We’re back again after another spicy WSL weekend. Another historic and record-breaking weekend for the players and the leagues!
Here’s some of our favourite moments, so you can stay to up to date with the action!
Perfection from Parris
Take a look at this header.
You’d be forgiven for missing Parris’ part first time round, but take a look at the slow-motion replay. Watch the specific moment as Parris times her diving leap perfectly to catch a rapid strike from outside the box, redirecting the shot past Tullis-Joyce.
Parris, who was United’s top goalscorer last season (8) and currently sits fifth in the WSL goalscoring chart, has the highest goals per 90 minutes (0.56) out of any player in the top 5.
Roord Really Returns
Manchester City’s Jill Roord scored in the 70th minute against Aston Villa yesterday to secure the Citizens all three points (2-1).
It was Roord’s first goal after returning two weeks ago for the first time since suffering an ACL injury last season.
Lauren Hemp, who scored 12 minutes before, got the assist, delivering from the left wing for Roord who slotted home past Sabrina D’Angelo. Hemp picked up the Barclay’s Player of the Month.
City have now won their last seven games in all competitions.
Little’s BIG Achievement
Arsenal captain Kim Little recorded her 350th appearance for Arsenal this weekend against West Ham.
The 34-year-old midfielder, who retired from the Scottish Women’s National Team in 2021, marked the occasion with a fresh pair of special-edition adidas F50 boots which were printed with ‘Congratulations Kim’ and ‘350’.
Little is the fourth-most capped player ever, just seven games behind Jayne Ludlow. Emma Byrne and Ciara Grant lead the way with 459 and 403 appearances respectively.
Arsenal teammate Lia Walti also hit a milestone, making her 100th appearance for the Gunners. Walti becomes the 8th Arsenal player to achieve this.
Le Tissier is feeling 22…
Manchester United captain Maya Le Tissier became the youngest player ever to make 100 starts in the WSL.
22-year-old Le Tissier lead her side out on Saturday to a 1-1 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion. United currently sit 3rd in the table with 10 points, behind Chelsea on 12 and City on 13.
Only United have conceded just one goal this season – Le Tissier runs a tight ship.
JRK’s GOAL of the season?
Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur delivered some incredible late Sunday night drama with seven goals between them both.
We initially thought the biggest talking point was going to be the re-ignition of the goal line technology debate, after Spurs’ Amanda Nilden scored a controversial long-range effort against Hannah Hampton.
But then…up stepped Johanna Rytting Kaneryd with a VERY early contender for goal of the season. The commentators described the goal as “utterly exceptional” and that it was. Watch this…
The 27-year-old set Kingsmeadow alight with the most perfect volley, but her entire night was pretty much flawless, bagging a further goal in the 90+1 minute too.
Needless to say, she picked up the Barclay’s Player of the Match.
Un-Bag-lievable
Brighton & Hove Albion goalkeeper Sophie Baggaley put in a performance of a lifetime to keep her side in the game against a fierce United side on Saturday.
The Seagulls helpfully put together a montage of the 27-year-old’s best bits…
United registered seven shots on target with Baggaley putting in a shift to keep six good chances out.
Baggaley is one of the most experienced keepers in the WSL, having had spells at Birmingham City, Bristol City, Manchester United and Brighton since 2014. Baggaley was also a part of the England U23 set-up until 2019.
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…
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.
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…
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:
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.
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

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.
- Manchester City: 22 September
- Everton: 06 October
- Chelsea: 12 October
- Brighton: 10 November
- Aston Villa: 08 December
- Spurs: 16 February
- Liverpool: 23 March
- Manchester United: 11 May
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.
- Tottenham: 29 September
- Leicester: 13 October
- Liverpool: 3 November
- Crystal Palace: 17 November
- West Ham: 15 December
- Manchester City: 26 January
- Chelsea: 2 February
- Everton: 2 March
- Manchester United: 23 March
- Arsenal: 27 April
- Brighton: 11 May
Brighton: American Express Stadium

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

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.
- Manchester City: 17 November
- Arsenal: 26 January
- Liverpool: 11 May
Crystal Palace: Selhurst Park

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.
- Chelsea: 27 September
- Manchester City: 03 November
- Arsenal: 30 March
Everton: Goodison Park

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.
- Liverpool: 16 November
Leicester: King Power Stadium

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.
- Arsenal: 29 September
- Crystal Palace: 6 October
- Everton: 20 October
- Manchester United: 17 November
- Chelsea: 15 December
- Liverpool: 26 January
- Aston Villa: 16 February
- Brighton: 23 March
- Tottenham (30 March)
- Manchester City (27 April)
- West Ham (11 May)
Liverpool: Anfield

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: 13 October
- Manchester United: 16 March
- Everton: 4 May
Manchester City

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.
- Tottenham Hotspur: 10 November
- Manchester United: 19 January
- Chelsea: 23 March
Manchester United

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.
- West Ham: 21 September
- Crystal Palace: 16 February
- Manchester City: 04 May
Spurs: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

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).
- Arsenal: 17 November
- Manchester United: 2 February
- Chelsea: 4 May
West Ham: London Stadium

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