Happy Friday
#writingcommunity
I thought I’d start off nice and early with my first ever
#writerslift
! I’d love to meet more people and get some more followers along the way. So!drop your
#links
and say hi below.
☀️Let’s spread some BWE (big writers energy)!
Can all book lovers take a moment to look at King’s Cross St. Pancras’ literature themed Christmas tree?? 😍 it’s even got little book nooks around the base so you can tuck away and read. If you need me, I’m in London!
📸 KCSP website
@EvertonWomen
I appreciate you have to make sure ‘home tickets’ are for home supporters.
But cancelling my tickets because I have a Lincolnshire postcode with less than a week to go is mind boggling when transportation and accommodation has already been sorted.
Well that was incredibly disappointing.
Lucy Bronze doing the work of 5 people (as usual) Russo not effective in any way. Subs not made early enough… it’s the same old story.
French deserved that win for the quality they showed on the ball, England had the chances but…
It's going to be an emotional one on the podcast tonight.
@stephhoughton2
I can never thank you enough for everything you've done for women's football (and what you'll still continue to do) but especially making every little girl from the northeast think, "I can make it too."💔
🚨EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
Can’t believe it at all, but so so excited to announce I’m going to be stepping into the hosting shoes of the Absolutely WSL and Women’s Championship show!!!
Hope I can do you all proud and can’t wait for tomorrow to get started 😍
Great listening to
@helenfootball
on The Athletic Women’s Football podcast - just wanted to add,
@wearefoudys
are the only place I’ve found to sell proper FCB Femení shirts, as the Barcelona store don’t ship to the UK anymore - so thank you! Eternally grateful 🙌🏻
Honestly don’t think I’ve ever had to remember as many acronyms in my life and here’s to saying ‘CONCACAF’ in a northeast accent (almost as bad as Conti Cup 😂)
Brilliant evening with
@dannybrothers
@chloebear529
and
@rosiedawson144
watch it back below if you missed it! 👇🏻
My mate Chloe is an incredible sports journalist and a pleasure to work with on the podcast.
If anyone questions why we need
#IWD
you need only look at the misogynist, sexist, vile comments some cretins think it’s okay to make (from their fake profiles of course)
To have a commentator & former player for a team see a blatant handball in the buildup to a goal for said team & say "oh, it doesn't matter".
That wouldn't be tolerated in coverage of a Premier League game, so why on earth is it being tolerated in a WSL game?
No comparison really: Sky sports coverage of Fran, Maren and Emma’s send off was brilliant. BBC - you really should have done the same for Steph Houghton earlier.
Hopefully she gets more of a moment on the final day, she deserves it.
That was so much bloody fun!!
We sang, we laughed, there were cats and more importantly… we got to show our appreciation for the players in the WSL and WC who’ve made this season so memorable!
Thank you to
@paulwradio
@rosiedawson144
@chloebear529
and Emma making her debut 💙
While the
#3lions
are hoping to make history this evening, let’s not forget our young Lionesses who start their
#U19
#WomensEuro
campaign at 3pm today!
The venue for this year's
#UWCL
is at the San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao which has a capacity of 53,000 and is SOLD OUT.
The Ullevaal Stadium for the 2026
#UWCL
final has a capacity of 28,000... make it make sense please
#UEFA
I have 4 copies of my book with an exclusive character bookmark to give away! All you have to do is: like and retweet this post. Tag someone who you think would love to receive a copy! Competition running across all platforms see below! 2/3
I bloody love every single second on this pod and everyone who interacts with us in the chat, needed that after the last few days❤️
Thank you
@dannybrothers
@antony_waterson
and
@rosiedawson144
for another great evening.
👇🏻Catch up below if you missed us live!
Genuinely don’t understand the LB hate, one of the best players in the world and any club is so much better for having her.
Do I think Chelsea is the right choice? … possibly not, but you can’t argue with her stats at all… we’re discussing it all on the pod tonight.
As reported elsewhere, BBC Sport understands Chelsea are set to sign England defender Lucy Bronze. We believe she is closing in on a two-year deal, with an option to extend for a further year. More on the website shortly.
#bbcfootball
This time tomorrow we’ll have delved into all of the latest news and stories of the final matches of the 23/24 season.
Come and join us as we relive allll of the drama, live tomorrow at 8.30pm 👇🏻👇🏻
It wasn’t even 5am and I’d already been scanned, swabbed and my bags x-rayed twice.
Fast forward to 6:20: I’ve got my coffee in hand, finally on the plane and ready for take off…
📍Bologna > I’m coming for you!!
This just shows the club have no interest in the amount of women’s football fans who go into the store on matchday.
For those who haven’t seen it, the line is usually out of the door and packed hours before kick off. Incredibly short sighted by the club, do better.
The fact that our wonderful
@CharxRafc
gets anything other than love and support for her phenomenal love of the game is appalling.
Football is a game for everyone and the sooner some people realise that the better 💙
What a phenomenal team featuring some incredible women I’m proud to work alongside (and lads you’re alright too ;) )
Happy International Women’s Day!! 🫶🏻
When all you want is to go to the football ❤️🩹🚙
Travelling fans - my plea to make sure you’ve done all your checks the night before 😂
Who else is making the journey to follow their team today?
If you missed it live, come catch us back on the link below (if only to watch me and
@paulwradio
do a bit of karaoke of our favourite football anthems)
Thank you as well to the lovely
@rosiedawson144
and
@chloebear529
what a belter of a show that was!
Pictured: a cracking lineup of wonderful humans who it’s always a pleasure to talk football with.
Not pictured: the delay of starting due to cutting my thumb opening a can of Dr.Pepper… (probably the worst thing that could happen!)
More dad jokes can be found below 👇🏻
Tonight at 8:30pm!!
Come and join us for the latest women’s football news as we review Gameweek 14 of the
#WSL
and Gameweek 16 of the
#womenschampionship
🔥plus much, much more!
Love Wednesdays as I get to talk football with some incredible people. Thank you to
@antony_waterson
@rosiedawson_14
and
@englionesses
for tonight I throughly enjoyed every minute, especially Rosie’s eye rolls as I declared my Lucy delusions 😂
Thank you
#teamchaos
Think this had to be my favourite award of the night.
The thought of Kristy Mewis vs the corner flag still makes me laugh to this day. Welcome to the WSL and Storm Isha 😂
⚽️STATEMENT ⚽️
Yesterday our brilliant
@chloebear529
who features on our WSL Show was subject to some horrible and quite frankly disgusting messages because she’s a female who loves football.
We are appalled and fully stand behind Chloe and absolutely love having her as part of
TONIGHT 7PM⏰
We are joined by
@TFreyaTWrites
&
@lyndseysendoba1
to talk all about Kirsty Hanson & her fantastic loan spell at Aston Villa🔥
Should United utilise her next season?👀
Is it best for both parties to part ways this summer?🤔
Set the reminder👇
-So how long are you in Barcelona for?
- Well it’s our anniversary and we’re off to the football tomorrow.
- Barcelona?
-Yeah, Barça Femeni!
- ah they must be good as Spain won the women’s World Cup didn’t they?
Yes lovely waiter, yes they did 😊
Wishing my partner in crime
@TFreyaTWrites
the happiest of birthdays today!
Hope it doesn’t Hurtig too much getting older 😜
Enjoy the England game tomorrow ❤️
What an ABSOLUTEly amazing experience with
@paulwradio
@dannybrothers
@antony_waterson
for this week’s
@absoluteballpod
Hopefully did everyone proud and can’t wait to do it all again next week ❤️
Thank you to everyone interacting in the chat as well, so much fun.
2 in 2 for Alisha, better late than never 😂
Massive 3 points for Villa to secure 7th place. Would be brilliant to see another win next week at Villa Park to mark Carla Ward’s final game in charge.
You know when Camilla starts with “I’m ashamed of my own country” it’s going to be a good one!
We covered the widely discussed AL move to Juventus and how we feel about the fact a women’s footballer is being used as part of a contract deal, rather than for her own merit 👇🏻
I just can’t fathom how a club can treat its players in such a way… I really hope all of these horrendous stories finally make these clubs see the light and back their women’s teams to the hilt as they bloody should be in the first place.
When I was at Blackburn, the club captain, the vice captain and I had a meeting with Steve Waggott. We wanted to discuss the conditions we played in, which included sharing two portable toilets with the entire boys' academy. He told us we needed to be grateful for that £100k. 🧐
Better watch out for northeast football next season 👀
If you haven't watched the
#womenschampionship
yet, make sure you start because the talent here is ridiculous.
Welcome back home to the northeast Demi!
Ahhhhhh what brilliant news!!
Congratulations
@RemiAllen10
you’ll be absolutely incredible and we wish you the best of luck in your new role!
You’ve been such an inspiration with the U23s and can’t wait to see how you do with the London side 💙
AND we’re doing an end of season quiz too!!
So grab a pen and paper and join in from home as we take a look back at the entire 23/24 WSL and WC season live at 8.30 👇🏻👇🏻
The fact that the wording alludes to the women’s team being more of a reserve team and an afterthought isn’t what the players deserve.
Women’s football is making so many strides in some areas, then in others…
Jim Ratcliffe asked about his plans for Manchester United's women's team in an interview with Bloomberg.
'We haven't got into that level of detail with the women's team yet. We've been pretty much focused on how we resolve the first team issues.'
Q: So it's TBC?
JR: 'Yes'
Representing
@TheWhole115Y
and Aston Villa women tonight on the
@AllForUnitedWFC
Fan Preview. Loved the opportunity to be involved in the discussion and can’t wait to do it again in the future! 😊
TONIGHT 7PM⏰
Our fan preview ahead of Friday’s crucial game away to Aston Villa🙌
Joining will be -
@TFreyaTWrites
talking all things ahead of the game & also talking Kirsty Hanson & Evie Rabjohn👀
Set the reminder👇
🔗
#MUWomen
Manchester United’s women’s team will be moved into portable buildings at the club’s Carrington training complex this season to allow the men’s squad to use the women’s building while the men’s building is being revamped. Excl. story for
@guardian_sport
Tonight’s show covered a myriad of topics, but we’re proud to be a platform that can and will discuss teams, players and topics outside of mainstream media.
What a team 💪🏻
Come and join us every Wednesday live at 8.30pm
She’s our favourite Kiwi,
She’s super Anna Leaty
La La La La HEY!… YOU!
@AVWFCOfficial
You know she’s a keeper 🧤our fantastic young superstar between the posts.
She needs to stay with us in the West Midlands.
We’re waiting 👀 ✍🏻
#NewAnnaLeatContractNow
Tomorrow is set to be a phenomenal one!!
All of the latest news, transfer rumours and maybe even a quiz 👀
Our shoutout of the week is also back so make sure you join
#TeamChaos
tomorrow at 8.30pm
A really sad day for podcast favourites Lewes, a club that we can all identify with and will definitely continue to cheer on.
We’ll see you back in the Championship soon, I have no doubt 💪🏻
On
@absoluteballpod
WSL and WC Show this week we made some predictions for this weekend’s fixtures 👀
Who’s got it right? Tune in this weekend to find out!!
Lucy Bronze leaving Barcelona after 2 incredible seasons - makes you look at which leagues she hasn’t conquered yet and where her next move might be, Germany? … dare I say Italy? 👀
The reality of the disparity of women’s football in England, a club that was competing in the WSL two seasons ago is now at risk of falling even further down the pyramid…
Breaking: We understand an 11th-hour bid to take over Reading Women has fallen through, all but ensuring the team will not play in the Women's Championship. Club now must decide which level of the pyramid to enter a team, if at all. Developing story here:
Near Portsmouth, taking the dogs for a walk so I’ve just thrown my Villa shirt on. Woman walking past goes, “right decision, I support them too” 😂
we get everywhere do the claret and blue.
It’s nearly a quarter of an hour long and worth every minute.
See how many similes and metaphors you can count during Paul’s monologue.
Enjoy everyone, grab the popcorn and settle in
Can’t wait for the exclusive feature tonight from our very own Blue 😂
If you don’t know what we’re talking about however, it’s probably best you come and join in the fun tonight at 8.30!
Nominations are now open for
@The_FCAs
and if you enjoy our content on a Wednesday and all of the other amazing content from
@absoluteballpod
throughout the week then please do give us a shout.
The team across the board are absolutely incredible and deserve it so much 👇🏻👇🏻
#TeamChaos
were well and truly on it this evening: the multiple screens, various international matches but ultimately, a win for the Lionesses!
Thank you
@_emmahw_
and
@paulwradio
for the company, how we got to cover so many topics and react to the match as well I don't know!
Great pod again tonight gang some real nice discussions in-between the dodgy wifi. To sum it up: I showed myself up again, multiple times, and we discussed the lionesses and transfer news.
Thanks guys
@TFreyaTWrites
@paulwradio
We’ve heard rumours for a while but it’s now official.
What a pleasure it’s been to see you play in the WSL Viv, I wonder what adventures now await the 🐐
Results today have made the
#womenschampionship
incredibly dramatic.
👉🏻
#SAFCWomen
maintain their lead by 1 point after winning 5-3.
👉🏻Palace close behind after a win at Watford.
👉🏻Massive win for
#LCL
see Charlton drop down the table.
How to spot a historian in the wild? Their choice of ‘light reading’ material 😂 thank you
@theAliceRoberts
(and the legendary Tolkien) for keeping me company in the sunshine 🌴
Hey you! Yes you!
Want to know what we’re all laughing at and why I’ve still got that cowboy hat on? Catch up with this week’s show that featured the latest news from the world of women’s football and even a special quiz from the year our Chloe was born 👀
Sunderland woke up and chose chaos today 👀
What a brilliant talent Claudia is will be such a miss.
Can’t wait to see where you end up next, keeping everything crossed it’s somewhere who support and help you keep developing your full potential 🤞🏻
Thank You all for your tremendous support of the podcast 🫶⚽️
This week has been some of the highest watched live shows we have had and the interaction incredible 👏 your all Absolutely Fantastic!
@KatelynTigs
It’s really telling when the first things players say after leaving this club about the new environment is how ‘supported’ and ‘respected’ they feel. Just shows a glimpse of what it must be like there, awful.
Tonight it’ll be
@absoluteballpod
#PartyPod
as we wish our very own
@chloebear529
an incredibly happy birthday!
Join us at 8.30pm as we discuss/rant about all of the latest transfer news and rumours of the week, party hats and party poppers at the ready! 👀
@CANWNT
That first US goal wouldn’t have gone in if the pitch was suitable, absolute madness the match was allowed to be played. What standards are we setting allowing our professionals to play on surfaces like that? 🤦🏻♀️ really hope no injuries come from it.
Here we go!!!
So close to KO in the
#Concacaf
#WGoldCup
and while we’re manifesting another Dri hattrick… we also want her back in one piece.
Please and thank you
#CANWNT
Loved being able to take some time to share our favourite memories of
@stephhoughton2
and discuss why she’s so incredibly important, not only to the women’s game, but to us too 💙