As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause disruption and damage to the women’s game, it has left a very uncertain future for everyone involved. “Quite rightly, people are going to be concerned about their own positions given the pandemic, and the fear is that we lose some of those people to the women’s game.” This […]
Women’s Football
Women’s Super League: Five things we learned on match day 13
With plenty of goals and cancelled fixtures, this weekend’s Women’s Super League games had it all, so here are five things we learned. Manchester City just can’t stop scoring Following last Sunday’s 7-0 demolition of Aston Villa, Manchester City once again netted seven and this time Brighton were the unfortunate team on the wrong end […]
Gemma Davies reflects on Villa’s crucial draw against Reading
Aston Villa Women’s poor form meant they had it all to do on Saturday afternoon when they welcomed Reading to the Banks’s stadium, in their first home game since December 5. A difficult first half that saw the visitors dominate meant Gemma Davies’ side went in at the break a goal down and greater control […]
‘They say good things come to those that wait!’ Jill Scott remains patient for her 150th England appearance
Jill Scott has 149 appearances for England, and counting. Hopefully. The Lionesses midfielder was a regular in the squad that underwhelmed at the SheBelieves Cup in March, playing in the defeats to the USA and Spain. The latter of which, nearly nine months ago, is still their most recent competitive fixture. As the COVID-19 pandemic […]
UEFA Women’s Champions League: How far can Manchester City and Chelsea go?
With the round of 32 draw taking place tomorrow, Manchester City and Chelsea are the two English teams within contention. Changes have been made to the format of the draw, in line with Covid-19 protocols, and there are only four potential teams each of them could face. The English sides can only be drawn against […]
UEFA Women’s Champions League Draw: Who Man City and Chelsea could face
The round of 32 UEFA Women’s Champions League draw is taking place on Tuesday morning at 11:00 GMT. Changes have been made to the format of the draw, taking into account Covid-19 protocols. Four groups have been formed, consisting of eight teams with each group containing four seeded and four unseeded teams. Teams cannot be […]
UEFA Women’s Champions League Round of 32 draw to take place tomorrow
The round of 32 draw in the UEFA Women’s Champions League will be taking place on Tuesday morning at 11:00 GMT. Changes have been made to the format of the draw, putting the teams into smaller groups, in order to comply with Covid-19 protocols. English clubs Manchester City and Chelsea are among those to be […]
Cheltenham Town Ladies awaits FA’s decision amid Coronavirus lockdown
Cheltenham Town Ladies have seen their season get suspended due to the Government’s decision to impose a second lockdown that came into effect on Thursday, November 5. Tom Davies’ side has come across another hurdle with recent rules of lockdown not permitting non-elite women’s football teams to train or play until after lockdown is lifted […]
Second England lockdown threatens Cheltenham Town Ladies season
Cheltenham Town Ladies have seen a further disruption to their season as the Government announced a second lockdown on October 31. Almost two months after Cheltenham’s season opener against Brislington was postponed due to COVID-19, another hurdle has come in the way of Tom Davies’ side. FOLLOW TODAY’S SPORTS NEWS HERE The Robinesses have had […]
Cheltenham Town Ladies media manager, Daniel Lodge: “We’ve not been given an awful lot of information.”
Cheltenham Town Ladies have faced another disruption to their season following the Prime Minister’s announcement of a four-week England lockdown on October 31. The first lockdown introduced in March, affected the Ladies preparations ahead of the 2020/21 season with them only being able to train in small groups observing social distancing as they eventually saw […]