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3 weeks ago | 
thehalfwayline.com | Tom Maher |Liberty Simons
For football fans Tuesday night was another storied act in the drama of the English Football League play offs. Sunderland’s Dan Ballard headed home in the 120th minute to put the home side ahead in their play off semi final second leg against Coventry.
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3 weeks ago | 
thehalfwayline.com | Jamie Spangher |Liberty Simons
Head coach Marc Skinner says his side will need to be ‘rebellious’ in order to take down league winners Chelsea in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup Final this Sunday at Wembley Stadium. Sonia Bompastor’s side will be chasing the domestic treble, having triumphed over the Women’s Super League by a dominant margin of 12-points to secure their sixth consecutive league title.
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3 weeks ago | 
thehalfwayline.com | Jamie Spangher |Liberty Simons
Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian has purchased 8-10% share in Chelsea Women, something Sonia Bompastor has hailed as a ‘game changing investment’ into the women’s game. Ohanian, husband of tennis legend Serena Williams and former Angel City FC shareholder, has bought an impressive stake in the English champions.
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3 weeks ago | 
thehalfwayline.com | Liberty Simons |Tom Maher
Johanna Rytting Kaneryd could lift her sixth trophy with Chelsea at Wembley, if the Women’s Super League Champions get past Manchester United in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup final on May 18th. It would be the Swedish winger’s first domestic treble with the Blues, after they lifted both the Women’s Super League and Subway Women’s League Cup earlier this year.
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1 month ago | 
thehalfwayline.com | Beth McCowen
The Women’s Professional Leagues will host their inaugural Women’s Professional Game Awards on Sunday 11 May following the conclusion of both the 2024/25 Barclays Women’s Super League (WSL) and Barclays Women’s Championship campaigns. The first event of its kind for the leagues, there will be 14 awards up for grabs across the evening, including the crowning of each division’s respective Player of the Season.
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1 month ago | 
thehalfwayline.com | Beth McCowen
The Barclays Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship have announced April’s Player, Manager, and Goal of the Month award winners. London City Lionesses lifted the Championship silverware on Sunday, and Chelsea have already laid claim on their sixth consecutive WSL title. With the Championship all wrapped up and the WSL’s final weekend fast-approaching, here are the results of last month’s vote, decided by a combination of the public and a panel of experts.
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1 month ago | 
thehalfwayline.com | Jamie Spangher |Beth McCowen
Tottenham head coach Robert Vilahamn tells the media that himself and Ange Postecoglou are trying to align themselves with the club’s philosophy, despite severe league shortcomings. Despite recent woes on the scoresheet, a spirited display from Tottenham allowed the north London side to hold Chelsea to a fine 1-0 margin at Whitehart Lane. Head coach Robert Vilahamn praised his side’s efforts, explaining that “the players are buying into the way we play”.
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1 month ago | 
thehalfwayline.com | Beth McCowen |Jamie Spangher |Tom Maher
London City Lionesses have secured promotion to the Women’s Super League, winning promotion from the Barclays Women’s Championship by drawing 2-2 with Birmingham City at St Andrew’s on the final day of a thrilling season. An exciting, tense game saw the London outfit tested by the Birmingham hosts. The Blues valiantly clawed their way back from 2-0 behind, but they could not find the victory they needed to overtake the eventual champions.
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1 month ago | 
thehalfwayline.com | Roos Schelen |Morgan Turner-Green |Tom Maher |Liberty Simons
In April 2024, Hesterine de Reus was brought in as Ajax head coach to replace Suzanne Bakker, who left in June 2024. Bakker got Ajax to the quarter finals of the Champions League in 2023/2024, won the cup in the same season and became champions of the Eredivisie in 2022/2023. De Reus had big shoes to fill. With her experience in women’s football, such as Matildas head coach, she was expected to do well. Recently, Ajax announced that de Reus is leaving Ajax, after just one season in charge.
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1 month ago | 
thehalfwayline.com | Morgan Turner-Green |Tom Maher |Liberty Simons
FROM VILLA PARK: A perfect counter-attacking performance saw the Villains make it three wins in three as they hit this years UWCL finalists for five in the Barclays WSL. The hosts led by four just before the hour mark before Arsenal scored two in three minutes to half the deficit, but Chasity Grant would secure a brace just two minutes after the Gunners’ second to make it five, leading Villa to victory.