It’s currently a busy period in the life of Flo Allen. Like most students halfway through March, the 21-year-old is snowed under with assignment’s to write, and a dissertation to finish, but on top of that work and pressure, Allen is just over halfway through the Women’s Super League season, where she bombs up and […]
Women’s Football
Bristol City Women relish being the underdogs ahead of their Conti Cup Final against Chelsea
Bristol City Women already face a tough task against Chelsea in this Sunday’s Continental Cup final, and that’s without mentioning the absence of talismanic captain Jas Matthews and manager Tanya Oxtoby. Oxtoby is expecting to give birth to son this month and the Australian boss took maternity leave in January. Matt Beard will steer the […]
International Women’s Day: The top 5 female athletes to look out for in 2021
To celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) we’re taking a look at some of the brightest up and coming female talent in sport. Women’s sport is growing exponentially at the moment, with the Women’s World Cup setting the benchmark in 2019, as over 1 billion people tuned in over the course of the tournament. So let’s […]
Matt Beard praises Bristol City Women’s fine form
Bristol City Women head coach Matt Beard hailed his side’s progression after a 1-1 draw at West Ham in the WSL. City capped off an impressive unbeaten week after wins in the league and WSL Cup, but couldn’t quite claim a third win as the Hammers’ Katerina Svitkova cancelled out Emily van Egmond’s own goal. […]
OPINION AND ANALYSIS: What’s next for Women’s Football after Covid-19?
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 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 […]