Australia’s longest-running women’s football podcast (est. April 2019).
History: Collette Gardiner (née McCallum), Matildas Cap 132
Matildas Debut: 2005 (played for the national team until 2015)
Appearances: 81 (11 goals)
Position: Midfielder
World Cup appearances: 2007, 2011
Asian Cup appearances: 2006, 2008, 2010
W-NSL: two seasons with NSW Sapphires (2000-02, 11 apps, 1 goal), two seasons with Adelaide Sensation (2003-04, 8 apps)
A-League Women: six seasons with Perth Glory (2008-11 & 2012-15, 53 apps, 11 goals)
Also played overseas for Pali Blues (USA), Sky Blue FC (USA) and Lincoln Ladies (England)
The Collette McCallum Medal is awarded to a women’s youth player “whose conduct and character aligns with and amplifies the values of Australian football”.
Click here for a feature article on Collette, published by the Matildas website in 2020.
Hot Topics
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News
“Sorry guys, won’t be a moment…we’re just investigating….”
Meanwhile still letting people come through. If this was a mens game, it’d be getting dangerous pic.twitter.com/8lQgqjdBaw
— Kieran Yap (@KaptinYap) January 26, 2023
- Disorganised scenes at the game between Victory and Sydney (see above)
- More A-League Women games played in unsafe conditions (see below)
- Portland Thorns trainer fired after giving codeine (a controlled substance) to players without a prescription
- Only four (out of 12) FA WSL coaches are women – is this a cause for concern?
- Barcelona and Sevilla kicked out of the Copa de la Reina (Spanish Cup) for fielding ineligible players
- Continued growth in women’s football player transfers
- A report has found that there are no biological advantages for trans women competing in elite sport
- Wales FA reaches equal pay agreement with their women’s and men’s teams
- Magda Eriksson wrote positively about the way Melanie Leupolz’s pregnancy has been treated by Chelsea
- Coca-Cola have released a Women’s World Cup ad!
WUFC saying they didn’t actually go to hospital and were treated for heat stroke on the scene, and are now going back to their hotel. But still. This is not good for anyone.
— Vince Rugari (@VinceRugari) January 28, 2023
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Matildas
- Courtney Nevin is loaned to Leicester City until the end of the 2022-23 FA WSL campaign
- Signings: Around the World – Aussies/NZ Abroad
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Dub News & Signings
- Round 12 Review
- Victory 3-6 Sydney
- Canberra 0-5 Western United
- WSW 1-0 Newcastle
- Brisbane 3-3 Wellington
- Melbourne City 1-0 Adelaide
- BYE: Perth
- Round 13 Preview (all times AEDT)
- Sat 2:20pm – Sydney v Melbourne City
- Sat 3pm – Victory v WSW
- Sat 3pm – Western United v Perth
- Sun 4pm – Adelaide v Brisbane
- Sun 4pm – Newcastle v Canberra
- BYE: Wellington
- Round 12 Review
Around the World
UK
Conti Cup
- Bristol City 0-6 Manchester City (Mary Fowler, Alanna Kennedy, Hayley Raso) – Raso full game & 2 goals, Fowler full game & 1 goal, Kennedy subbed on 67th min
- Liverpool 0-1 West Ham United (Mackenzie Arnold) – Arnold full game
- Arsenal (Steph Catley, Caitlin Foord) 3-0 Aston Villa (Emily Gielnik) – Foord full game + goal + assist, Catley subbed on 66th min, Gielnik start + 61 minutes
- Tottenham Hotspur (Kyah Simon) 1-3 Chelsea (Sam Kerr) – Kerr full game & 2 goals
FA Cup 4th Round
- Durham 3-0 Crystal Palace (Polly Doran) – Pozza Dozza full game
- Tottenham Hotspur (Kyah Simon) 5-0 London City Lionesses
- Manchester City (Mary Fowler, Alanna Kennedy, Hayley Raso) 7-0 Sheffield United – Kennedy full game, Fowler subbed on 68th min, Raso unused sub
- Sunderland 1-2 Manchester United
- Chelsea (Sam Kerr) 3-2 Liverpool – Kerr full game & hat trick
- Everton (Clare Wheeler) 0-1 Birmingham City – Wheeler subbed on 56th min
- Arsenal (Steph Catley, Caitlin Foord) 9-0 Leeds United – Catley full game, Foord start, 45 mins & goal
- West Bromwich Albion 0-7 Brighton & Hove Albion (Lydia Williams, Rebekah Stott) – Stotty full game & goal, Williams unused sub
- Ipswich Town 0-1 Lewes (Isobel Dalton & Libby Copus-Brown) – Dalton start & 45 mins, Copus-Brown unused sub
- Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 West Ham United (Mackenzie Arnold) – Arnold full game
- Leicester City (Remy Siemsen, Courtney Nevin) 2-2 Reading – Reading won 3-2 on penalties, Nevin subbed on 82nd min & booked, Siemsen not selected
- Aston Villa (Emily Gielnik) 11-0 Fylde – Gielnik start, 60 mins, goal & assist
Scottish WPL (16 of 22)
- Season Dates: August 7th 2022 – May 21th 2023
- Results
- Hearts 1-2 Celtic FC (Jacynta Galabadaarachchi) – Jacynta full game & goal
- Rangers 0-0 Glasgow City (Aoife Colvill)
Europe
Coupe de France Round of 16
- Season Dates: September 10th 2022 – June 10th 2023
- Lyon (Ellie Carpenter) 2-0 Montpellier
- Read B90s coverage of the D1F
Coppa Italia Quarter Final 1st Leg
- Chievo Verona 0-3 Juventus (Joe Montemurro)
Italy – Serie A (15 of 18)
- Season Dates: August 27th 2022 – February 26th 2023
- Results or Soccerway
- Juventus (Joe Montemurro) 5-0 Sampdoria
Queens / Kings / Legends of the Week
Maj – Awer Mabil is the 2023 Young Australian of the Year!
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Dale – the people that discovered Barcelona & Sevilla had fielded ineligible players in the Copa de la Reina … and wishing Juande from Adelaide United a speedy recovery
Eric – Leeds United forward Amy Lea Woodruff asked Arsenal defender Leah Williamson on Twitter for her jersey when their teams were drawn together in the FA Cup, and after the game Leah kept her promise!
Can we swap?😊 see you on the 29th x
— Leah Williamson (@leahcwilliamson) January 9, 2023
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