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First-team coach Chris Hicks predicts a ‘difficult’ game against Pucklechurch in FA Women’s trophy despite playing their games in two leagues above. Pucklechurch play their league games in Division One of the Gloucestershire County Women’s Football League, two leagues below Forest Green Rovers who play in the South West Regional Women’s Football League Premier. Currently […]
It’s very rare that a football team goes unbeaten in six straight games outside of the top end of the Premier League, making Cheltenham Town Ladies stunning start to the season even more impressive. The Robins have lost just two games since the season has started, including one on the opening day of the season […]
Chelsea will be looking to win the Women’s Super League for the fourth time this weekend as they host Reading in the final round of fixtures. Emma Hayes’ team reached the Champions League final last week as they continue their search for an incredible quadruple. Embed from Getty Images They still have work to do […]
Chelsea moved a step closer to retaining the Women’s Super League title with a comfortable win over London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. A goal in each half from Sam Kerr earned the Blues yet another victory on the road to restore their two-point lead at the top of the Women’s Super League. Spurs goalkeeper Becky Spencer […]
Women’s Super League leaders Chelsea discovered they will take on VFL Wolfsburg in the quarter finals while Gareth Taylor’s Manchester City face FC Barcelona Femeni. Embed from Getty Images Both WSL clubs were able to avoid defending champions Lyon, with the seven-time European Champions likely to battle it out with fellow French side Paris-Saint Germain; […]
Norwegian manager Hege Riise says she is “honoured and humbled” to be handed charge of Team GB’s women’s football team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Despite this appointment, Riise will continue to keep the role of interim manager of the England women’s team. Embed from Getty Images “I know this is a massive job […]
Embed from Getty Images By Nathan John Round-up of yesterday’s action from the UEFA Women’s Champions League Round of 16 second leg tie as Chelsea held Atletico Madrid to a 1-1 away draw to progress whilst Lyon cruised to a comfortable 3-1 away victory in Brondby which saw them into the Quarter finals, along with […]
Cheltenham Town Ladies goalkeeper coach Dene Field has revealed that the club are doing online bingo in order to keep the club afloat. The University of Gloucestershire student plays for the men’s university team but has seen the biggest hit come to the town’s women’s team. “We’ve had to think outside the box and do […]
Chelsea Women’s boss Emma Hayes has rejected links between herself and the vacant AFC Wimbledon job, believing that it would be a step down from her current role. Speaking in the press conference ahead of her sides FA WSL Cup semi-final against West Ham, Hayes was quick to distance the gap between the men and […]
Hege Riise has been appointed as the new Interim Head Coach of the Lionesses replacing Phil Neville, who left yesterday for Inter Miami. Riise won the Women’s World Cup, European Championships and Olympic Gold for Norway whilst she was a player and amassed a total of 188 caps for her country, a national record and […]