Sports Journalist · 25 articles
Bristol Academy chairman Simon Arnold has spoken out about the difficulty his side faces in to competing with other Women’s Super League clubs who are backed by the men’s Premier League. Bristol Academy suffered a 6-1 defeat against Manchester City Women at the weekend which meant they were relegated to the WSL 2 despite reaching the FA […]
Saturday 26th September Everton Ladies v Durham Women Everton Ladies will be hoping for a repeat performance of when they last faced Durham, as they continue to fight for a promotion spot. The Toffees have an outside chance of reaching the WSL 1 but must win all four of their remaining games. However Andy Spence’s […]
Four players have withdrawn from the England squad to face Estonia in their first Euro 2017 qualifier on September 21 due to injury. Among those is Manchester City defender Lucy Bronze, Arsenal goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain and Chelsea winger Claire Rafferty who are all nursing knee injuries. Arsenal’s Alex Scott has also been forced to withdraw from the trip […]
Sunderland Ladies striker Beth Mead has signed a new four-year deal at the club. The FA WSL 1’s top goalscorer will be under contract at the Black Cats until 2019 after joining as a 16-year-old. Sunderland have surprised many by spending much of their debut season in the top flight challenging for the title, with Mead scoring […]
WSL 1 Manchester City Women 2-0 Liverpool Ladies Manchester City piled the pressure on leaders Chelsea as they picked up all three points against Matt Beard’s Liverpool side midweek. Isobel Christiansen celebrated her first England call-up by opening the scoring after just before half time, finishing from Lucy Bronze’s cross. And when play resumed the […]
American midfielder Carli Lloyd says she would consider playing in the Women’s Super League in England. The 33-year-old became the first woman to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final when she captained the United States to a 5-2 win over Japan this summer. Lloyd scored all three goals in just 13 minutes. The […]
England and Manchester City Women striker Toni Duggan will miss the rest of the 2015 season due to injury. The in-form 24-year-old picked up an ankle injury when her side beat Liverpool Ladies 2-0 in the Continental Cup recently and was absent at the weekend when City beat title rivals Sunderland 1-0 in the WSL 1. […]
England Women manager Mark Sampson has named his squad to face Estonia in their first European Championship Qualifier. The match will be the Lionesses’ first game since finishing third at this year’s Women’s World Cup. Sampson has made seven changes from the squad that travelled to Canada with Karen Carney and Katie Chapman among those […]
Saturday 5 September London Bees vs Watford Ladies The bottom two sides in the WSL 2 side meet each other at The Hive in this weekend’s early kick-off. Victory for the Bees would see them build an eight point advantage on Watford who would be all but condemned to relegation with a defeat. However Julian Broomes’ side have […]
Liverpool Ladies striker Natasha Dowie is hoping for an England recall for the upcoming European Championship qualifiers. Mark Sampson’s side play their first games against Estonia and Bosnia-Hercegovina since their record breaking World Cup campaign. Dowie has 12 England caps to her name and has scored five times for the Lionesses. However the 27-year-old was overlooked […]
Liverpool Ladies 2-0 Bristol Academy Liverpool Ladies returned to winning ways thanks to a brace from forward Natasha Dowie. Prior to kick off at the Select Stadium Matt Beard’s side hadn’t won a league game in over a month but Dowie was on hand early in the game to ease any Merseyside worries, poking in the rebound after visiting […]
Liverpool Ladies captain Gemma Bonner insists they aren’t worried about their position in the FA WSL 1, despite sitting third from bottom and only five points ahead of bottom side Bristol Academy who the Reds face on Saturday. Last season Liverpool won the FA WSL 1 title on the final day; becoming the first club to […]