The Football Association [The FA] has today announced the launch of the Coaching Excellence Initiative, an 18-month programme created to develop and connect high performance coaches working in the elite women’s game. 14 coaches have been selected for the inaugural Coaching Excellence Initiative programme, providing them with a bespoke, high-quality coach development experience underpinned by
Durham Women FC have confirmed that over £2400 was raised by their terrific supporters as part of the #ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY campaign. Having been inspired by Marcus Rashford’s prominent push to ensure no child went hungry, the club asked for donations from supporters who enjoyed our live streams against Charlton Athletic, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool.
Pernille Harder, the world’s most expensive female footballer, has joined our UEFA #WePlayStrong campaign to discuss the financial inequalities that exist within the sport by voicing her passionate views on the latest episode of UEFA #WePlayStrong’s ground-breaking new podcast series. In episode 4 of The Football Podcast, titled ‘The one where we don’t deserve equal
The Football Association and the Premier League have successfully applied to the International Football Association Board [IFAB] to introduce additional permanent concussion substitutions trials across the Premier League, Barclays FA Women’s Super League, FA Women’s Championship and Emirates FA Cup. The dates for the introduction of the trials include: Premier League – from 6th February
The FA has announced that Vicarage Road, home of Watford FC, will host The FA Women’s Continental Tyres League Cup Final on Sunday 14 March. The Final will be broadcast live on BT Sport 1 and will be the tenth in the competition’s history, with the first taking place in 2011. Kick-off time for this
A number of postponed fixtures within the Barclays FA Women’s Super League and FA Women’s Championship have been rescheduled for the weekend of 30-31 January 2021, with the dates becoming available following the pausing of the Vitality Women’s FA Cup. With a number of matches affected by COVID-19 in recent weeks, The FA has taken
The draw for the semi-finals of the 2020/2021 FA Women’s Continental Tyres League Cup has been made. The draw took place during the half-time interval of the Barclays FA Women’s Super League fixture between Manchester City and Aston Villa on the BBC Red Button, with former England international goalkeeper, Siobhan Chamberlain, and presenter, Kelly Somers,
The Football Association (The FA) has confirmed that following the latest national lockdown enforced by the government, the 2020/2021 Vitality Women’s FA Cup will not resume during this period and will remain on pause. With all sport across the country outside of the elite level currently shut down, the competition is not in a position
The benefits of belonging to a club and taking part in sport are immeasurable. Participants develop a sense of belonging, gain in confidence, learn new skills, exercise and learn teamwork, to mention but a few of the pluses. In Liberia Sidiki M Kouyateh has formed the City Football Academy to try and give the
The Premier League has announced it will be supporting more than 4,500 young people in the run-up to Christmas by funding Premier League Kicks Holiday Camps for eight to 18-year-olds. The Holiday Camps will take place between Monday 21 – Wednesday 23 December and will see 75 professional football club community organisations support young people
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