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I saw a lot of City vs Utd at Old Trafford today.

City needed 3 points to get CL and Utd were determined to stay 3rd.

Utd were playing dirty and kicking and pushing, notably George, Bizet, Mannion and Clinton though maybe others too.

Commentators thought they were targeting Greenwood at LB and it was getting feisty.

2-2 all in the end with Mannion got sent off after Keroline moved to the left side.

I mention this now with the FA final ahead

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Strange how Barca women turn into Sunday League once they're in a final against Arsenal! Shocking!

So much for the Barca women will thrash Arsenal in the final then.

So how is that the best women's side in the lands, treble winners, win league title after league title after league title etc, get thrashed home and away by them but Arsenal not only beat them to win the trophy we are desperate for but also keep a clean sheet?

Bonmati? I’ve seen more speed and technique from the girls working at McDonald’s today!

Put Chelsea against either of those sides TODAY and we’d of walked it!

With the roll-out of digital tickets for games at Stamford Bridge from next season it looks like a trial of digital tickets may be carried at Kingsmeadow. Apparently due to connectivity difficulties a roll-out of digital tickets could take a while.

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12 hours ago, Boyne said:

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In all honesty you can’t argue with any of that - well played.

6 hours ago, Munkunku said:

In all honesty you can’t argue with any of that - well played.

Yep. Will renew my ST next week and buy the package for the Bridge.

On 12/06/2025 at 06:18, Boyne said:

Yep. Will renew my ST next week and buy the package for the Bridge.

Don’t think I’ll bother with the bridge ones this year - I only made one game this year & my dad won’t bother finding anyone else or going at all if I can’t make it. I’m hoping he doesn’t renew our memberships for the mens team either - complete waste of money!

10 hours ago, Munkunku said:

Don’t think I’ll bother with the bridge ones this year - I only made one game this year & my dad won’t bother finding anyone else or going at all if I can’t make it. I’m hoping he doesn’t renew our memberships for the mens team either - complete waste of money!

I shall renew my ST for the men's team. More for meeting up with my mates and the banter than the games. Hopefully the men's and women's games won't clash as happened a few times in the past. Clashes of games shows the lack of co-ordination and management in football. No surprise there.

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Women's Super League expanding from 12 to 14 teams from 2...

The Women's Super League will expand from 12 to 14 teams from the 2026-27 season as clubs agree vote on a new proposal.

WSL expanding to 14 teams - but relegation remains

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London City Lionesses are the first independently-owned club in the WSL

Emma Sanders

BBC Sport women’s football news reporter

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  16 June 2025, 16:00 BST

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Updated 59 minutes ago

The Women's Super League will expand from 12 to 14 teams from the 2026-27 season - but the threat of relegation will remain.

At the end of next season, the top two sides from the second tier, WSL 2, will automatically be promoted.

In addition, the third-placed team in the WSL 2 will face a play-off with the WSL's bottom side for a place in the top flight.

The plans were approved on Monday following a vote by clubs.

The announcement ends months of speculation about changes following suggestions in March that relegation could temporarily be scrapped in the WSL.

This notion prompted a backlash, but WSL bosses had always insisted no firm proposal on this had been put forward and they were simply weighing up the pros and cons of ways to increase the size of the league.

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A breakdown of the changes

The proposal was presented at a shareholders' meeting on Monday by WSL Football - the company that assumed control of the top two tiers from the Football Association in August 2024.

The FA will now meet to formally sign off the changes, which must be implemented before 31 July. This is seen as a formality following the clubs' votes.

Currently, only the WSL 2 winners earn promotion, with the bottom club in the WSL relegated - essentially one up and one down.

These are the changes that will take place next season to achieve expansion of the league:

• WSL 2 champion - automatic promotion

• WSL 2 runners-up - automatic promotion

• WSL 2 third-place - play-off match

• WSL bottom club - play-off match

However, that will change as the WSL expands from 12 teams to 14 teams for the 26-27 season. From then onwards, there will be one automatic promotion spot for the winner of WSL 2, with the bottom team in the WSL relegated.

In addition, there will be a play-off between second bottom of the WSL and runners up in WSL 2.

The FA will decide the next steps for the lower tiers.

It is expected the winners from the National League Premier Division North and the National League Premier Division South will gain automatic promotion into the WSL 2 next season.

The runners-up from those third-tier divisions would then take part in a play-off match for the final promotion spot in the second tier.

It is expected there will be two teams relegated from WSL 2 from 26-27 onwards, and two automatic promotions from the third tiers.

All clubs must meet the licence criteria to play in the WSL 2 and the WSL.

Why do they want to expand the WSL?

Expansion is just the first step in WSL Football's 10-year plan.

Substantial changes have been made to the licence criteria to improve minimum standards as WSL Football aims for two fully-professional top tiers in England.

Requirements now include improved facilities, extra player contact hours, additional staffing and focus on club academies.

Analysis carried out by the body showed there were not enough games where the outcome had an effect on standings in the WSL. There is a belief that several clubs have stayed in the top flight for too long without threat of relegation and have not progressed as a result.

In the second tier, some clubs have elite standards, others have semi-professional environments and many have toyed between the two in the past decade.

However, with three WSL 2 clubs potentially earning promotion there may be more movement in the leagues going forward - and more incentive for clubs to invest.

What challenges does expansion face?

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Arsenal won the Women's Champions League for a second time in 2025

Expanding the WSL means clubs will play 26 matches, not 22, from the 26-27 season. But space in the calendar is already limited.

Schedule constraints include Fifa's Women's Club World Cup, a competition that will run every four years starting from 2028, the introduction of a Women's Champions Cup from 2026 and the expansion of the Women's World Cup to 48 teams from 2031.

In addition, Uefa Women's Champions League semi-finals take place on weekends - unlike in the men's game - and WSL matches are not played on the same weekend as the Women's FA Cup.

There are also guidelines around player welfare including a six-week break after a major tournament, a two-week winter break, a maximum of two midweek games in a row and no midweek games directly following an international break. This all reduces the available dates to play the additional games.

Plus WSL clubs must navigate fixture clashes with their male team counterparts in shared stadiums, as Arsenal experienced in November.

Discussions take place between governing bodies - Uefa, Fifa, the Premier League and the FA - but they often each have their own priorities.

Meanwhile, preferred kick-off times and broadcasting requests can cause discord among clubs.

There are plans to scrap the Saturday 18:45 evening slot on Sky Sports as average attendances at that time have been low across the WSL.

That's my ST renewed. Looking forward to good football. Will buy the Stamford Bridge package tomorrow. Will renew my ST for the men's team next week.

Details about buying tickets for the women's matches. Have just bought the Stamford Bridge packet. Guess who and when the women will be partly determined by when the men's games are played. Also renewed my ST for the men's team.

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/chelsea-womens-ticket-guide

Announced her retirement from football the other . A fine player.

23 hours ago, Boyne said:

That's my ST renewed. Looking forward to good football. Will buy the Stamford Bridge package tomorrow. Will renew my ST for the men's team next week.

£95 for 8 matches what a joke, boycott Boehly!

1 hour ago, Munkunku said:

£95 for 8 matches what a joke, boycott Boehly!

Highway wobbewy!

23 hours ago, Munkunku said:

£95 for 8 matches what a joke, boycott Boehly!

My dads senior one is now £76 which is actually a piss take though!

Three Blues nominated for PFA aw...

Three Blues nominated for PFA award

Aggie Beever-Jones, Maika Hamano and Wieke Kaptein are all in the running to receive the 2024/25 PFA Women’s Young Player of the Year award.

This year’s awards ceremony for the Professional Footballers’ Association will be held at Manchester Opera House on Tuesday 19 August, when all the winners will be revealed and honoured.

For the Women’s Young Player of the Year category, it has now been confirmed that Chelsea will provide half of the six nominees, with Beever-Jones, Hamano and Kaptein all being selected by their fellow professionals.

Kaptein enjoyed a fine first season after completing her move to Chelsea from Twente, while Hamano continued her emergence as a bright talent for the Blues, and Beever-Jones' influence grew even further as the striker finished as our top scorer with 13 goals in all competitions.

All three played their part in our incredible undefeated domestic season, helping us claim the Women’s Super League title, as well as victories in both the Women’s League Cup and Women’s FA Cup finals.

The Chelsea trio face competition for the award from fellow nominees Grace Clinton (Manchester United), Mary Fowler (Manchester City) and Olivia Smith (Liverpool).

Great picture of Millie and Basil.