Rose, Dannii Bird, Mickaela Howell ( Reading) Bristol Academy WFC Ins : Siobhan Chamberlain (Chelsea), Jemma Rose ?, Corinne Yorston (Arsenal), Annie Heatherson ( Millwall) NB : Bristol are trying to sign all the good players from the south west of England and and Wales.
Latest movements in the FA WSL : Abbie Prosser from Arsenal to Doncaster ( previously on loan to Barnet ) Kate Longhurst from Millwall to Chelsea Naomi Cole from Arsenal to Chelsea (previously on loan to Millwall) Danii Bird Chelsea retired on medical advice Rachel Simkin ? to Bristol Bethany England ? to Doncaster Katie Anderton ? to Doncaster
Another Chelsea signing from Arsenal : Laura Coombs http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2392708,00.html
The FA WSL is back with the second half of the season and Round 8 out of 14 started yesterday and will finish tomorrow. Bristol Academy v Lincoln 2-3 . Bristol will be playing in the champions league thanks to their luck in the draw...They finished runner-ups in the FA Cup final and therefore qualified. They beat Sheffield Wednesday a fourth level team, then Millwall a second level team and in the semi-final beat the worse WSL teal Liverpoool. Birmingham City v Doncaster Belles 3-0 Tomorrow : Arsenal v Liverpool and a very interesting Everton v Chelsea And the table as of today 1. Birmingham 20 pts pl 8 2. Arsenal 13 pts pl 6 3. Chelsea 12 pts pl 7 4. Lincoln 8 pts pl 8 5. Everton 7 pts pl 6 6. Bristol 7 pts pl 8 7. Doncaster 7 pts pl 8 8. Liverpool 3 pts pl 7
Arsenal v Liverpool 3-0 a very dull contest Everton v Chelsea 2-0 The table tonight : 1. Birmingham 20 pts pl 8 2. Arsenal 16 pts pl 7 3. Chelsea 12 pts pl 8 4. Everton 10 pts pl 7 5. Lincoln 8 pts pl 8 6. Bristol 7 pts pl 8 7. Doncaster 7 pts pl 8 8. Liverpool 3 pts pl 8
Round 9 out of 14 was played midweek Arsenal v Chelsea 3-0 Everton v Liverpool 1-0 Bristol v Birmingham 2-3 1. Birmingham 23 points +16 Played 9 2. Arsenal 16 points +9 played 7 ----------------------------- 3. Everton 13 points +2 played 8 ↑ 4. Chelsea 12 points -1 played 8 ↓ 5. Lincoln 8 points -3 played 8 6. Bristol 7 points -6 played 9 7. Doncaster 7 points -9 played 8 8. Liverpool 3 points -11 played 9 Top 2 teams qualify for the 2012-13 Champions League and the incentive is a final in London. The teams qualified for the 2011-12 tournament are Arsenal and Bristol as winner and runners-up of the FA Cup this season. Today's games ( Round 10) are Everton v Arsenal Lincoln v Birmingham Chelsea v Doncaster Liverpool v Bristol
The Birmingham manager was fined and banned for two games after moaning too much at the referees in the Lincoln-Birmingham game, where the ref lost the plot and the game... http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Disciplinary/NewsAndFeatures/2011/Marcus-Bignot-Fined Bad refereeing at every level in England from the Premier to Women's football.
The season is now nearly finished and the last Round #14 will take place on the 28th of August. Arsenal are a point ahead of Birmingham and need to win at bottom of the table Liverpool to win the title. Birmingham are away to the second from bottom team Doncaster. No relegation in the FA WSL and the winner gets to play the Champions League 2012-13 alongside the FA Cup 2012 winner.
Arsenal is the new FA WSL champion after beating Liverpool 3-1. Arsenal therefore qualifies for the 2012-13 Champions League whose final will be played in ...London. Faye White tried everything possible not to make it happen, she gave away a stupid goal to Liverpool, she had a 0% completion rate for her long passing but to no avail, and was seen later bragging on twitter. Considering she played nearly no part in winning that title, that is a bit ...
The season is now over...so the FA has created the "continental" cup with the 8 teams playing each other : Quarter-finals see 8v1 7v2 6v3 5v4 and the Final in Burton. There is a great irony that the Continental Cup final is played at the Pirelli Stadium Talking about upsetting the main sponsor lol
I had read somewhere that the lowest ranked team was getting the home game in the semi-final as well. But nothing on who was drawing who. And in the miscellaneous news, the FA has suspended a player for 70 days for some twitter banter with a former team-mate. I was wondering why she hadn't played for a while and asked her and BOOM came the answer. Funnily enough her tweets are now protected.
I have emailed the FA asking for clarification , but the girl is non English and was probably having a go at her English mate...
The only bit of banter I have seen between two players that's deserving of a ban was an explicitly racist and anti non English exchange back and forth that was meant to be just "a joke between the 2 of them". Both would have deserved a ban for that but I noticed one of them was playing last week.
Apparently, the official FA WSL twitter said the draw was on Monday, so what is written on the website seems wrong.
Arsenal beat Lincoln 3-1 and Birmingham beat Everton 2-1. The final is played next Sunday the 25th and the season will be over. A lot of WSL players have gone on loan to lower division teams in the Women Premier league and will be back with their club around January/February.
Yes 14 games in the summer. Don't know about her but a lot of english players are currently on loan : Barnet: Abbie Prosser; Leeds: Millie Bright, Jess Holbrook; Nott'm Forest: Beth Bailey; Reading: Becky Jane; Sunderland: Helen Alderson; Watford: Shelby Hills. Colchester: Kate Longhurst; Gillingham: Ashlee Hincks, Sarah Quantrill; Millwall: Leanne Champ. Blackburn: Nicola Twohig; Manchester City: Nikki Harding; Preston: Gemma Watson; Rochdale: Jo Traynor.
Aine O'Gorman is back with Peamount on loan and I guess she can play for them in the Champions League games against PSG.
Well the new National League starts in November I think, they should be announcing the dates soon, she must be planning on playing them too.
Arsenal win "the treble" by beating Birmingham 4-1 in the Continental Cup final. They include the FA Cup that was played in the 2010-11 season in the treble , can't understand their logic.