We’re back again after another spicy WSL weekend. It was a pretty historic and record-breaking weekend for the players so we simply had to an extra moment!

Here’s some of our favourite, so you can stay to up to date with the action!


The Eagles have landed

WSL debutants Crystal Palace made club history, securing their first ever WSL points. Palace beat Leicester 2-0 with both goals coming from forward Annabel Blanchard.

Take a look at the first goal here in the 55th minute…

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Blanchard didn’t stop there. She converted from the penalty spot in the 68th minute to seal the deal.

Following the game, manager Laura Kaminski addressed the group stating that she was proud of them for coming together, especially off the back of three previous defeats to Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Aston Villa (in the League Cup).

Kaminski reminded the team: “Not too high with the highs and not too low with the lows”.


Nobbs hits the WSL history books

WSL legend, 31-year-old Jordan Nobbs created history on Saturday as she became the new all-time Barclays appearance record-holder with 193 appearances. Nobbs overtakes Chelsea’s Sophie Ingle, who is currently sidelined for the foreseeable future with an ACL injury.

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The midfielder started her career at Arsenal back in 2010, playing 12 out of the 14 games of the first WSL season. Nobbs is the only player to play in all 15 seasons of the WSL.

Fast forward to this weekend – Nobbs made her record-breaking appearance against Brighton. Unfortunately, the appearance itself didn’t go exactly to plan, with Aston Villa losing 4-2 to Brighton.

The Villains go again next weekend against 10th placed Leicester City.


Hobinger’s free-kick humdinger

Hot off the heels of Barclays announcing the September goal of the month nominees last week, Liverpool’s Marie Hobinger has given the bank something to think about for this month.

The 23-year-old Austria international scored this absolute worldie in the 75th minute. Take a look…

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The goal would prove to be a huge one at the final whistle, with Liverpool securing three points against Spurs in a 3-2 win.

Feel free to watch that goal again. It’s a work of art.


Two Seagulls soar

Brighton secured their second win of the season with both 18-year-old Michelle Agyemang and 30-year-old Nikita Parris getting their debut goals with the club.

Both Parris and Agyemang signed in summer hoping to get more game time at very different stages in their careers.

The goals would prove invaluable in securing the 4-2 win against Aston Villa, with Agyemang picking up her first Player of the Match award. Agyemang secured 38.4% of the fans vote, beating Fran Kirby, Nikita Parris and Pauline Bremmer.

Agyemang reflected on the team’s win here:

https://twitter.com/BHAFCWomen/status/1842614981289705649

Three out of Three for Daly

The 32-year-old Rachel Daly won the WSL Golden Boot in 2022-23 and she seems intent on winning another this year with a ridiculously strong start to the season.

Despite Villa’s defeat to Brighton, Daly scored both goals which were also significant in that she reached her 100 club goal milestone.

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Daly recently stepped away from the international stage to focus on club football and that she definitely has!

We went out to our audience to see who thought Daly would be picking up the Golden Boot this year. 22% said yes. 60% said maybe…


City’s young-gun

Lauren Hemp made history this weekend by becoming the youngest player to score 50 goals.

Hemp, who is 24-years-old and 60 days, reached the new milestone with her opening goal against West Ham yesterday.

Hemp scored in the 10th minute and her goal was followed by Mary Fowler’s in the 71st, helping City take home three points, propelling them to the WSL table top-spot (in front of Chelsea who have a game in hand).

It’s been a BIG summer of global football – Euro’s qualification, some incredible WSL x Aus x NWSL collabs and the 2024 Paris Olympics. Now we’re moments away from the first stages of the UEFA Women’s Champions League first stages and the start of the WSL on 20th September…

It’s set to be the most well-attended WSL campaign in history with big ambitions to beat the 717,721 people who turned up for clubs last season.

So, whilst we have a brief moment, let’s get organised and figure out where we need to be and when to catch a bit of the main stadium action…


Arsenal: The Emirates

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It’s always a vibe at the Emirates and it’s pretty much always a sell-out. Last season, Arsenal secured back-to-back sellouts and made history by encouraging 60,160 fans to their 1-0 win against Manchester United (Feb 2024). The Gunners average league attendance was an 31,428.

If that wasn’t incredible enough, Arsenal now hold the top three highest attended WSL games in history: 59,042 (Arsenal v Chelsea in Dec 2023) and 54,115 (Arsenal v Liverpool in October 2023).

This season, they’ve promised us 11 games at the Emirates; eight WSL and three more depending on UEFA Women’s Champions League progression. Meadow Park (4,500 capacity) will only host three home games against Crystal Palace, Leicester City and West Ham.


Aston Villa: Villa Park

In a historic move for the women’s side, Villa announced this summer that Villa Park will now host all of their WSL home games; a significant increase compared to the five played there during the last campaign.

The remaining home fixtures, including the Adobe Women’s FA Cup and FA Women’s Continental Tyres League Cup ties, will be played at Walsall’s Poundland Bescot Stadium.


Brighton: American Express Stadium

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No main stadium fixtures announced yet. All the women’s games will take place at the Broadfield Stadium.


Chelsea: Stamford Bridge

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Chelsea will play three home games at Stamford Bridge. The rest of their fixtures will be hosted at the much-loved Kingsmeadow. Despite having a capacity of only 4,850, it’s the perfect place to still get that up close and personal feel, sitting meters away from Lauren James and new manager Sonia Bompastor.

Last season, the UWCL semi-final second-leg against Barcelona was played in front of a sellout crowd (39,398) at the Bridge. The Blues will be looking to beat that this year and we expect more UWCL fixtures to be announced depending on how the club get on in Europe.


Crystal Palace: Selhurst Park

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The Eagles have landed in the WSL for the first time in the club’s history and they have quite the list of top tier fixtures to show case at Selhurst Park.

Last season, they made club history by selling over 5,566 tickets to watch them lift the Women’s Championship trophy. This year, with fixtures like this, we have no doubt another record will be smashed.


Everton: Goodison Park

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Only one fixture has been announced at Goodison Park and what a fixture it is – just the Mersyside Derby – one of the most fiercely competitive red and blue fixtures in the WSL.


Leicester: King Power Stadium

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These guys are main stadium OG’s. The women’s side have used the King Power Stadium as their home ground since 2021. This season is no different – all 11 WSL home games will feature here. We love to see it.


Liverpool: Anfield

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Three fixtures will be played at Anfield this season. But fans will have double the fun this year as the club confirmed they’d signed a ten-year lease to relocate from Prenton Park to the 18,000-capacity Totally Wicked Stadium in St Helens.


Manchester City

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City will host three WSL games at the Etihad Stadium. Their remaining fixtures will be played at the 7,000-capacity Joie Stadium across the road which sits within City’s elite training ground facility.


Manchester United

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Yaaanited have three fixtures in the diary for Old Trafford with the remaining games being played at Leigh Sports Village. There have been rumours recently of the women’s side moving permanently to a re-developed OT in the future, with their men’s team re-homing to a new nearby stadium but we’ll wait to see if there’s any legs in this…

In the meantime, United have sensibly chosen two mid/low-table fixtures against the Hammers and Palace, where they’ll be expecting to secure wins but they couldn’t miss the Manchester derby now and with City burned by a near-miss with the title, that last fixture will be spicy as hell.


Spurs: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

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It’s an important season for the club. A million miles away from once being seen as the WSL newbies (entering the league in 2020), they’re strong mid-table warriors with an eye on top four and a love for disruption.

They finished last year strong with a history-making FA Cup run which took them to Wembley in May (defeated 4-0 by Manchester United).

They’re not messing around with the main stadium fixtures this year – just the three biggest and the best opposition to showcase how far they’ve come, with all their remaining games to played at Brisbane Road (capacity of 9,721).


West Ham: London Stadium

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No main stadium fixtures have been announced yet. All the women’s games will take place at the Chigwell Construction Stadium.