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Netting six times in four matches, Bristol Rovers forward Libby Davies has gone from strength to strength since joining the club from Swindon Town in September. “It’s been great,” said Davies when asked about her strong start with the team, “I’m back doing what I love, which is scoring goals.” “Scoring on my debut was fantastic, and […]
Rhianne Oakley is the striker of an “unbeaten in nine” West Brom side pushing for promotion into the WSL 2, however she admitted; “growing up all I knew was rugby.” She “started playing around three” and that’s all she knew until she was 12 years old and “after playing with the boys I had to […]
Bristol City Women’s head coach Charlotte Healy has acknowledged that her side have to “hit the ground running” in their away trip against Portsmouth on Sunday. The Robins come into this weekend’s fixture away at Westleigh Park off the back of a three-week-long international break, and currently sit fourth in the WSL2 table, two points […]
“We’ve been haunted by injuries this year, but we can still break the records,” Emily Owen believes. Cheltenham Town Women had a successful start to the 2025/26 season, kicking off the campaign with eight wins in their first 12 games. However, since the turn of the year, Cheltenham have failed to pick up a league […]
International Women’s Day provides an opportunity to reflect on progress, challenge inequality and celebrate the incredible achievements of women across all areas of society. In football, one movement that has become central to that conversation is Her Game Too – a campaign determined to ensure that sport is a welcoming space for everyone. That message was visible […]
Former Cheltenham Town Women striker Una Lue made the decision to leave her first club to move onto a full-time contract at Plymouth Argyle during the Christmas break. The 19-year-old has enjoyed her start to life in Devon, scoring 6 goals in 4 games. Lue says that the switch from Cheltenham to Plymouth was something […]
Cheltenham Town Women centre-back Ffion Llewellyn believes that whilst Oxford United scored two goals to beat her side yesterday, they weren’t played off the park by the promotion hopefuls. The ‘U’s’ took the lead just after half-time through Emma Thompson before Maisy Barker added a second from distance late in the second half. “There really […]
Cheltenham Town Women manager Tom Davies believes that, despite a 2-0 loss to promotion hopefuls Oxford United, his side were “a team we can identify ourselves with again”. Emma Thompson gave the home side the lead just after half-time from a corner, with Maisy Baker adding a second from distance late on, her attempted cross […]
On Thursday at the TikTok Awards, Sky Sports launched their new female-focused sports channel. But by Sunday, it was axed. The idea was to offer content tailored to female fans and create a space for women to engage with sport in a more ‘relatable’ way, but it backfired immediately. Following sexist posts with pink text […]
Bristol City Women’s head coach Charlotte Healy described summer signing Rio Hardy as “superb” following the Robins’ 7-0 win over Ipswich Town in the Women’s Super League 2. Hardy made her eighth league appearance for City against the Tractor Girls on Saturday afternoon, scoring a brace with goals on either side of half-time, while Sophie […]