Women's football

The young Lionesses qualified for the FIFA u-20 WWC quarter finals by beating Mexico 6-1, with Lauren Hemp scoring a hat-trick. They will play the Netherlands on Friday for a place in the semis.

Sheffield FC Ladies have withdrawn from the newly named FA Women's Championship citing 'money' as the main reason behind their decision.

I was lucky enough to be invited to the FA Women's Football Award 2018. It was the 20th annual edition celebrating the best of women's football.

The FA WSL season is now over but there is a FIFA international window coming up featuring World Cup qualifiers and, as usual, the Arsenal Women players will be busy.

The FA WSL transfer window will open on the June 1, so let's have a look at what the 11 teams could do in the next couple of months.

The FA has announced today the six new clubs that will join Tier 1 and Tier 2 in the Women's Football pyramid.

The FA has announced that they will disclose the teams with a successful bid for the 2018/19 season on Sunday.

The PFA awards took place on Sunday night at the Grovesnor hotel and three awards were given to female players, including one to a former Arsenal star.

The PFA have announced the women's football nominees for Player's Player of the Year and as expected, there are no Arsenal players nominated. 

Phase 2 of the licensing process for FA WSL teams has now been completed and we now wait until June to know who which...

The women's u20 World Cup draw took place in Rennes, France on Thursday and our resident expert was there for it.

Hot on the heels of their last women's football reform, the FA has now rebranded the top four tiers of the women's football pyramid.

There was no upset in the FA Women's Cup Round 5 ties as all the favourites went through to the quarter finals, with Birmingham City the only team close to an upset as they took Manchester City to extra time.

FIFA and the LOC have presented the schedule for the FIFA 2019 WWC that will take place in France.

The annual u19 tournament organised by the Norwegian FA will take place as usual in Southern Spain.

The FIFA u20 Women World Cup qualifiers are now complete and we know the 16 teams that will take part in the competition next summer in France.

FIFA and the FFF have revealed the Women's World Cup 2018 match schedule. The tournament will take place in Britanny, France from August 5-24.

As revealed by the godfather of women's football journos in England, Phillip Neville will be the new England Women's manager and will try to emulate Mark Sampson's success on the pitch while avoiding off-the-pitch pitfalls that saw the Welshman sacked.

The hunt for the new England Women manager is still on, and there seems to be a shortage of candidates interested.

After a shakeup of the WSL Tier 1 and Tier 2 structure, the January transfer window could be a busy affair with many clubs already making movements in the market.

The FA disclosed the winning bids for the WSL Tier 1 and 2, and now we will see the second phase, with an external bid from the FA WSL coming in.

There will be competition for places in the England u20 World Cup squad, as the Young Lionesses won the Nike International u20 tournament in Florida.

This weekend was the first proper winter league weekend where adverse weather was likely to affect the fixture list - and affect it it did.

The England youth teams now know their fate as the u17 and u19 Elite Rounds were drawn this morning at the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon.

Defender Taylor Hinds and on-loan striker Chloe Kelly have been named in the 20-player squad that will compete next month in Florida.

Every time an England squad is named, fans ask the same question: Do central contracts guarantee a call-up, even if a player is out of form or regularly unused on international duty?

Arsenal are through to the Conti Cup quarter-finals following their 6-0 away win at Watford alongside Reading in Group One South.

Watford Ladies will officially no longer be a FA WSL side, after deciding to try only for a third tier place in the WPL next season.

England Women u19 will carry on the Euro preparation with an away friendly in Finland at the end of the month. Two Arsenal forwards have been selected for the fixture.

The draw for the WCL Round of 16 was made in Nyon and there are not many high-profile ties. It means the quarter finals next Spring could be interesting with all the big teams involved.

Following England's 1-0 defeat to France, where Mo Marley kept the tried and tested players, maybe now is the time to make some changes and prepare for the FIFA 2019 World Cup.

Following the report by barrister Katharine Newton and inquiry in front of the House of Commons digital, culture, media and sport select committee, there have been some very interesting reactions from the England players who backed Mark Sampson at the Russia game with that infamous team hug celebration.

Lydia Bedford's Young Lionesses began their Qualifying Round with a 9-0 hammering of host nation Kazakhstan.

England Women u17s defeated Slovakia 6-0 and have qualified for the Elite Round.

The FA's decision to restructure the elite level of women's football, allowing only full-time professional football, is going to have a knock-on effect on the transfer window.

The Arsenal winger, Lauren James, captained the England u-17 team in their 10-0 win over hosts Latvia in Riga to kick-start their 2017/18 campaign that could take them all the way to Uruguay for the FIFA u17 Women's World Cup.

11 of the Arsenal Women squad have been selected for their respective national team.

Imagine a football world where your place in the top league is decided by your pitch facilities, marketing and budget size, not on the football results. Welcome to the FA WSL.

For the FA WSL matchday 3 opener, league leaders Chelsea were at home to Liverpool, who currently sit in fifth place.

The Football Association of Wales Awards 2017 were held at Hensol Castle at the Vale Resort on Monday 2nd October and one former Arsenal player won the player's player of the year award for her excellent performance with the Women National team.