Arsenal blew a 2-1 lead and home advantage in their play-off with Ajax, to leave their UWCL hopes hanging in the balance going into the return leg in Amsterdam next week. Goals from Blackstenius and Little were cancelled out by a brace from Romeé Leuchter in a see-saw encounter at Meadow Park. When Arsenal fans […]
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Arsenal kicked off the 2022-23 season in style with a thumping 4-0 win over Brighton and Hove Albion. Goals from Kim Little, Stina Blackstenius and a brace from Beth Mead won a contest that the Gunners dominated from the first whistle to the last. The question going into this season was how Arsenal would respond
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Euro 2022 was by every metric a huge success for women’s football in England. On the pitch, the Lionesses became European champions – earning England’s first major international honour since the 1966 World Cup, ending 56 years of hurt. Their success drew record crowds and television audiences, and captured the nation’s interest in women’s football
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Women’s football is one of the most rapidly growing sports not only in the uk but in the world. The Women’s Super League (WSL) is now widely regarded as one of the best women’s football leagues in the world. For this reason many world class players have joined English clubs and this has repeatedly attracted
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Vivianne Miedema is one of the greatest strikers in Europe, ever. Her records exist on another planet. At just the age of 25, she’s already the record goal-scorer for the Netherlands with 94 goals, almost double what leading Men’s striker (and her footballing idol) Robin van Persie achieved (50, in case you were wondering).
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The crowd gathered at Kingsmeadow, the home ground of Chelsea FC Women, on 12th February 2022, gasped its breath when a freekick whipped in by Arsenal’s Frida Maanum created havoc in the Chelsea penalty area. A late goal would have given the away side a massive advantage in the thrilling title race between the two
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England manager Sarina Wiegman announced her squad for the Women’s Euros last month, which is set to kick off in two days (6th July) at Old Trafford when England face Austria. Amongst the players who made the final cut is a name who would have almost certainly missed out if the tournament had taken place when
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After all that, after 10 months of football, 4 competitions (plus one from last season), a Cup Final and a Title Race that was taken to the final day, Arsenal’s season ended the same as it did last season. No trophies, with Champions League qualification providing the scantest of consolations. Despite all the improvements in
Barclays Women’s Super League Everton Women FC and Arsenal Women at Walton Hall Park. Picture date: Sunday, April 24, 2022. Photo by James Whitehead April 24, 2022, Barclays Women’s Super League, Arsenal vs Everton at Walton Hall Park Arsenal keeps up the pressure on Chelsea after emerging victorious over Everton in the Barclays Women’s Super
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Arsenal vs Chelsea | Photo by James Whitehead April 17, 2022, Vitality FA Cup Semi-Final, Arsenal vs Chelsea at Meadow Park Arsenal’s recent spate of poor results against Chelsea continued as the FA Cup holders comfortably saw their way past a lacklustre Arsenal at Meadow Park. Though in truth, it was Arsenal who seemed to
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