Australia’s longest-running women’s football podcast (est. April 2019).
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Jonas Eidevall Resigns
Arsenal women’s head coach Jonas Eidevall resigns amid dip in formhttps://t.co/nd78prGnEo
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) October 15, 2024
I am once again thinking about the time Montemurro left Melbourne City women (for the men) mid-season, with the team languishing, only for Fishlock to take on a player-manager role and guide the them to unexpected silverware.
Basically, it’s time pic.twitter.com/xBZ9E8L2aK— Sophie Lawson (@lawson_sv) October 15, 2024
(Futsal) Matildas!
Football Australia will be standing up an Australian Women’s National Futsal Team to contest the AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup China 2025™ Qualifiers in January.
📆 January 11 – 19, 2025#WACFutsal2025https://t.co/ZCvY9BilT4
— Football Australia (@FootballAUS) October 18, 2024
Other News
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Today, the Newcastle Jets launched its newest initiative – the Past Players suite.#BondedByGoldhttps://t.co/CxAqszQGvq
— NEWCASTLE JETS FC ✈️ (@NewcastleJetsFC) October 16, 2024
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🏴 Kaiya Jota has been named in the England women’s U19 squad for the Algarve Cup.
The Stanford University goalkeeper was part of the Philippines squad for the 2023 Women’s World Cup but now switches to represent the #YoungLionesses.
Also in the squad is Sporting CP defender… pic.twitter.com/cq9J7Qa8Ac
— English Players Abroad (@EnglishAbroad1) October 18, 2024
Beer drinkers will be happy to know that drinking in the stands is being tested at two Championship clubs this season 🍺🍺
Cc @jessyjph https://t.co/RZ5PNEtXMv
— Flo Lloyd-Hughes (@FloydTweet) October 17, 2024
Boston WYD?
Like they always say, the best way to introduce your new women’s sport team is with a stupid name, juvenile jokes about male genitalia, ✨transphobic vibes✨, ignoring the other pro women’s teams in your city, ignoring the main equipment in your sport, and randomly picking rivals
— NWSL Facts 🌞 (@nwslfacts) October 15, 2024
I couldn’t find Quinn’s original comment and thought they may have deleted it, but that turns out not to be the case. This is really something the league can’t ignore. pic.twitter.com/bMiV95q5tB
— Meaghen Johnson (@MeaghenJohnson) October 15, 2024
#toomanyballs ? more like “no one had enough balls to say this was a bad idea” , am I right pals?
— NWSL Facts 🌞 (@nwslfacts) October 16, 2024
Recommended Reading (long reads)
Sydney FC forward Shea Connors reflects on the progress of the AFC Women’s Champions League, but says Asia’s premier women’s club tournament still has some way to go.@_SheaBaee | @ThePFA
— FIFPRO (@FIFPRO) October 16, 2024
Liverpool Feds are inside England’s top 35 women’s clubs, yet rely 100% on volunteers and can’t compete financially. Meanwhile, Charlton’s CEO told the @WTMGPod a majority of #BarclaysWC clubs can’t afford to go up. So how healthy is the pyramid right now?https://t.co/5xIAwZk73b
— Tom Garry (@TomJGarry) October 16, 2024
The Female Athlete Project Awards (a.k.a. Vote For Sam Lewis)
Love the @femathproject + am so honoured to have been nominated for their Impactful Storyteller Award. Would appreciate you voting whether for me or one of the other stars in my category; @battledinosaur @AnnOdong @marnievinall
who I know + love so much!https://t.co/rsXNnHJEdz— LadiesWhoLeague (@LadiesWhoLeague) October 16, 2024
Click here to cast your vote for The Female Athlete Project Awards! Voting closes November 1
Football nominees:
Impactful Storyteller: Sam Lewis (journalist, Flying Bats vice-president and most importantly, our friend 🥺 ) & Ann Odong (Football Australia Media & PR Manager)
Team of the Year: The Matildas
Moment of the Year: Cortnee Vine’s penalty against France
The Rising Tide: Emma Ilijoski (climate change awareness), Tamsin Colley (ParaMatildas / Cerebral Palsy football), Lydia Williams (PFA and FIFPro work)
One to Watch: Indiana dos Santos
Outstanding Official: Casey Reibelt
Spicy Tweets
Looking forward to 4 decades time where peeps argue who the first Oz women’s futsal team is. Should be a doozie.
— Shaun Mooney (@ShaunMooney11) October 17, 2024
Sensible Tweets
83% – Clare Wheeler (@EvertonWomen) has a tackle success rate of 83% (10/12) in the 2024/25 #BarclaysWSL season – the second best (min. 10 tackles) of any player (Ruby Mace – 85%, 11/13 for Leicester City). Fearless.#Matildas #MatildasAbroad pic.twitter.com/SE8Frp0KN7
— OptaJason (@OptaJason) October 16, 2024
UEFA Champions League
WHAT THE FUCK ALANNA KENNEDY😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/bqzqKkKVro
— joh🅰️nna (@jojosmeglo) October 16, 2024
Considering it’s pretty far from sold out it’s shambolic that Barcelona refused to increase the away allocation. And an even bigger scandal that the home fans have multiple drums whilst forbidding Hammarby to bring theirs.
— Joakim Kingström (@joa_kingstrom) October 16, 2024
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WSL Results
welcome to the WSL 🤣😭 pic.twitter.com/ieoaA2SX27
— Justin 🌟 (@Just_In_Sportss) October 20, 2024
Brighton 1-1 Manchester United
Manchester City 2-1 Aston Villa
Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace
Leicester 1-0 Everton
West Ham 0-2 Arsenal
Chelsea 5-2 Tottenham
Queens, Kings and Themperors of the Week
Dale – Casey Reibelt was again listed as an A-League Men’s Referee, and she was also nominated for The Female Athlete Project awards (see above)
Emma – Hannah Wilkinson has retired from football, hopefully she can produce more high quality art (see below video)
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Eric – everyone involved in creating this Ireland WNT squad release video, especially the kids!
Introducing our WNT Squad for October with some help from the pupils at Straffan National School, Co. Kildare 😆🎨 #COYGIG pic.twitter.com/XAi6jbzk63
— Ireland Football ⚽️🇮🇪 (@IrelandFootball) October 17, 2024
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