Barclays WSL fixture list released: https://womensleagues.thefa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Barclays-WSL-Fixtures-24-25.pdf Matchday 1 &2 tv picks The broadcast picks for the opening two weekend's of the 2024-25 #BarclaysWSL season! 📺 pic.twitter.com/ktgiUm1eAW— Barclays Women's Super League (@BarclaysWSL) July 22, 2024 And a City player charged for class C drug usage https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...s/man-city-keeper-khiara-keating-29592233.amp
Intresting, Man City needs a top class goalie. Sandy MacIver was "rebuilding" herself lately but still she is not a golie to win the title with or UWCL. well... Yamashita new club still wasn't announced yet, I wonder... (btw Man Utd also is one goalie short)
https://sports.yahoo.com/watford-name-hector-boss-womens-102232939.html Watford have appointed former defender Renee Hector as the new head coach of the women's side.
Got an email this morning that the WSL, W Championship, and League Cup have been officially separated from the FA, they're now run by an independent entity "Women's Professional Leagues Limited." This is basically the same arrangement as the top men's leagues in England, where the teams are each shareholders in the operator. Nikki Doucet (ex of Nike, Citibank) is the CEO. This has been in progress for most of a year. https://womensleagues.thefa.com/sta...id=526146317&sc_uid=lV8b38R9rJ&sc_llid=192660
The Times reports Celtic and Rangers want to join the WSL and also that the WPLL that now controls the WSL after taking over from the FA is also looking at make it a closed League like it was when it started back in 2011.
FA Cup Round 5 draw: 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (3) v Manchester United 2 Chelsea v Everton or Tottenham Hotspur 3 Portsmouth** v Sunderland** 4 Manchester City v Leicester City 5 Crystal Palace v Newcastle United** 6 Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion or Durham** 7 Rugby Borough (3) v West Ham United or Liverpool 8 Arsenal or Bristol City** v London City Lionesses** ** second tier team (3) third tier team
League Cup draw: Quarter Final Draw Chelsea v Durham Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United Manchester United v Manchester City Brighton & Hove Albion v Arsenal Semi Final Draw Brighton & Hove Albion or Arsenal v Manchester United or Manchester City Chelsea or Durham v Tottenham Hotspur or West Ham United The quarter final fixtures will take place over January 22 and 23, 2025, with the semi-finals to be played across February 5 and 6, 2025. The showpiece fixture will then be contested at Pride Park Stadium on Saturday 15 March 2025, kicking off at 12.15pm and broadcast live on the BBC.
League table all teams with 10 games: 1. Chelsea 28 pts +25 2. Man City 22 pts +13 3. Arsenal 21 pts +15 ------------------------------- 4. Man United 21 pts +13 10. West Ham 8 pts -7 11. Leicester 6 pts -10 ------------------------------ 12. Crystal Palace 5 pts - 18
Man City 2 - 4 Man United (geoblocked: AUT, AUS, GER, SUI, UK) Wow... City can forget about Championship and UWCL with such poor display. Keating just gifted 2 goals for United (3rd and 4th), while Alexandri was responsible for the other two (1st and 2nd). Seriously why Keating, Casparij and Park are in the City starting XI is beyond me. Keating skills are just above average and she totally lacks consitency. Casparij doesn't know how to play a fullback, she plays it like a classic winger/wingback... but at least she can read the tactical setup on thepitch... while Park is a headless horseman. She can't read the game, she does nothing in defense, will not commit to cover for a teammate... one of the most overrated players in the league along Keating One small light in the tunnel for City is Knaak. She has shown some skill and promise in her debut today (mishap on 1st goal non-withstanding), which is more than Kennedy did in all of the season.. 4th year on the job and Taylor still don't know how to build a squad that will account for 2-3 injuried players each season and nonetheless stay competitive for championship.
Keating was terrible today--a howler of a game. She should have been subbed out after 20 minutes. Not sure why she wasn't. Team can't play direct without Bunny, and it may have lost its confidence with 3 of its best players out with injuries.
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Women's FA Cup round 5 draw now complete, week-end 8 and 9 February 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United 2 Chelsea v Everton 3 Portsmouth v Sunderland 4 Manchester City v Leicester City 5 Crystal Palace v Newcastle United 6 Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion 7 Rugby Borough v Liverpool 8 Arsenal v London City Lionesses
WFAC quarter-finals draw tomorrow Ball numbers 1 Manchester United 2 Chelsea 3 Sunderland 4 Manchester City 5 Crystal Palace 6 Aston Villa 7 Liverpool 8 Arsenal Subway League Cup final Chelsea v Manchester City. Those two teams will play each other four times in a row in March as they have a League games and the Champions League quarter-finals too. And if they are paired tomorrow, they will play each other 5 times in a row.
FA Women's Cup quarter-final this week-end Man United v Sunderland (Championship) Man City v Aston Villa Chelsea v Crystal Palace Arsenal v Liverpool The following week-end in the Subway Cup final and WSL Matchday 16, so Chelsea v Leicester (3-1) and West Ham v Man City (1-1) were played on Wednesday. There will be 4 (!) games in a row between Chelsea and Manchester City: Subway Cup final, Champions League quarter-final first leg, League matchday 17 and Champions League quarter-final second leg. Madness Table 1. Chelsea 44 pts 16 games 2. United 36 pts 15 games 3.Arsenal 33 pts 15 games ----------------------------------------- 4. City 32 pts 16 games at the bottom 10. Leicester 12 pts 16 games 11. Aston Villa 10 pts 15 games ------------------------------------------- 12. Crystal Palace 6 pts 15 games
Arguably the most important one for City is the league one, since Manchester City risk missing the Champions' League once again next season.
Manchester City are struggling with injuries while Chelsea have a few themselves. With both teams playing 8 games in March, they will end up with players on their knees by the end of the month.
I suppose it's great for women's football that Clinton's goal today is getting attention beyond the regular social media accounts that cover the sport, but I'm too frustrated to care about that right now. How does a ref at the pro level completely miss Clinton's shirt pull on Baijings? Seriously, how? Not a good day for refereeing in women's football with Park's goal being controversially waved off in the earlier match. With Park right in the vicinity and then shaping to shoot, the ref was definitely premature in blowing her whistle. Also, given that it seems like Park struck the ball before the whistle, should the ref have just given the goal? I think Hampton may have not 100% tried because of the whistle, but I don't think she was saving that shot at 100% either. Edit: Thought experiment - Would Kerolin's goal have stood with VAR?
I think both goals would have stood with VAR. Hampton line of sight is hampered by the two Chelsea defenders as well as the City forward. Regarding the Clinton foul on Baijings, I don't think there is enough contact, but if zooming was done we might it was more than contact and a shirt pull.
I thought it was an obvious foul live, and the close up replay showed Clinton with a quite blatant shirt pull.
Chelsea report £128.4m profit after selling women’s side to themselves Chelsea appear to comply with PSR through player sales and transferring ownership of women’s team Club turn last year’s pre-tax loss into pre-tax profit Move scrutinised over rules around fair market value https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/31/premier-league-psr-chelsea-sell-women-team-loophole
WSL clubs' spending on agents fees between Feb 2024 & Feb 2025: Chelsea £623k Man City £289k Arsenal 221k Man Utd £205k Aston Villa £160k Tottenham £129k Everton £123k Leicester £110k West Ham £110k Brighton £71k Liverpool £70k Crystal Palace £60k (by Tom Garry)