Jo Stimpson, the FA’s women’s professional game refereeing manager, explains more about the development of match officials in women’s football. Female refereeing has made huge strides in recent years and creating opportunities is an essential part of growing this area of the game. In recent weeks we’ve been working with a number of female referees
150 Stonegate pubs join BT’s Red Lioness pledge and commit to Women’s football More than 1000 pubs nationwide have now signed up to BT’s Red Lioness Pledge, which aims to inspire pubs, bars, clubs and hotels nationwide to show more women’s football and help create support for the game. Launched in November last year, the
UEFA and Disney launch Incredible initiative to help more girls play football through Playmakers Playmakers employs innovative storytelling approach featuring much-loved Disney characters to help more girls see the fun in regular physical exercise and football UEFA and Disney have teamed-up to develop a ground-breaking football programme that uses Disney’s world-renowned storytelling to encourage more young girls to exercise
Joint committees to be created to discuss competitions, development, women’s football and refereeing The UEFA Executive Committee and the CONMEBOL Council today met at the House of European Football in Nyon and signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to replace the agreement that was signed in 2012. This new MoU forms the basis for
The UEFA Europa League trophy tour, driven by Kia, is taking one of UEFA’s most prestigious trophies on the road again, visiting local schools, grassroots clubs and pop-up locations in city centres in six new European countries from February to May. Fans will have the opportunity to see the iconic UEFA Europa League trophy up
The Women’s FA Cup Fifth Round fixture between Chelsea vs Liverpool on Sunday 16 February will be broadcast on BBC iPlayer, BBC’s Red Button and the FA Player, kicking off at 12:30pm. The announcement follows the recent commitment between the BBC and The FA to show a Women’s FA Cup fixture live from the Fourth
It was a huge privilege to be at the BT launch of their exciting new 4-3-3 Strategy, in which they aim to unite the Home Nations and use the power of football and technology to change the lives of millions. 4 NATIONS. BT to unite the Home Nations in one of the largest ever footballing
The draw for the Fifth Round of the Women’s FA Cup was made this evening, live on Sportsday on the BBC News Channel. Conducted live at the BBC Sport studios at Media City, Salford, Sue Smith and Rachel Brown-Finnis selected the home and away teams which will take on each other in the Fifth Round
Durham Women FC have announced that they will be working with Cooper Durham BMW and Cooper Durham MINI in a ground-breaking partnership. Based on Belmont Industrial Estate, just strides from their home ground of New Ferens Park, Cooper are the local authorised local BMW and MINI retailer, with exclusive offers on New and Approved Used vehicles and for all servicing and parts requirements.
Birmingham City vs Manchester City Manchester City have won their last three Barclays FA WSL matches against Birmingham, keeping clean sheets in the previous two. Birmingham are looking to avoid losing three straight league matches for the second time this season, having lost each of their opening three games of the season. Manchester City have
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