News 31/08/22 (Wales v Slovenia, K Green)

The Wales official site has provided more information for supporters attending Wales' World Cup qualifier against Slovenia at the Cardiff City stadium.

Result 28/08/22 (Georgia Evans, Rossiter, Ward)

Bridgwater United 0-2 Watford

Helen Ward opened the scoring for Watford as they took a 7th-minute lead against Bridgwater United,  The scores could have been level after Bridgwater's Georgia Evans unleashed a strike on goal, but the crossbar came to Watford's rescue. The ball then rebounded off keeper Georgie Ferguson but did not go into the net. Helen came close to a second after getting into a good position, but Poppy Wilson's pass didn't quite reach her.

National League South Results and Friendly Results 28/08/22 (E Jones, Stevens)

National League South

Plymouth Argyle 0-2 Oxford United

Lily Stevens played 90 minutes for Oxford United, helping them to keep a clean sheet as they won 2-0 at Plymouth Argyle. Oxford are yet to concede a goal in the National League South after winning their first match by the same scoreline

 

Women's Championship Results 28/08/22 (Griffiths, Leek, F Morgan, Powell, Soper, Teisar, Thomas, C Williams, Wynne)

Bristol City 2-0 Blackburn Rovers

Bristol City made it two wins in two games with a home win over Blackburn Rovers. The result would almost certainly have been different had Blackburn been awarded a penalty in the early stages of the game, but the appeals were waved away.

Women's Championship Results 28/08/22 (Crystal Palace v Coventry United, Sheffield United v Durham)

Crystal Palace 3-0 Coventry United

Elise Hughes scored a stoppage-time winner in her second game as a Crystal Palace player as they rose to the top of the Championship with a comfortable win over Coventry United. Elise was on the bench after starting the first game, but she entered the fray after half time and it’s fair to say she made an impact. She set up Palace’s second goal shortly after the hour mark, before going on to get the winner with a left-footed shot from close range.

News 29/08/22 (Fishlock, Grainger, Leek)

Wales managers Gemma Grainger and Rob Page talk to Wales Online about the next few months in Welsh football. The managers share views on dogs, Marmite and lucky pants, hold different opinions on what to wear on the touchline, and they're both very passionate about football. One isn't Welsh and the other became manager by default, but they've both done an outstanding job and I'm definitely very excited.

Previews 28/08/22 (Women's Championship)

Lewes v Southampton (Lewes FC, 12.30pm)

Southampton suffered a surprise defeat to Charlton Athletic in their first game of the season. Lewes, who looking forward to playing on the new Dripping Pan pitch for the first time, have one point on the board following an away draw with Birmingham City.

News 27/08/22

Gemma Grainger looks forward to managing Wales in front of a record crowd in their World Cup qualifier against Slovenia. But before that, they travel to Greece.

Previews 27/06/22 (Women's Championship)

Sheffield United v Durham (Sheffield Utd FC, 5.30pm)

Sheffield United’s Championship campaign opened with an 1-0 away defeat to Blackburn Rovers. Durham drew at home to Sunderland.

Manager Neil Redfearn is not expected to change the line-up for Sheffield United. If he doesn't, Bethan Davies will keep her place in goal. Georgia Walters and Maria Francis-Jones, who is dual-signed with Sheffield United and Manchester City, will be on the bench. Georgia made a substitute appearnace last time out, but Maria is still waiting for her Sheffield United debut.

Crystal Palace v Coventry United (Bromley FC, 7pm)

News 25/08/22 (G Davies, Gane)

Gwen Davies, who left Bristol City at the end of last season, has signed for Heart of Midlothian Women.

News 25/08/22

Helen Bleazard has signed for Bournemouth as a player coach. Helen is a former international who has also played in the Champions League.

Wales World Cup qualifiers Squad Announcement

Wales have announced their squad for their final World Cup qualifiers, against Greece and Slovenia. Jess Fishlock and Charlie Estcourt return to the squad. Recent call-ups Chloe Bull and Poppy Soper miss out, with Safia Middleton-Patel selected as the third goalkeeper.

News 24/08/22

Group bookings for Wales v Slovenia at the Cardiff City Stadium will now be available until 31^st August.

News/Result 23/08/22

After suffering a shock relegation last season, Cardiff City Ladies are aiming for an immediate return to the National League’s third division. Winning their first match 7-1 seems an excellent place to start. Chloe Lloyd and Cori Williams (who scored two) were amongst the goalscorers. Wales’ #1, Laura O’Sullivan, who celebrates her birthday today, was in fine form in goal.

News and Results 22/08/22 (Holland, James, E Jones, R Roberts, Rossiter, Ward

Gemma Grainger believes that Angharad James’ move to Tottenham will benefit her as a player because it’s what she needs to make her happy. It’s always great to see an acknowledgement of the importance of a footballer’s mental health.

Women's Championship Results 21/08/22

Birmingham City 0-0 Lewes

It was Birmingham City who looked marginally the brighter, coming very close to grabbing a goal towards the end of the match, but the crossbar proved to be their twelfth man on this occasion, sending the ball out of danger. Lewes also threatened twice, but found the Birmingham keeper in excellent form, and Birmingham City manager Darren Carter felt that to snatch the win at the death would have been unfair on Lewes.

News and Match Reports 21/08/22 (Fishlock, J Green, Ingle, F Morgan)

 

OL Reign-2-1 Racing Louisville FC

Jess Fishlock and her OL Reign team-mates are the winners of the Women's Cup after coming from behind to win 2-1. OL Reign dominated from the start, with Jess just one of the players to have an early chance, though her shot was too high. Louisville’s goal was very much against the run of play, but OL Reign equalised early in the second half and went on to score the goal which won not just the match but the league.

Result 20/08/22 (Southampton 0-2 Charlton, Griffiths, Soper, Wynne)

 

Women’s Championship

Southampton 0-2 Charlton Athletic

Megan Wynne made her debut for Southampton, but it didn’t go quite as she’d hoped. Megan had at least one attempt on goal, but she had an unfortunate involvement in Southampton’s opener when she tracked back to help the defence and ended up tripping an opponent. Southampton scored the resulting spot-kick. Alice Griffiths almost had a bad moment too when the ball hit her and rebounded towards the net, but luckily, no goal was scored. Poppy Soper was on the bench for Charlton.

News 20/08/22

West Ham United v Liverpool (21st August, 1pm) (friendly)

West Ham’s pre-season friendly against Liverpool will be livestreamed on West Ham’s YouTube channel at 1pm on Sunday 21^st August. The match will be played at Loughborough University and although West Ham has no Welsh players that I know of, Liverpool’s squad seems likely to include Ceri Holland and Rhiannon Roberts.

 

Women's National League Fixtures 21/08/22

 

Women’s National League North

Women's Championship Fixtures 21/08/22

Although I have been a passionate support of the Wales Men for most of my life, I am not so much fashionably late as shamelessly late in giving my support to Wales Women. Mistakes are likely (not least as official websites are often out of date), but my intentions are good.

You can watch highlights of Women’s Championship matches on Sky Sports and FA Player.

Sunday 21 August

FA Women’s Championship

Fixtures 20/08/22

Although I have been a passionate support of the Wales Men for most of my life, I am not so much fashionably late as shamelessly late in giving my support to Wales Women. Mistakes are likely (not least as official websites are often out of date), but my intentions are good.

You can watch highlights of Women's Championship matches on Sky Sports and FA Player.

Women's Championship

News and Match Reports 19/08/22 (Jenkins, Horgan, John-Davis, Lake, Powe, Skinner

Win two tickets to watch Wales’ World Cup qualifier against Slovenia at the Cardiff City stadium.

 

Match Reports 18/08/22 (Ingle, Ladd, Middleton-Patel, C Williams)

Lyon 2-2 Chelsea (penalties 4-3) (Women’s International Champions Cup, friendly)

Sophie Ingle was a 59^th-minute substitute for Chelsea in their Women’s International Champions Cup opening match. Chelsea started well and were 2-0 up when Sophie entered the field of play, but Lyon got one back through an excellent free kick, before scoring a late equaliser.

 

Match Report: Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Cardiff 18/08/22 (Atkins, Billingham, Broadhurst, Bowen, Chamberlain, D Green, Norman, Major, Poole, Oakley, Price, Roberts, Saunders, Smith, Walsh, Watkins)

 

Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Cardiff City (friendly)

Phoebie Poole scored four goals in just 28 minutes as Cardiff City absolutely thrashed Forest Green Rovers. It was just 2-0 at the break, after Danielle Green had forced an own goal and Danielle Broadhurst scored a brilliant goal from long distance.

News 17/08/22 (Bowen, Gane, Harding, R Roberts)

Megan Bowen feels Cardiff City's pre-season has gone well so far and she's looking forward to the upcoming game against Forest Green Rovers.

 

News 16/08/22 (Grainger, Ingle, James, Soper)

 

Gemma Grainger will announce the Wales Women squad on Thursday 25^th August (source: dragonsoccer.co.uk – a brilliant site dedicated to Wales football).

Match Reports 15/08/22 (Cain, Chamberlain, J Green, Griffiths, James, C Jones, Poole, Wynne)

Leicester City 1-0 Southampton (friendly)

Josie Green was part of Leicester's team, but I haven't found details about the line-up so it’s impossible to say whether new loan signing Carrie Jones was involved. Hannah Cain is on her way back from injury so it's highly unlikely that she was part of the squad. Megan Wynne, who started for Southampton, was involved in some promising attacks and came close to getting on the scoresheet. Alice Griffiths came off the bench ten minutes into the second half.

News 14/08/22 (C Williams)

Chloe Williams has joined Blackburn Rovers on loan from Manchester United. Chloe previously played six times for Blackburn in a dual registration agreement, which began in November 2021. She says she is happy to be back.

News 13/08/22 (Cain, Clark, Jenkins, F Morgan, Powe, Rees, Skinner)

Hannah Cain is looking forward to returning to action for Leicester City after almost a year on the sidelines. The forward injured her anterior cruciate ligament in November 2021. Hannah recently returned to the training pitch after a ‘minor blip’ and hopes to be ready for the start of the new season. Hannah also speaks about meeting fans at Leicester’s summer camps and England’s game-changing World Cup win.

 

News 12/08/22 (Bull, Cain, Clark, Ingle, F Morgan, Powell)

 

Hannah Cain enjoyed taking part in a Q&A session at Leicester City’s first Belvoir Drive Summer Camp. There will be two more camps, both featuring appearance from Leicester players, though there’s no news at present on who they will be. Leicester’s other female Wales internationals are Josie Green and Manchester United loanee Carrie Jones.

News 10/08/22 (Grainger)

Manager Gemma Grainger will be at M&S Cardiff City Centre, Queen Street tomorrow (Thursday 11th August) from 4-6pm to meet fans, sign autographs (if people still do that) and pose for selfies. If you'd like to meet the players too, there is a competition you can enter...

News 9/08/22 (Fishlock, Valentine)

This summary of OL Reign's 2-1 defeat to Houston Dash reveals that Jess Fishlock was responsible for three of their six shots that were on target.

News 8/08/22 Part 2 (B Davies, Fishlock, Francis-Jones, Walters)

This post is in two parts due to the limit on the number of tags.

Sheffield United 2-1 Burnley (friendly)

Bethan Davies started in goal for Sheffield United and made at least one great save early on to keep her team in the game, though she played an unfortunate role in Burnley’s second-half opener when she was robbed of possession. Earlier in the match, half-time substitute Maria Francis-Jones had a chance to open the scoring for Sheffield United, but she could only find the side netting. However, it was Bethan and Maria who finished on the winning side, even without the help of Georgia Walters, who remained on the bench.

OL Reign 1-2 Houston Dash

News 8/08/22 Part 1 (Clark, Gemma Evans, Holland, Leek, F Morgan, Powell, R Roberts, Rowe, Thomas, Woodham)

This post is in two parts due to the limit on the number of tags.

Bristol City 2-1 Reading (friendly)

Ffion Morgan was a constant threat for Bristol City, with her first attempt on goal coming after less than a minute. She continued to trouble the opposition with counter attacks, free kicks and other chances before setting up Bristol City’s equaliser. Ffion was eventually substituted on 75 minutes, by which point she was probably exhausted.

News 7/08/22

Katie Sands of Wales Online considers the future of women’s football in Wales and the problems we’re still facing – but also the achievements which have already been made, and the success which is definitely within reach.

News 6/08/22 (Cain, K Green, Rogers, S Williams, Bowen, Evie Hughes, E Roberts, CONCACAF)

Give Me Sport previews the new season for the Women’s Super League and Championship. Although the focus is primarily on players who featured in the Euros, Kayleigh Green (Brighton & Hove Albion) and Hannah Cain (Leicester City) are named as players to watch out for.

 

News 5/08/22 (McGowan, Poole, B Davies, Francis-Jones, Walters, Fishlock, Soper)

Wales are up one place to 30^th in the new FIFA rankings following some excellent performances in World Cup qualifying.

 

News 4/08/22 (Wales v Slovenia, Filbey, E Hughes, Soper, Stevens)

The recent achievements of England in the European Championships have really helped to raise the profile in women’s football, but now it’s time for Wales to qualify for a major tournament. 

News 3/08/22 (RECORD BROKEN, Wales v Slovenia, Filbey, Fishlock, Ingle)

Wales have broken their record for highest number of tickets sold for a single match, having sold more than 5,455 tickets for their home World Cup qualifier against Slovenia. This article includes a statement from Wales captain Sophie Ingle. Tickets are still available and can be bought here. 

News 2/08/22 (Wales v Slovenia, Grainger, Harding, E Morgan, James, Ward, Wiltshire)

 

There has been a ‘huge surge’ in tickets bought for Wales’ World Cup qualifier against Slovenia. Wales need four points from their remaining two games to guarantee a play-off place.

News 1/08/22 (Holland, R Roberts)

Rhiannon Roberts scored the third goal in Liverpool’s 6-0 home friendly victory over Nottingham Forest. The match was played in three thirds of 30 minutes each, with Rhiannon and Ceri Holland both starting the first third.