UEFA has today announced the names of the nominees shortlisted for the 2018/19 UEFA Men’s and Women’s Player of the Year Awards. The awards will be presented at the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony, which will take place in Monaco on Thursday 29 August. For the men’s award, the shortlist of three
Holders Manchester City will open up with a home match against Leicester City on Sunday 22 September while 2019 runners-up Arsenal face a trip to London City Lionesses. The top two clubs from each group will progress to the knockout stages. The final is scheduled for Saturday 29 February 2020 (subject to broadcast). Manchester City
Amputee kids stand for equality at Super Cup final Since it was established in 2015, the UEFA Foundation for Children has become a key presence at the UEFA Super Cup, demonstrating that football, and sport in general, has a positive impact on children and can change the outlook of even the most vulnerable. This year
The Football Association [The FA] will launch a new over-the-top [OTT] live streaming platform, exclusively dedicated to women’s football, from the start of the 2019/20 season. The FA Player, which will be free to use and available online and via a dedicated mobile app, will provide unprecedented live access to over 150 domestic women’s football
History will be made at the UEFA Super Cup on 14 August in Istanbul as Stéphanie Frappart will lead a team of predominately female officials who will take charge of the encounter between Liverpool FC and Chelsea FC. UEFA is breaking new ground by appointing Stéphanie Frappart to referee the UEFA Super Cup on 14
The Football Association [The FA] has today announced that temporary dismissals, also known as sin bins, will be introduced across all levels of grassroots football from the start of the 2019/20 season. The mandatory rule change will be implemented up to Step 5 of the National League System and Tier 3 and below in women’s
The draw for the group stages of this season’s FA Women’s Continental League Cup has been made. The groups are as follows: GROUP A Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Coventry United Durham Liverpool Sheffield United GROUP B Arsenal Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Charlton Athletic London Bees London City Lionesses GROUP C Birmingham City Everton
Durham Women FC have signed versatile forward Molly Sharpe. The 22-year-old striker joins the Wildcats after a four-year stint at Barry University in Miami, where she netted 14 times and registered 13 assists during her senior year. Sharpe has prior experience of the English game, having burst onto the scene at Bradford City while still
Durham Women FC have confirmed the signing of Northern Irish international Megan Bell. The exciting young midfielder becomes the Wildcats’ first summer signing as they prepare for the new campaign in the FA Women’s Championship. 18-year-old Bell is considered one of the most exciting prospects to have been developed in her homeland in recent years,
The University becomes the ninth centre and will provide a high-quality educational and community-based setting to recruit, develop and deploy coaches for the women’s and girls’ game in the south west. These coaches will also be supported to lead and inspire player development, specifically in the women’s and girls’ game across the region and will
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