England Women

FAWSL: England Lionesses continue to show signs of improvement despite defeat to world champions USA

March 4, 2016

Following the massive success achieved by the England team at last summer’s World Cup in Canada, the spotlight has been focused on the Women’s Super League and [...]

Carly Telford column: “There’s a lot of love at Notts County, we’ve really welcomed new girls”

February 26, 2016

Notts County and England goalkeeper Carly Telford talks to The Offside Rule about how the new signings are settling in and what factors there are when players choose clubs. [...]

Carly Telford Column: ‘It’s been great to reflect on that time together’

September 21, 2015

England goalkeeper Carly Telford is writing a monthly column for The Offside Rule Podcast throughout the 2015/16 football season. In her second column, the Notts [...]

Despite World Cup success, the future of women’s football in England is already bright

July 10, 2015

By Rich Laverty. England were knocked out of the 2015 Women’s World Cup in the only way a traditional England national team know how – the most heartbreaking way [...]

Women’s World Cup: Lionesses must roar once more in play-off against Germany

July 4, 2015

By Andrew Gibney. England’s semi-final defeat to holders Japan was filled with mixed emotions on both sides of the Atlantic as around 2.4million UK viewers tuned in during [...]

INTERVIEWS: Goalscoring heroines reflect on Canada and look forward to Japan

June 30, 2015

Jodie Taylor and Lucy Bronze spoke exclusively to The Offside Rule Podcast shortly after the team arrived in Edmonton for their upcoming Women’s World Cup semi-final [...]

Women’s World Cup: England need to win the physical battle against holders Japan

June 30, 2015

By Andrew Gibney. They say silence in golden, and on Saturday night, that is exactly what England’s Lionesses did to a packed BC Place Stadium in just 14 minutes. Goals [...]

Women’s World Cup: England need to stick to their gameplan against Canada

June 25, 2015

By Andrew Gibney. When the referee signalled the end of the first half during England’s Round of 16 tie against Norway on Monday, it wasn’t looking good for the [...]

INTERVIEWS: Mark Sampson, Steph Houghton and Jodie Taylor preview upcoming Norway encounter

June 21, 2015

England manager Mark Sampson speaks exclusively on the eve of England’s Women’s World Cup round of 16 game against Norway. He reacts to recent press in Norway and [...]

Women’s World Cup: Norway will be England’s toughest test yet in bid for quarter-finals

June 20, 2015

By Andrew Gibney. After three games of the 2015 Fifa Women’s World Cup, it’s job done for England and Mark Sampson in Group F. The 2-1 win over Colombia was a definite [...]