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Calling all teenage aspiring footballers

Eighty aspiring female footballers, aged between 14 and 18 years of age, are being offered the opportunity to attend a unique FREE event with Niamh Fahey, Captain Liverpool FC Women and Irish International.

Hosted in partnership with super supplement experts Revive Active , the event...

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Title twists in the Women's Super League

The Women’s Super League is back on the football menu this weekend and more twists in the title race are virtually guaranteed.

Manchester United are third and three points behind leaders Chelsea, and the Red Devils host Aston Villa on Saturday lunchtime. More than 36,000 tickets have already been sold and United are on high after moving level on points with Arsenal following their 3-...

Football tournament launch

Cure Leukaemia launching first Women’s Football Tournament at St George’s Park

Dust off the footy boots and grab your Lionesses jersey – National Blood Cancer charity Cure Leukaemia have announced that they will be launching the country’s first female-only corporate football tournament at the home of English football in 2023.

Following the huge success of the Copa Del CL tournament over the past few years, which has raised over £100,000 in the past five years...

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Nuffield Health focus on supporting women’s football in Plymouth

Following two successful seasons of collaboration, Nuffield Health continue as the Official Healthcare Partner for Plymouth Argyle Football Club for the 22/23 season.

With more than 65 years’ experience and an industry-leading network of health and wellbeing facilities, Nuffield Health offers a full breadth of services, from physical and mental health, hospital treatments and...

Alex Greenwood (centre) being presented with a framed copy of her mural by Sefton Council Cabinet Members Cllr Ian Moncur (left) and Cllr Trish Hardy (right).

Greenwood mural to inspire the future

"It's a real honour and if I can inspire just one girl from Bootle to play football then I feel like my job is done!"

That is the message from Bootle Lioness and England Women's Footballer Alex Greenwood as she officially unveiled a huge mural honouring her successes.

The 29-year-old Euro 2022 winning Lioness said she was extremely proud to have a mural commemorating her...

Top Trumps

Top Trumps for the Lionesses

Top Trumps will launch a brand new pack featuring 30 of your favourite England Women's Football players in time for Christmas, making it the perfect gift experience !

Top Trumps has been a much-loved game for over 50 years and is the UK's #1 card game*. Over the years, Top Trumps has launched hundreds of titles on various topics, all over the world and in different languages....

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WSL Back with a Bang

Arguably the most anticipated Women’s Super League season ever kicked-off in suitably spectacular fashion on Friday night.

An early red card, two goals from a Euro master and a statement of intent from one of the pre-season favourites.

After the wonderful summer of European glory for English football, the WSL is generating more interest than ever and a trip to last season’s...

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More hope than hate on social media

The vast majority of social media posts directed towards England’s winning Euro 2022 football players across the tournament were positive, an analysis by Cardiff University’s HateLab has found.

The study of 78,141 posts on Twitter, Reddit and 4Chan identified more than 50,000 positive posts – roughly one “hate” post for every 125 “hope” posts – while 380 were classed as sexist or...

Alexia Putellas bags 2021/22 UEFA Women's Player of the Year award again

Alexia Putellas had been named the 2021/2022 UEFA Women’s Player of the Year award, for a second successive season with Barcelona.

The 28-year-old Barcelona midfielder becomes the first player in the history of the women’s awards to win the title two years on the bounce.

Arsenal and England winger Beth Mead and Germany and Wolfsburg midfielder Lena Oberdof were also...

AFC Acorns in action

Only 1 in 5 women play grassroots sport, survey finds

Only 1 in 5 women (20%) have ever participated in community grassroots sports, compared to almost half (46%) of men, a survey has found.

As the nation celebrates last week’s historic Lionesses’ win, this data highlights the inequality in access and resources between men’s and women’s grassroots sport.

According to charity Women in Sport, school-age girls are significantly...

Done Deal: Chelsea completes signing of Jelena Cankovic from Rosengard

It’s yet another done deal in West London with Chelsea FC finally completing the signing of Jelena Cankovic from Rosengard ahead of the 2022/23 WSL season.

The midfielder - who was reportedly on WSL rivals Arsenal FC - has put pen to paper on a three-year deal with the West London club, keeping her at Kingsmeadow until 2025.

Her move to Chelsea would serve as a huge boost to...