Quite the start of the season in the WSL with the first manager sacked 10 days before the season start. Leicester have sacked Amandine Miquel and her assistant for no visible reason really. They reached their best place ever 10th out of 12 with despite having between 0 and 1 striker the whole season due to injuries. I think they also equalled their best point tally. Makes no sense until you learn that they have a new Director of Football Lee Billiard. And then you hear that the Burnley manager in Tier 3 Matt Beard ex Liverpool, West Ham, Bristol, Chelsea and Boston Breakers has resigned and being put on gardening leave after being refused the right to talk... to Leicester. And guess what Billiard has hired Beard for Boston Breakers and Bristol City in the past. WSL will be extended to 14 teams at the end of the season which means in term of promotion relegation: WSL to WSL 2: no direct relegation, only a play-off for the bottom team 12th against the 3rd placed team in WSL2 to WSL : top 2 teams promoted, 3 rd placed team play-off against 12th place in WSL. WSL 2 to FA Women National League. bottom team relegated to FA WNL FA WNL national league to WSL 2 winners of FA WNL Northern and Southern promoted alongside the winner of a play off between the two runner-up teams in the divisions.
WSL matchday 1 Chelsea 2 Man City 1 Arsenal 4 London City Lionesses 1 Brighton 0 Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 1 Everton 4 Man Utd 4 Leicester 0 Tottenham 1 West Ham 0 WSL 2 matchday 1 Sheffield 0 Sunderland 4 Southampton 4 Ipswich 0 Birmingham 5 Bristol 1 Charlton 1 Palace 0 Forest 1 Newcastle 2 Portsmouth 0 Durham 2
WSL matchday 2 (Sunday's game) Aston Villa 1 Chelsea 3 Leicester 1 Liverpool 0 LCL 1 Man Utd 5 Everton 0 Tottenham 2 Table 1. Man Utd 6 pts + 8 2. Arsenal 6 pts +7 ------------------------------ 3. Chelsea 6 pts + 3 --------------------------- 4. Tottenham 6 + 3 10. Liverpool 0 pt - 4 11. West Ham 0 pt -5 ---------------------------- 12. London City Lionesses 0 pt -7 At the bottom of the table, the Kang backed LCL are struggling as they have bought 17 new players during the transfer window and they are disjointed. Leicester defeated Liverpool, a huge win as Leicester are favorite for many people to go into the relegation play-off ( no direct relegation this season). At the top of the table, three of the big four have an 100% record, City having already lost to Chelsea. Man United at home to Arsenal on Sunday.
I'd say in football (and generally in all pro team sports) money unfortunatelly is everything. Lionesses current last place is the result of having 17 new players who never played with each other. Give it a couple of months and LCL will start climbing. I'd see them finish in front of Leicester City, West Ham and Liverpool... perhaps even Aston Villa.
Meanwhile... Mercury13, the multi-club ownership group dedicated to the advancement of women’s football, has acquired a majority stake in Bristol City Women. https://www.bcfc.co.uk/city-women-news/mercury13-acquire-majority-stake-in-bristol-city-women/
Really sad news, Matt was a really nice guy well liked by the players and everyone in the industry. I am really shocked.
Matchday 3 results Everton 1 London City Lionesses 2 Tottenham 1 Manchester City 5 First ever WSL win for LCL managed by Jocelyn Precheur who is a good guy. Spurs were previously the only team not to concede a goal, they let in five against City.
The other matchday 3 results: Aston Villa - Liverpool P-P due to Matt Beard's death. Chelsea 1 Leicester 0 Brighton 4 West Ham 1 Man Utd 0 Arsenal 0 Chelsea top of the League with 9 pts, Man Utd and Arsenal 7 pts, Man City and Tottenham 6 pts. At the bottom of the table West Ham 0 pt in 3, Liverpool 0 pt in 2, Aston Villa 1 pt in 2. The League Cup (Subway Cup ) starts today with all the teams from the WSL and WSL 2 except those in the UWCL League phase who enter in the quarter-finals.
After matchday 5, Arsenal are 90% out of the title race 5 points behind Chelsea. City, Spurs and Manchester United all fighting for the three Champions League places. At the bottom Liverpool and West Ham still have no point in 5 and 4 points behind 10th place. As there is no direct relegation due to moving to 14 teams in 2026/27 having a bad season is ok, the bottom team only has to beat the 3rd place WSL 2 team in the play-offs.
After Matchday 6 United overtake Spurs in third place. Liverpool and West Ham still with no points, Liverpool with a spare game to play at Villa. London City Lionesses now in the upper side of the table after a tough start.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c781dvnyjqxo Why WSL clubs are signing up Japan's best talent Oct. 16, 2025
Chelsea 2 London City Lionesses 0 Man City 1 West Ham 0 The other four games will be played tomorrow.
Subway Cup semi-finals Arsenal 0 Manchester United 1 Manchester City 0 Chelsea 1 Final played on 15th March 2.15pm at Bristol City FC with VAR and GLT. Thta game takes place during the Asian Cup. Both Chelsea and United will have players missing.
Chelsea loses Kerr and Carpenter, but they have such a deep squad, they can move Bronze (or even Kaneryd) to replace Carpenter; then they could have Beever-Jones and/or Macario to fill-in for Kerr. Man United will not have Miyazawa, this is a harder player to replace.
There are too many cup competitions in England. They should get rid of one, if not two of them. A bit ridiculous, really, given that the schedule is way overcrowded with matches.
Coincidentally, I read somewhere recently that the League Cup, starting next season, will exclude the Champions Leagues teams--so your wish answered.
Matchday 13 out of 22 Everton 0 Brighton 1 Chelsea 0 Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 1 Man Utd 4 Leicester 1 West Ham 2 Liverpool 2 Tottenham 0 London CL 1 Man City 2 Table 2015439518602506717 is not a valid tweet id Manchester City will be champions, four teams fighting for two Champions League places. Four teams fighting for the bottom place to play-off against WSL2 3rd place. WSL2 table 1. Charlton 30 pts 2. Birmingham 25 pts -------------------------- 3. Bristol 23 pts 4. Crystal Palace 22 pts