Australia’s longest-running women’s football podcast (est. April 2019).
History: Aivi Luik, Matildas Cap 169
Hot Topics
Matildas
- Matildas squad for Round 2 of Olympic qualifiers announced
- AFC Annual Awards nominees, winners announced October 31st
- AFC Women’s Player of the Year
- Samantha Kerr (Chelsea FC and AUS) – winner in 2017
- Zhang Linyan (Guangzhou Women’s/Wuhan Women’s FC/Grasshopper Club Zurich and CHN)
- Saki Kumagai (FC Bayern Munich and JPN) – winner 2019
- AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women’s)
- Mary Fowler (Manchester City and AUS)
- Huo Yuexin (Jiangsu Youth Women’s Club and CHN)
- Maika Hamano (INAC Kobe Leonessa and JPN)
- AFC Women’s Player of the Year
- Tickets on sale for the IFCPF Asia-Oceania Men’s & Women’s Championship
- Signings: Around the World – Aussies/NZ Abroad
News
- Nat Tobin out for season with ACL injury
- Sydney FC reach 2,000 A-League Women memberships
- Sydney fans signed up for almost half of the 20,000 Liberty Passes
- Sydney fixtures postponed due to AFC Women’s Club Championship
- Perth Glory have a new owner
- Western United to play games in Tarneit
- Canberra United register players to avoid sanctions (behind paywall)
- Canberra United announce the CUBS program and then quickly delete some of the posts (the Instagram post remains)
- 2023 National Youth Championships Girls’ Tournament Champions
- Football NSW (Under 16)
- Football Victoria (Under 14A)
- Capital Football (Under 14B)
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Players of the Tournament:
Under 14 B: Tehya Espland, Capital Football
Under 14 A: Clare Corbett, Football NSW
Under 16: Sienna Dale, Football NSW -
Goalkeepers of the Tournament:
Under 14 B: Amalie Miller, Football Tasmania
Under 14 A: Caoimhe (Keeba) Bray, Football Northern NSW
Under 16: Lilly Dunn, Football Queensland -
Referees of the Tournament:
Under 14: Jessica Jensen, Football Queensland
Under 16: Joshua Throssell, Football West
- Adelaide women’s sporting teams working together
An alliance of South Australia’s top-level women’s sport teams has been formed to help each other.
They’ve united to push more fans to get to their games, starting with six fixtures they want to be sell-outs. @Gus_Macdonald_ #9News pic.twitter.com/oisX1txl3u
— 9News Adelaide (@9NewsAdel) October 9, 2023
Dub Round 1 Results
CCM 0-1 Newcastle
Sydney 2-0 WSW
Perth 2-0 Western United
Wellington 0-1 Melbourne City
Adelaide 4-4 Canberra
Victory 1-2 Brisbane
Dub News & Signings
- Brisbane: Bec Kirkup, Sarah O’Donoghue & Emma Gibbon
- Canberra: Georgia Ritchie, Coco Majstorovic, Sofia Christopherson & Maia Cameron
- Central Coast: Courtney Newbon (injury replacement)
- Melbourne City: Karly Roestbakken
- Melbourne Victory: Laura Pickett, Sara D’Appolonia
- Newcastle: Bonnie Davies, MelindaJ Barbieri
- Perth: Mischa Anderson, Clara Hoarau
- Sydney: Darcey Malone
- Western United: Kiara De Domizio
Around the World
UEFA Champions League – 3rd Qualifying Round
- Manchester United 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain (Clare Hunt) – Hunt subbed on 17th min
- Real Madrid (Hayley Raso) 2-1 Vålerenga – Raso subbed on 85th min
- Paris FC (Sarah Hunter) 3-3 VfL Wolfsburg – Hunter unused sub
- Valur 0-4 SKN St. Pölten (Ella Mastrantonio) – Mastrantonio subbed on 82nd min
- BK Häcken (Aivi Luik) 2-2 Twente – Luik subbed on 65th min
- Glasgow City (Aoife Colvill) 0-4 SK Brann Kvinner (Larissa Crummer) – Colvill unused sub, Crummer start + 89 mins + yellow card
- Apollon Ladies 0-7 Benfica
- Zürich 0-6 Ajax
- Roma 3-0 Vorskla Poltava
- Slavia Prague 5-0 U Olimpia Cluj
- Spartak Subotica 1-2 Rosengård
- Eintracht Frankfurt 5-0 Sparta Prague
UK
Conti Cup Group Stage (the world’s strangest competition – click here for an explanation of the tournament structure)
Went to the bar for a pint at half time and only realised after a few minutes that it was closed for a private function and a group of people started doing a tango class and I wasn’t supposed to be there. Immaculate Conti Cup vibes.
— Tim Stillman (@Stillmanator) October 11, 2023
- Birmingham City 0-3 Brighton & Hove Albion (Mackenzie Hawkesby, Charlie Rule) – Rule played full game, scored & was booked, Hawkesby played full game (also Hawkesby’s debut)
- Leicester City (Remy Siemsen, Courtney Nevin) 2-1 Liverpool (Teagan Micah) – Micah’s debut & played full game, Nevin played second half
- Everton (Clare Wheeler) 1-2 Manchester City (Mary Fowler, Alanna Kennedy) – Wheeler played full game, Fowler start & 73 mins, Kennedy subbed on 73rd min
- Lewes 1(2)-1(0) Crystal Palace (Polly Doran) – Pozza Dozza start & 76 mins
- West Ham United (Mackenzie Arnold) 2-1 Charlton Athletic – Arnold was unused sub
- London City Lionesses 2(6)-2(7) Watford (the game Tim Stillman went to)
- Durham 3-2 Blackburn Rovers
- Sheffield United 2-3 Sunderland
- Bristol City 1(3)-1(4) Southampton
- Tottenham Hotspur 6-0 Reading
FA WSL (ENG) – 3 of 22
- Results
- Chelsea (Sam Kerr) 2-0 West Ham United (Mackenzie Arnold) – Kerr start + 78 mins + goal, Arnold full game
- Manchester United 1-1 Leicester City (Remy Siemsen, Courtney Nevin) – Nevin full game + yellow card
- Manchester City (Mary Fowler, Alanna Kennedy) 5-0 Bristol City – Fowler full game + 2 assists, Kennedy full game
- Arsenal (Steph Catley, Kyra Cooney-Cross, Caitlin Foord) 2-1 Aston Villa – Catley & Foord full games, Cooney-Cross unused sub
- Brighton & Hove Albion (Mackenzie Hawkesby, Charlie Rule) 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur – Rule full game, Hawkesby unused sub
- Liverpool (Teagan Micah) 0-1 Everton (Clare Wheeler) – Wheeler subbed on 3rd min, Micah unused sub
FA Championship (ENG) – 7 of 22 (Polly’s Palace)
- Results
- Crystal Palace (Polly Doran) 6-1 London City Lionesses – Pozza Dozza start + 70 mins + assist
WPL (SCO) – 10 of 22
- Results
- Aberdeen 2-3 Glasgow City (Aoife Colvill) – Colvill not selected
Europe
OFB Frauen Bundesliga (AUT) – 6 of 18
- Results
- SKN St. Pölten (Ella Mastrantonio) 4-2 Lustenau / Dornbirn
D1F (FRA) – 4 of 22
- Results
- Lyon (Ellie Carpenter) 6-0 Saint-Etienne – Carpenter played first half
- Paris FC (Sarah Hunter) 2-0 Guingamp – Hunter not selected
- PSG (Clare Hunt) v Stade de Reims – abandoned due to crowd trouble
- Read B90s coverage of the D1F
Coppa Italia Round of 16
Serie A (ITA) – 4 of 18
Liga BPI (POR) – 4 of 22
- Results
- Sporting Braga 1-1 Sporting Portugal (Jacynta Galabadaarachchi)
Liga F (ESP) – 4 & 5 of 30
- Results
- Granada 2-5 Real Madrid (Hayley Raso) – Raso start + 57 mins
- Athletic Club 3-0 Sporting de Huelva (Anna Margraf) – Margraf subbed on 77th min
- Sporting de Huelva (Anna Margraf) 1-3 Madrid CF – Margraf unused sub
Nordic
Norway – Toppserien Round 23 of 27
- (9) Arna-Bjørnar 0-4 (4) SK Brann Kvinner (Larissa Crummer)
- Larissa entered the game in the 67th minute
Sweden – Damallsvenkan Round 23 of 26
- (1) BK Häcken (Aivi Luik) 4-0 (12) IF Brommapojkarna
- Aivi didn’t see time off the bench
- (5) Kristianstads (Amy Sayer) 2-0 (11) Örebro
- Amy scored the 2nd goal and was substituted in the 90th minute
- (3) Linköping FC (Angie Beard) 6-2 (10) Växjö
- Angie played a full match
- (9) Djurgården 1-1 (8) Norrköping (Chelsie Dawber)
- Chelsie played the first half
- (4) Piteå 1-0 (6) Vittsjö GIK (Clare Polkinghorne, Katrina Gorry, Charli Grant)
- Charli and Polks played full games but Mini sat the game out, presumably due to yellow card accumulation
- the home side takes over Vittsjö’s 4th place, who drop to 6th
Danish Cup 3rd Round
- HB Køge (Deborah-Anne de la Harpe) 1-1 FC Nordsjælland (Winonah Heatley) – Nordsjælland won 4-2 on penalties, Heatley started
Denmark – Elitedivisionen Round 7
- Fortuna Hjørring 2-0 AGF (Matilda McNamara, Ally Green) – Tilly Mac full game, Green start + 71 mins
- Kolding 2-0 FC Nordsjælland (Winonah Heatley) – Heatley played second half and was booked
- Aalborg BK 0-1 HB Køge (Deborah-Anne de la Harpe) – de la Harpe subbed on 84th min
North America
NWSL (USA) – 22 of 22
- Results
- San Diego Wave (Emily van Egmond) 2-0 Racing Louisville – EVE full game, Wave win NWSL Shield (1st place in regular season)
Liga MX Femenil (MEX) – 14 & 15 of 17
- Results
- Tigres UANL (Alex Chidiac) 1-0 Cruz Azul
- Atlético San Luis 0-1 Tigres UANL (Alex Chidiac)
Queens, Kings and Themperors of the Week
Dale – Joker) PSG ultras set off fireworks and caused the game against Stade de Reims to be abandoned
Eric – Tori Tumeth played her first competitive game since injuring her ACL in June 2022, it was also her Sydney FC debut!
Maj – 1) Grace Kuilamu became Brisbane Roar’s youngest ever scorer with a debut goal against Victory 2) The new DubZone format (Sunday night after all games have finished) is a winner!
Steffen – 1) Well done to Tehya Espland and the Capital Football U14 team for their achievements at the National Youth Championships 2) Sarah West (Canberra United assistant coach in the Vicki Linton years) is coaching Tuggeranong United in 2024 3) Longtime Gungahlin United assistant coach Nick van Aalst is stepping up to be 1st Grade coach in 2024
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