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Australia’s longest-running women’s football podcast (est. April 2019).

History: Sally Jean Davis (née Shipard), Matildas Cap 131

Matildas Debut: 2004 (played for the national team until 2011)
Grassroots Club: Wagga PCYC
Appearances: 59 (4 goals)
Position: Midfield

Member of the Matildas squad for the 2007 & 2011 World Cups, the 2004 Olympics, plus the 2006 & 2010 Asian Cups

W-NSL: one season with NSW Sapphires (2003-04, 11 apps, 4 goals)
A-League Women: four seasons with Canberra United (2010-14, 30 apps, 3 goals)
2011-12 Julie Dolan Medal winner
Had a short stint in Germany with Bayer Leverkusen (2012, 10 apps)

These days, Sally is a marriage celebrant and a carpenter. In this Canberra Times article from February 2021, Sally explains her motivations for teaching carpentry to women, children and the LGBTQ+ community.

Canberra Times article covering Sally’s retirement
Museum of the Riverina bio on Sally
Sally’s carpentry Instagram page
Sally’s marriage celebrant page

Hot Topics

• News

  • Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir successfully sues Lyon for pregnancy discrimination
  • Correct The Internet, a campaign to address the bias towards men’s athletes in internet search results, has been launched
  • Farcical scenes as the FA WSL match between Chelsea and Liverpool was called off after six minutes due to a frozen pitch
  • The Deloitte Football Money League analyses the revenue from women’s teams for the first time
  • The Fooball Association of Ireland are holding women-specific coaching courses to address the gender inequity in their coaching ranks
  • Tickets for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Play-off Tournament (17-23 Feb in Hamilton and Auckland) are now available

Single match passes for the Play-Off Tournament for the #FIFAWWC 2023 are now available!

The Football Ferns will also play a friendly against Argentina! 😁

More info and how to purchase your tickets here. ⤵️https://t.co/4gY2my9nq7

— FIFA Women’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) January 19, 2023

• Matildas (and Ferns)

  • New Zealand 0-4 USA
  • New Zealand 0-5 USA
  • Young Matildas camp to be held in Wyndham City Council (Melbourne) from 13-22 Feb
  • Lydia Williams signs for Brighton
  • Courtney Nevin rumoured to be signing for Leicester City (article written in Swedish)
  • Signings: Around the World – Aussies/NZ Abroad

• Dub News & Signings

  • Round 11 Review
    • WSW 0-0 Victory
    • Western United 2-0 Brisbane Roar (North Hobart Oval)
    • Melbourne City 1-0 WSW
    • Adelaide 1-2 Victory
    • Wellington 5-0 Canberra
  • Round 12 Preview (all times AEDT)
    • Thu 4:05pm – Victory v Sydney
    • Sat 3pm – Brisbane v Wellington
    • Sat 3pm – WSW v Newcastle
    • Sat 3pm – Canberra v Western United
    • Sun 5:40pm – Melbourne City v Adelaide

• • Season 15 squad page 

Around the World

UEFA Champions League

UK

Conti Cup

• Leicester City (Remy Siemsen) 0-1 Manchester City (Mary Fowler, Alanna Kennedy, Hayley Raso) – Siemsen not selected, full games for Fowler and Raso, Kennedy unused sub
• Brighton & Hove Albion (Lydia Williams, Rebekah Stott) 0-0 West Ham United (Mackenzie Arnold) – Brighton won 3-0 on penalties, Stott not selected, Arnold full game
• Lewes (Isobel Dalton & Libby Copus-Brown) 0-1 Bristol City – Dalton played first half, Copus-Brown subbed on 59th min

FA WSL

• Season Dates: September 10th 2022 – May 28th 2023
• Manchester City (Mary Fowler, Alanna Kennedy, Hayley Raso) 1-1 Aston Villa (Emily Gielnik) – Kennedy full game, Raso subbed on 73rd min, Fowler and Gielnik unused subs
• Chelsea (Sam Kerr) v Liverpool – abandoned due to frozen pitch
• Everton (Clare Wheeler) 3-0 West Ham United (Mackenzie Arnold) – Wheeler start + 63 mins, Arnold full game
• Reading 0-1 Manchester United
• Brighton & Hove Albion (Lydia Williams, Rebekah Stott) v Arsenal (Steph Catley, Caitlin Foord) – postponed due to frozen pitch
• Tottenham Hotspur (Kyah Simon) v Leicester City (Remy Siemsen) – postponed due to frozen pitch

FA Championship (Polly’s Palace)

• Season Dates: August 20th 2022 – April 30th 2023
• Coventry United 3-2 Crystal Palace (Polly Doran) – Pozza Dozza full game & assist
• Charlton Athletic v Lewes (Isobel Dalton & Libby Copus-Brown) – postponed due to frozen pitch

Scottish WPL (15 of 22)

• Season Dates: August 7th 2022 – May 21th 2023
• Results
• Celtic FC (Jacynta Galabadaarachchi) 0-0 Motherwell – Jacynta full game
• Celtic 8-0 Partick Thistle – Jacynta subbed on 54th min, 1 goal & 2 assists
• Glasgow City (Aoife Colvill) 6-0 Hamilton Academical

Europe

France – D1F (13 of 22)

• Season Dates: September 10th 2022 – June 10th 2023
• Results
• Lyon (Ellie Carpenter) 2-0 Montpellier – Lyon go top after PSG drew 4-4 with Fleury
• Read B90s coverage of the D1F

Italy – Serie A (14 of 18)

• Season Dates: August 27th 2022 – February 26th 2023
• Results or Soccerway
• Pomigliano 1-2 Juventus (Joe Montemurro)

Friendly

• Gütersloh 0-3 SV Meppen (Anna Margraf) – Margraf started the game, she also scored four times in a training game against the Meppen U20s

Queens of the Week

Cheryl – Kate Gill and her partner Holly Ransom got married!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dale – The Yellow Fever active supporter group saw Wellington Phoenix win their first game in New Zealand Joker 1) The FA WSL forced Chelsea & Liverpool to play six minutes of football on a frozen pitch and then threw the referee under the bus Joker 2) Sydney FC have had to reschedule two home games because Inner West Council didn’t have Leichhardt Oval ready in time

Maj – 1) Friend of the pod Grace Gill made her lead commentary debut on Saturday 2) Rae Dower was appointed by Football Australia as their Technical Director for Women’s Football

For the first time ever I held the mic on lead commentary today – a big thanks to @LeahBlayney for being there with me and especially to all the incredibly talented callers I’ve had the pleasure to learn from. Anddd *exhale* 🥹 What a ride! #WUNvBRI https://t.co/FHIZvwsIhX

— Grace Gill (@gracegill9) January 21, 2023

Eric – 1) Megan Walsh saved all three penalties she faced in Brighton’s Conti Cup penalty shootout win over West Ham 2) Munster Rugby teammates Clodagh O’Halloran and Chloe Pearse got engaged after their side’s win over Leinster! Joker) the Instagram account that said the Philippines have never qualified for a football World Cup – the Philippines WNT would like a word

Three penalties… three saves! 🧤 Superb from @Megs1994. 👏 #BHAFC pic.twitter.com/0exWW8iMAs

— Brighton & Hove Albion Women (@BHAFCWomen) January 19, 2023

So there was some extra special scenes here in Musgrave Park as Clodagh O’Halloran proposed to Chloe Pearse! 🎉💍

She said yes!

Congratulations Clodagh and Chloe! #SUAF 🔴 pic.twitter.com/dKkjoJ8sMQ

— Munster Rugby (@Munsterrugby) January 14, 2023

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