Bloody good, innit? Loads more games on BBCi now as well.
City have brought a few forwards in this summer - Caroline Weir from Liverpool (who’s just scored an absolute blooter on the telly), Lauren Hemp from Bristol City, Tessa Wullaert from Wolfsburg, and Janine Beckie from…America, but Nikita Parris is doing the business.
The signings last summer didn’t really work out that well. Pauline Bremer broke a leg early, and Nadia Nadim struggled to settle. They found it hard replacing Duggan and Bronze as well, and now Izzy Christiansen’s followed Bronze to Lyon. Jane Ross has gone to West Ham.
They’ve had quite a good start, though, but were knocked out of Europe in the first round which was a bit of a shock as them and Chelsea had been the best of the rest recently.
Other stuff:
The summer league reformation was a bit of a clusterfuck, with West Ham being fast-tracked two tiers (buying their way in, like City did)
Eni Aluko went to Juventus.
Fifty yard OG
Champions Chelsea have lost a few players
Chris Kirkland’s the Liverpool manager, replacing Neil Redfearn who walked after a few weeks and a huge turnover of players
Hope Powell’s Brighton are now in the top flight
Man United finally bit the bullet and reformed their team (second division).
Can’t say I’ve followed it that closely recently but gonna try to go to a few matches, rather that than choose a Dutch mens team to follow. Off to Netherlands - Switzerland world cup play off in a few weeks
I’m thinking of combining my cycle holiday next year with the Women’s World Cup in France.
Looking forward to the draw on Dec 8th to see where Scotland will be playing.
Yeovil got their first win of the season against Everton today. Well pleased!
Going to go to their home game against Man City. Really looking forward to it
This was great! Lost 4-0 obviously but still.
Most impressed with City’s Tessa Wullaert in the first half and Yeovil striker Olivia Fergusson in the second.
Steph Houghton is pure class - an excellent England captain. Nikita Parris is very, very quick. Yeah, WSL.
My daughter plays football and her club get freebies for Bristol City Womens (kids freebies) and have been a couple of times. Really enjoyable, and loads of nice elements, like meeting the players after, and a cracking sourdough pizza available.