Last month, Aston Villa Women announced that all 11 of their home WSL fixtures were to be played at Villa Park, this is a significant increase for the club as they only played five games there last season.
Author Archives: Ashlea Follows
Football Governance: The new Football Governance Bill explained
In February 2023 following a fan-led review into the beautiful game in 2022, the government announced plans for a football regulator. This year, a new Football Governance Bill has been proposed which will see an independent football regulator (IFR) for the top five tiers of male football in England established.
Premier League clubs turnover from 2022-2023 explained
Every year, each Premier League club files its accounts data, which always includes the club’s annual turnover. An exclusive analysis of financial data on Companies House by Ashlea Follows, revealed is the premier league clubs’ turnover from 2022 to 2023.
Revealed: Only 24.5% of directors of WSL and Championship clubs are women
In England’s top two women’s football leagues, only 24.5% of the club’s directors are women or identify themselves as women, according to an exclusive analysis of Companies House by myself.
The best Ex ‘Golden Generation’ England players in management
Over the years, many ex-professional English players have tried out management and failed. In light of Wayne Rooney recently being sacked by Birmingham City after just 83 days, let’s take a closer look at the players who were part of England’s ‘Golden Generation’ to see how they’ve faired in management and see who is theContinue reading “The best Ex ‘Golden Generation’ England players in management”
6 of the WORST VAR decisions since its introduction to the Premier League
Since being introduced to the Premier League at the start of the 2019-20 season, VAR has faced massive amounts of criticism weekly from fans, pundits, and ex-players. Over the last 4 years, there have been a huge amount of poor decisions against teams, so let us look back at 6 of the worst decisions.
Megan Rapinoe retires – One of the greatest players in US and women’s football history
On Saturday evening (Sunday morning UK time), two-time World Cup champion and women’s Ballon d’Or winner Megan Rapinoe played her last game of women’s football in the NWSL cup final for OL Reign.
First ever WSL sticker book will be ‘very successful’ – Mia Claydon
Women’s football editor and women’s football superfan Mia Claydon says the first-ever WSL sticker book being released by Panini later this year will be “very successful”.
Here are the top 5 women’s tennis players right now
After the recent conclusion of the US open tournament, it’s time to look at the best women’s tennis players in the world at the moment.
Below are the current best 5 women’s tennis players based on their WTA ranking points (which are correct as of September 2023).
Nike not selling England Women’s Goalkeeper shirt is “Disgraceful” – Fans Opinions
This year’s Women’s World Cup is arguably the biggest and best ever in it’s history, and on the back of becoming European Champions one year ago today, The Lionesses are doing well so far in the tournament. However, goalkeeper Mary Earps and many England fans are outraged as kit manufacturer Nike haven’t made the goalkeeper shirts available to purchase.
Sporty AF 