‘We want to be under that spotlight’: England captain Steph Houghton hails WSL’s new TV deal 

‘We want to be under that spotlight’: England captain Steph Houghton hails WSL’s new £24m deal TV deal The FA is to announce a new deal to bring the WSL its first broadcasting revenue  Landmark agreement was first revealed by Sportsmail back on March 9  The three-year contract will generate £7million a year for the … Read more

Star WSL winger Lauren Hemp thought Manchester City’s interest was a prank

When Manchester City phoned to register their interest in Lauren Hemp she thought it was a prank call. ‘Someone rang me, to this day I’m still not 100 per cent sure who it was,’ Hemp tells Sportsmail. ‘They said: “look, City are interested in you, I’ve had discussions with (then manager) Nick Cushing and they’re … Read more

Bristol City 0-6 Chelsea: Emma Hayes’ Blues win Continental Cup final thanks to Sam Kerr treble

Bristol City 0-6 Chelsea: Emma Hayes’ Blues THRASH fellow Continental Cup finalists thanks to stellar performances from hat-trick hero Sam Kerr and England star Fran Kirby to move one step closer towards famous quadruple Chelsea dominated Bristol City in the Continental Cup final at Vicarage Road  Sam Kerr and Fran Kirby netted braces to put … Read more

FA apologise after telling Hannah Hampton of Olympics omission just before WSL game

FA apologise after leaving Hannah Hampton in ‘floods of tears’ by telling Birmingham goalkeeper and other players they were cut from the Olympics just TWO hours before kick-off in a game which saw her make THREE big errors Hannah Hampton has been told she won’t be playing in the upcoming Olympics She was informed of … Read more

Team GB apologise after telling Hannah Hampton of Olympics omission just before WSL game

Team GB apologise after telling Hannah Hampton and two Everton players they won’t be part of Olympic squad just TWO hours before kick-off – with Birmingham keeper ‘in floods of tears’ and ‘heartbroken’ before making three errors in 4-0 defeat Hannah Hampton has been told she won’t be part of Team GB’s Olympic squad She … Read more

WSL: Weir nets sensational chip as Gareth Taylor’s side take bragging rights in Manchester Derby

Manchester City: Roebuck; Bronze, Houghton, Dahlkemper, Greenwood; Stanway, Walsh, Weir; Kelly, White, Hemp Subs not used: Bardsley, Beckie, Coombs, Davies, Lavelle, Mannion, Morgan, Park, Taieb Scorers: Bronze (26), Hemp (71), Weir (84) Booked: Greenwood Manager: Gareth Taylor Manchester United: Earps; Batlle, Turner, Turner, Thorisdottir; Ladd (Sigsworth 70), Zelem; Galton (Hanson 45), Groenen, Toone; Press Subs … Read more

Chelsea Women boss Emma Hayes emphatically shuts down AFC Wimbledon rumours as

‘No amount of money is going to tempt me away’: Emma Hayes emphatically shuts down AFC Wimbledon rumours as Chelsea Women boss insists she is in ‘the best job in the world’ and is not going to switch to the men’s game Emma Hayes has shut down rumours linking her to the AFC Wimbledon job  … Read more

AFC Wimbledon ‘considering Chelsea women’s Emma Hayes for first senior female manager’

AFC Wimbledon ‘considering Chelsea women’s Emma Hayes for first senior female manager with League One club creating shortlist for vacant position’ AFC Wimbledon are considering an approach to make Emma Hayes manager  The move would make her the first female manager in men’s senior football  Ian Holloway, Sol Campbell and Joey Barton are all linked … Read more

England Women legend Jill Scott returns to former club Everton as Man City midfielder joins on loan

England Women’s legend Jill Scott makes emotional return to former club Everton as Manchester City midfielder joins the Toffees on loan for the rest of the WSL season Everton have signed Jill Scott on loan for the rest of the 2020-2021 season  The England midfielder left the Toffees to join Manchester City in 2013 She … Read more

IAN HERBERT: Critics of Phil Neville’s Inter Miami move have short memories

Perhaps it’s the Miami climate which is awaiting him. The sense that his managerial career is being helped by friends in convenient places.  The view held by some that by a pillar of the male football establishment should never have been manager in the first place.  Whatever the cause, there seem to be some very … Read more

Gary Neville hails his brother’s passion – and praises Phil for joining David Beckham’s Inter Miami

Gary Neville hails Phil’s passion – and praises his brother for joining David Beckham’s Inter Miami before warning that ‘he’ll know what’s going to happen’ if he does not succeed as boss of the MLS side By Ben Miller For Mailonline Published: 01:07 GMT, 19 January 2021 | Updated: 01:12 GMT, 19 January 2021 Gary … Read more

Why Chelsea v Manchester United is the biggest WSL game in years

Neither Casey Stoney nor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer were probably expecting to find themselves in a title race this season. The two Manchester United managers started their respective campaigns with almost identical aims – secure Champions League football and close the gap on the top two, or three in Stoney’s case.  Both United teams are three … Read more

English football confident of finishing the season

English football confident of finishing the season as Premier League join forces with the FA, EFL and WSL to call on players and managers to ‘set the right example’ amid backlash over social-distancing rule breaches By James Dutton For Mailonline Published: 18:36 GMT, 14 January 2021 | Updated: 18:45 GMT, 14 January 2021 In a … Read more