Women’s football

There are a few names that have been thrown around as potential Lionesses at the World Cup who are not getting a look in.

 Arsenal Women had the weekend off as their league game away to Liverpool was postponed but they got welcome news as Chelsea held League leaders Manchester City to a 2-2 draw.

As we enter the second half of the season, let’s have a look at the title race, Champions League places and promotion-relegation rules for the FA WSL and FAWC.

The FA have finally started to address one of the biggest refereeing problems in Women’s football – the leniency in applying Law 12 and the protection of players’ physical integrity.

As we’re coming to the end of the year, here is my FA WSL 2018 best XI, based on the games I have attended and match highlights.

It is the end of year awards and time to disclose my top three players of the year.

With no game this weekend for Arsenal, Manchester City took advantage to draw level on points with a 1-0 win over Birmingham City.

The FIFA WWC 2019 World Cup draw has been made so here is a breakdown of when you will be able to watch Arsenal players during the tournament along with exclusive quotes from the England and Scotland managers.

The draw for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup will take place on Saturday in Paris at La Seine Musicale at 5pm UK time.

The Norwegian striker Ada Hegerberg won the first ever women’s Ballon d’Or which was voted for by a panel of journalists.

A couple of years ago, the FA decided to go for a full-time professional women’s football League so with the FA WSL in a new era, let’s have a look at the transfer numbers from 2013 to 2018.

Just one week ago Martin Samuel complained in the Daily Mail that women’s football just isn’t ‘super enough’ to warrant detailed coverage in national newspapers and this week he got his wish as most of them ignored this weekend’s games altogether.

With Brexit coming at the end of March 2019 and a large number of injured players at Arsenal, the January transfer window might be crucial for in the quest for trophies.

Four months into the season and three managers are no longer in their jobs in the FA WSL and FA WC, so are they more at risk than before with teams now full-time?

Martin Samuel in the Daily Mail football section complains the Women’s Super League just isn’t super enough to warrant coverage in a national newspaper.

London Colney won’t be busy when the international break comes around, as nearly all the players will be away with their countries, except for those recovering from injuries.

England drew 1-1 with Australia on Tuesday in a game they should have won 4-0 or 4-1, according to Phil Neville. Here are a few things we can take away from the game.

France football have created the Women’s Ballon d’Or and, for the first Edition, there are 15 nominees.

With the FIFA 2019 WWC draw barely two months away in Paris, let’s have a look at the current state of play in the different confederations.

Another Sunday and another inept referee. I really wonder if English referees are told not to worry about the players’ physical integrity because it is a recurrent problem at every level.