Chelsea Women Archives

No room for error as WSL’s leading trio face pressure cooker of a run-in | Karen Carney

by el-admin - March 14, 2024 021

A loss for champions Chelsea, Manchester City or Arsenal during the final seven games could well prove decisive After the Premier League title race took centre stage last Sunday with Liverpool v Manchester City headlining, the Women’s Super League has a potentially defining Friday when Chelsea host Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. As

Sam Kerr and Chelsea deliver again at Wembley – Women’s Football Weekly

by el-admin - May 24, 2023 0121

In today’s pod: football is a simple game – 22 women chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, Sam Kerr scores. For the third straight Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley, Kerr got on the scoresheet and Chelsea won – this time by just one goal

Chelsea’s Lauren James shows how giving promising young players time can pay off | Karen Carney

Uncategorized by el-admin - March 7, 2023 00

Not since Kelly Smith have I been as excited by a player as I am by Lauren James in the women’s game. The England and Chelsea striker has the potential to be one of the best in the world. James is only 21 but she has shown her raw attributes for

Miedema pulls strings from midfield before Chelsea pull out the scissors | Jonathan Liew

Uncategorized by el-admin - February 16, 2022 00

In fairness, they did warn us. Perhaps, on reflection, we should have listened to Jonas Eidevall and Emma Hayes when they urged us not to treat this game as a title decider. It was many things: taut, tense, turbulent, controversial, stressful in the extreme, particularly in the closing minutes when

Chelsea v Manchester United: Women’s Super League – live!

by el-admin - January 17, 2021 0516

55 min: United sub: on comes Lauren James for Christen Press, who was coming back from illness. 54 min: United corner, achieved by pressing Chelsea back. That’s cleared but United are back on the attack. It’s been a good response from United. 53 min: Better pressing from United, and they

Women’s Super League: talking points from the weekend’s action | Rachel Brown-Finnis

by el-admin - September 14, 2020 0478

Morgan confirms WSL’s star status The WSL has welcomed a dizzying array of talent in recent weeks, with Spurs’ addition of Alex Morgan the icing on the cake. I want to emphasise just how much it means to women’s football in England for players like Morgan, Tobin Heath, Christen Press, Rose

Chelsea Women sign Pernille Harder from Wolfsburg for world record fee

by el-admin - September 2, 2020 0716

Chelsea Women have signed Pernille Harder from the Champions League finalists Wolfsburg for a fee believed to be around £300,000, which would be a world record in the women’s game. The Denmark international, 27, is considered to be one of the best players in the world and the Wolfsburg Frauen sporting

Transfers provide a silver lining for WSL and may soon have a Bronze hue

by el-admin - July 16, 2020 0501

In what will be a seven-month stretch without domestic women’s football, interest in the comings and goings at clubs is reaching a new peak. The unpredictability of the effects of Covid-19 has added spice to the current transfer window. The window opened on 19 June but until the past week the

Arsenal v Chelsea: Women’s Super League – live!

by el-admin - January 19, 2020 0752

Oh, pick that one out! What a hit! A cross drops on the edge of the box, bounces up high, and Ingle meets it first-time with a perfect half-volley, which flies into the far corner like a laser-guided missile. Perfect technique, 3-0, and Chelsea are running riot. You could say

Women’s Super League 2019-20: 10 things to look out for this season

by el-admin - September 6, 2019 0831

1) New sponsors and more matches The renamed Barclays FA Women’s Super League has an increased prize fund of £500,000 and has grown by one club to 12. The promotion of Tottenham and Manchester United (only Yeovil were relegated) will bring more derbies and should deliver more excitement. WSL 2019-20: our club-by-club