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,
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
That's a big-name signing right there. 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 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)
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
All the FA WSL will be streamed online and not geo-blocked, the app the FA Player will go live 2nd of September.
Here's a sneak preview: 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 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 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 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
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) Maren Meinert (photo: FIFA.com)
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...
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.
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.
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
Almost 25,000 sold for City v United women’s game on 7th September 👀👍🏼— Raff (@BeersnBlues) August 21, 2019
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) 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?
Well I'd be surprised if that would be enough for the FA WSL figures mentioned were about £400 to £500k minimum needed.
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) (photo: Hammersfan, cc-by-sa) 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.
An interesting book is out today: 1166971186917584896 is not a valid tweet id Quite a controversial character indeed, her story will be interesting to read
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!
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.
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
Don’t really recall individual Belgium performances. Both goals from the run of play came on Belgium’s right and not Philtjens’ side though.
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) 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 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)
'The FA Player is here! 🎉Sign up and download the app now 👇— Barclays Women's Super League (@BarclaysWSL) September 2, 2019 The @BarclaysFAWSL will be broadcast overseas for the first time in its history 🌎 👉 https://t.co/5dxcQqwkK9— Barclays Women's Super League (@BarclaysWSL) September 2, 2019