Aston Villa Women manager Carla Ward showed no pity towards Marc Skinner’s Manchster United who were the fall-guys following the Villans’ points deduction in the Conti Cup last week. The Villans had three points removed in the group stages of the cup after fielding an ineligible player in their, no redundant, 7-0 win over Sunderland […]
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OPINION: Is English football’s social media boycott going to have an impact on kicking out racism?
Teams across the English football pyramid will boycott social media, starting this Friday at 3pm until 11.59pm on Monday 3 May. The boycott is in response to the consistent online racist abuse that players are suffering, with Kyle Walker the latest victim following Manchester City’s Carabao Cup victory yesterday afternoon. Teams from the Premier League, […]
Sky and BBC to show the FA Women’s Super League in new ‘Landmark deal’
The Women’s Super League will be broadcast on free-to-air TV for the first time as the BBC secure a three-year Broadcast deal. Starting next season, the WSL will now be shown across Sky Sports and the BBC in a landmark deal for women’s football. It is the first time that the WSL has been sold […]
Bristol City defender & Wales international Loren Dykes retires from professional football
Loren Dykes has officially retired from professional football having left WSL side Bristol City Women last summer to concentrate on her coaching career, alongside playing for her first club, Cardiff City Ladies. The 33 year old achieved 105 caps for her country and played in two FA Women’s Cup finals with the Robins. “I want […]
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. […]
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 […]