La Liga: Newly-promoted Huesca revel in opening-day victory
As another season starts in Spain, it almost felt inevitable that the first week of league fixtures would give us a further taste of the unpredictable domestic narrative that [...]
August 2018
Carly Telford column: “I don’t want people to be scared of talking to me about it because my mum was my pride and joy”
Carly Telford reflects on an emotional few weeks following the passing of her mother, Yvonne, and opens up on dealing with grief. I had a message from my sister on the Friday [...]
Premier League Player of the Week: Manchester City’s David Silva
Manchester City midfielder David Silva gave a brilliant performance capped by a stunning goal in Sunday’s match against Huddersfield Town, making him Maryam Naz’s [...]
Survey results show parents don’t think careers in football are achievable for their daughters – but why is this?
Women’s Super League football will return in a few weeks and, for the first time, all its teams will be made up of full-time professionals. The FA’s decision has had its [...]
Weekend Wanderings: Ronaldo returns and Emery evaluates
Despite the new football season still being its infancy, there are plenty of storylines already rearing their heads. From early disappointments, to speedy starts, lines are [...]
Manchester City forward Caroline Weir FA WSL targets and the importance of grassroots football to the women’s game
Despite a tough Continental Cup match against Birmingham City, followed by an opening FA Women’s Super League encounter against rivals Chelsea, new Manchester City signing [...]
Jagielka red card splits opinion and a missed penalty for Fulham in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review
The Premier League is back! Which means so is our expert former referee Mark Halsey from TheRef.online. The first weekend of action saw several penalties given, one which [...]
Five reasons why Chelsea will defend their WSL title
1. Strength in depth Chelsea boast one of the strongest squads in the WSL, by far. Even with a few injuries and absences, quality runs deeps in this team. Last week, [...]
Premier League Player of the Week: Wolves’ Ruben Neves
Wolverhampton midfielder Ruben Neves stole the limelight in Saturday’s match against Everton. Despite two goals from Richarlison, he clawed Wolves back into the game, [...]
Weekend Wanderings: The start of the 2018-19 season
Last week, football came back as the English Football League arrived with a bang although, in truth, it never really went away. The delirious chants of “it’s coming [...]
The Offside Rule 