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    FA Women's Super League 2016

    Is there a thread already? Arsenal currently trailing Chelsea at home, BT Sport 1.

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    The same two will meet in the Cup Final in August after winning their Semis at the weekend. The club names may help push the crowd beyond last years 30,000 or so.

    The big question for the WSL this season is whether it can maintain the crowd growth of recent years. It has gone from 562 to 728 to 1076 over the past three seasons.

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      #3
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      Janik wrote: The same two will meet in the Cup Final in August after winning their Semis at the weekend. The club names may help push the crowd beyond last years 30,000 or so.
      It's on Saturday 14 May, one week before the men's.

      http://www.wembleystadium.com/Events/2016/FA-Womens-Cup-Final/FA-Womens-Cup-Final

      £15 adults
      £5 seniors and students
      £0 under 16s

      The big question for the WSL this season is whether it can maintain the crowd growth of recent years. It has gone from 562 to 728 to 1076 over the past three seasons.
      Hope so - that's excellent growth. Meadow Park certainly looked a good venue tonight, and it was great to see kids in the crowd enjoying themselves and being free to mill around a bit.

      Two for Fran Kirby, and Chelsea sit top above Man C on goal difference. Fan footage of the second goal.

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        #4
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        So, a stupid question then: why are the divisions so small? There will be a big gap between home games when there are only eight in a season, I suppose.

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          #5
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          It is not just the Division size. Eni Aluko laid out the madness of Chelsea's schedule in a BBC article a few weeks ago. I think it went something like four home games in a month, none for two months and then five is seven weeks. Or something equally batty.

          Heck, they are evening moving the Cup Final around season by season so that people who follow don't know when it's going to be... ;-)

          Why is this? Mostly the second class nature in which Women's Football is still held. The TV uses it as filler, rather than as a centrepiece. The grounds are not theirs, and want an off season for the grass to recover for the use of the owners Men's 1st XI. Etc, etc.

          As for the small Division sizes, partly ground access issues, but also money and player pool. There is only so much of both to go around, so keeping numbers low maintains standards. The Football League was also a 12 team competition in its early days IIRC.

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            #6
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            On that note, the next games are spread out between tonight and Monday.

            http://www.fawsl.com/matches.html#0ezQ0elL3qzUlfsb.97

            The next televised games are Sunderland v Man C (Friday 1945 BT2) and Notts County v Liverpool (Monday 1500 BT1). Both Man C and Sunderland also have games on the Monday.

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              #7
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              Kevchenko wrote: So, a stupid question then: why are the divisions so small? There will be a big gap between home games when there are only eight in a season, I suppose.
              Essentially because the pool of elite players is so small.

              The FA has decided that they want to prioritise the England WNT and the WSL is designed to facilitate that, by providing (mostly) competitive games. It's really bad for the development of the domestic game as a spectator sport, but that's clearly not the FA's priority.

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                Watching Notts County vs Liverpool (2-0 to the home side), I'm thinking that the Notts shirts look good. Then I realise that is because they have no shirt sponsor. So more a silver lining on a black cloud, then.
                A real pity given the Magpies (I am SO not calling them the Lady Pies) are well supported in WSL terms, generally attracting comfortably into four figures to Meadow Lane.

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                  #9
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                  That's some finish for the second.

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                    #10
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                    Dramatic finish coming, as Liverpool score on 85 and 87 minutes to come back from 3-0 to 3-2. County are panicking.

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                      #11
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                      Magpies hold on, Liverpool not fashioning a clear chance in the remaining time. Good game, of which Clarke's goal was the obvious highlight. 1106 there, which is decent but not exceptional for Notts.

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                        #12
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                        Chelsea v Sunderland (KO 19:45 tonight, BT Sport 1)

                        Chelsea will be looking to bounce back tonight in a pivotal game. After losing the FA Cup final to Arsenal they fell further behind Man City in the Super League last Thursday, with their first loss of the league season.

                        Sunderland have no wins from five, so Chelsea will be heavy favourites, but if they struggle to break the Black Cats down, or even concede, will their confidence start to wobble?

                        https://[video=youtube_share;m-49PCb...?v=m-49PCbcsN0[/video]

                        (On a related note, I wonder if WSL1 should have a playoff system to determine the champion, leading to a showpiece Wembley grand final in mid-to-late November? Might help raise the profile of the league further, and keep things interesting around the mid-table? If four places in a 9-team league is too many, how about 2nd v 3rd, with winner plays 1st at Wembley?)

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                          #13
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                          Janik wrote: [Arsenal and Chelsea] will meet in the Cup Final ... after winning their Semis at the weekend. The club names may help push the crowd beyond last years 30,000 or so.

                          A new record.

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                            #14
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                            Sunderland did indeed take the lead through Steph Roche but Katie Chapman and Fran Kirby have turned it round for Chelsea.

                            Goals 1 and 2 here
                            Kirby's here

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                              #15
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                              Liverpool have held Man City to a 0-0 draw, so a win for Chelsea will bring them to within four points of City and with a game in hand.

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                                #16
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                                Aluko with a couple of good chances, but Laws saves them both well. Carney has also fired over. Chelsea should kill this off, but can't quite apply the finish.

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                                  #17
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                                  It stayed at 2-1 to boost Chelsea's title hopes.

                                  The WSL takes a mid-season break now, with matches resuming 25/26 June.

                                  WSL1
                                  Code:
                                  1 Man City    19 points from 7
                                  2 Chelsea     15 points from 6
                                  3 Birmingham  11 points from 7
                                  4 Liverpool    8 points from 7
                                  5 Arsenal      7 points from 5
                                  6 Notts        4 points from 5
                                  7 Reading      4 points from 6
                                  8 Sunderland   3 points from 6
                                  9 Doncaster    0 points from 3
                                  WSL2
                                  Code:
                                  1 Yeovil      16 points from 7
                                  2 Everton     14 points from 6
                                  3 Durham      13 points from 6
                                  4 Bristol C   13 points from 7
                                  5 Aston Villa  9 points from 7
                                  6 London Bees  8 points from 7
                                  7 Millwall     6 points from 6
                                  8 Oxford       6 points from 6
                                  9 Sheffield FC 4 points from 6
                                  10 Watford     1 point  from 6
                                  There are qualifiers for Euro 2017 coming up in early June, so there will be no women's football as far as I can tell while the group phase of Euro 2016 is happening; the resumption of WSL coincides with the Euro 2016 first knockout round.

                                  Also, Kim Little has been voted BBC women's footballer of the year.

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                                    #18
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                                    Women's Premier League Champions Brighton have promotion to WSL2 confirmed for 2017.

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                                      #19
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                                      The WSL has returned from its break. Here's Arsenal taking Sunderland apart recently, doubling their goal tally for the season in the process.

                                      Villa play Bristol City in WSL2 this evening, and Birmingham v Arsenal will be on BT Sport 2 tomorrow evening, while Sunderland will host Chelsea. After Man City drew 1-1 with Liverpool on Sunday in front of a crowd of 2172, Chelsea are right back in the title hunt.

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                                        #20
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                                        WSL to go to a winter season from 2017. Which means this season will be followed by filler half-season next spring.

                                        If it means matches take place with more regular gaps, like every weekend say (bizarre idea), then it will be worth it. I'm not sure they are getting any particular extra coverage by being in the summer at the moment.

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                                          #21
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                                          One level below the WSL, Nuneaton Town have ceased to exist while Forest Green Rovers have resigned from the premier league on the same day. And the FA is still burbling about "growing" women's football.

                                          Nuneaton had to change grounds a couple of seasons ago to avoid playing in the southern division which was prohibitively expensive (all the other midlands teams were in the northern division). Forest Green have had players poached by Bristol, Yeovil and Oxofrd, as tv money allows WSL teams to expand the size of their squads.

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                                            #22
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                                            Man City have just gone 2-0 up on Chelsea. If this game ends as a draw, then City are champions. Chelsea are the only team that can stop them, and to do so they will have to score three in around half-an-hour. This might be tough seeing as City have only conceded three goals all season!

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                                              #23
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                                              It finished like that, so City are champions.
                                              Donny Belles look almost certain to be relegated. The last day drama of recent season is unlikely to be repeated, it seems.

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                                                #24
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                                                This might be the place to ask. Is today's All ireland women's football final today of 34,445 the biggest attendence for a female sport in the world this year? The USWNT didn't manage that this year.

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                                                  #25
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                                                  Beats the FA Cup final: 32 912.

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