West Ham’s Samantha Miller looks back over her career to date
Samantha Miller recalls her journey from playing alongside the likes of Jordan Nobbs while studying at university, to rejoining West Ham and the exciting season ahead. [...]
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Midweek Muse: Football League – First Weekend Preview
Meaningful competitive football returns to England this Friday, when Fulham host a Newcastle side determined to emulate their 2009-10 predecessors in escaping the [...]
Off-Pitch Focus: London’s gravitational pull on the Premier League is limited
Some might think Londoners have it easy when it comes to following their team home and away. All those local derbies a walk or a short bus ride away – convenient for [...]
Football League: Championship Pre-season review
Laura Jones looks at how the newly relegated and promoted teams in the Championship might perform in the new season. It’s ‘finger in the air’ prediction time again [...]
WSL Review – Tight at the top, but are Donny doomed?
It’s been an eventful time for the WSL since my last review, with a whole new structure announced; WSL 1 & 2 have reverted back to a winter season, designed to [...]
Midweek Muse: Potteries Lottery – Port Vale’s eclectic recruitment policy is a risky move that seldom pays immediate dividends
Port Vale’s summer transfers have raised eyebrows, with new manager Bruno Ribeiro bringing in 11 new players from far and wide. His chairman, Norman Smurthwaite, has loudly [...]
Bundesliga: Premier League clubs ploughing fertile German ground
With their coffers swelled by eye-watering amounts from television revenue, Premier League clubs are increasingly scouring the Bundesliga for talent. Germany’s top-flight [...]
Midweek Muse: Race for the Prize – Why are finals of international tournaments always so dull?
Sunday’s damp squib of a Euro 2016 final between hosts France and Portugal settled in the visitors’ favour. Eder’s extra time strike was all too familiar to Tom [...]
FA Women’s Super League to move to winter league from 2017
The FA announced on Tuesday afternoon that the FA Women’s Super League would become a winter league for the first time, starting in 2017. Originally a winter league [...]
Ligue 1: The Transfer Market gets started
Focus this summer has naturally been on the Euros, but after France’s defeat in the final on Sunday, eyes turn back to the domestic scene. Even during the tournament, there [...]
The Offside Rule 