Of course you get prestige and celebrity, the honour of getting to play at Wembley Stadium, the amazing trophy and prize money, except that if you’re playing in the Women’s FA Cup Final, the prize will barely cover the cost of you getting there. So one area that hopefully the FA will address, as they
It is always with a buzz of excitement that I approach the environs of Wembley Stadium and today more so than ever. Today the Women’s FA Cup Final would be held at football’s bastion for the first time ever. Notts County and Chelsea were both competing to win the FA Cup for the first time
England Netball is proud to announce Vitality as its new principal sponsor. Vitality, the health and life insurer that rewards healthy living, will be the long term principal sponsor of the England Netball Team. Vitality branding will feature on the England Team kit as they compete at the Netball World Cup alongside the other top
An inspired Mary Earps helped Bristol Academy make it two wins out of two in the FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup as they saw off local rivals Yeovil Town 3-0 in front of a Jones Stadium record crowd of 522. The Vixens broke the deadlock on 12 minutes when Sharla Passariello slotted home from close
Group Two 30 July 2015 Doncaster Rovers Belles 0-3 Liverpool Ladies FC Group Three 30 July 2015 Aston Villa Ladies FC 1-7 Birmingham City Ladies Yeovil Town Ladies FC 0-3 Bristol Academy Women
Tammy Beaumont to captain England Women’s Academy squad in 2-day match against Australia women The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced a 13-player England Women’s Academy (EWA) squad to play a one-off 2-day match against Australia women on Saturday 1st – Sunday 2nd August, at the National Cricket Performance Centre in Loughborough. Three
Swimmers from the National Training Centre at the University of Bath have been urged to “flex their muscles” at the FINA World Championships and lay down a marker for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Dave McNulty, Head Coach of the British Swimming National Training Centre Bath, said he is looking for his seven swimmers to
Group One 29 July 2015 London Bees 1-3 Arsenal Ladies FC Millwall Lionesses 1-3 Reading FC Women Watford Ladies FC v Chelsea Ladies FC – Postponed Group Two 29 July 2015 Manchester City Women 5-0 Durham Women FC Sunderland AFC Ladies 5-2 Everton Ladies FC
Redemption features highly amongst Yeovil Town Ladies forward Annie Heatherson’s priorities when she faces former club Bristol Academy for the first time since her release. The lively attacker was ready to retire when then-Vixens boss Dave Edmondson deemed her surplus to requirements last summer. However, Heatherson was convinced not to hang up her boots by Yeovil
European 400m hurdles champion Eilidh Child, coached by Malcolm Arnold at the Sports Training Village, will compete at a fourth successive World Championships – she finished fifth at the 2013 event in Moscow. Child has also been named in the women’s 4x400m relay squad along with Kirsten McAslan, a Santander Sports Scholar who recently graduated
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