The Women's Rolling Football Thread season 2024-25

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All ready for a brand new season ⚽💪

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Classy. Well done and thank you, Mearps.

I know Hampton is technically better, but I feel like Earps has the big game mentality. Anyhow, we shall see. One good thing is that it shunts Khiara Keating up one place in the pecking order. I hope she gets game time because I think she will be phenomenal. Still only 20 years old, which people forget.

I think I read that she attended the CL final as well.

I saw pics of her there celebrating-think she wore Russo on the back of her shirt because they are Lioness teammates.

Love that stuff!

Gutted Mary retiring from International football!

Germany Women U19 v England Women U19 on German Football You Tube just started.

Lots of Arsenal players in the squad,

Goalkeepers: Eve Annets (Manchester City), Katie Cox (Chelsea), Sophia Poor* (London City Lionesses, on loan from Aston Villa)
Defenders: Sophie Harwood (Arsenal), Nelly Las (Leicester City), Lucy Newell (Blackburn Rovers, on loan from Manchester United), Katie Reid (Arsenal), Zara Shaw (Liverpool), Mari Ward (Bristol City), Cecily Wellesley-Smith (Arsenal and Oxford United)
Midfielders: Lola Brown (Chelsea), Laila Harbert (Southampton, on loan from Arsenal), Vivienne Lia (Southampton, on loan from Arsenal), Erica Parkinson (Valadares Gaia), Lexi Potter (Crystal Palace, on loan from Chelsea), Lauryn Thompson (Indy Eleven)
Forwards: Princess Ademiluyi (West Ham), Michelle Agyemang (Brighton & Hove Albion, on loan from Arsenal), Ava Baker (Birmingham City), Jessie Gale (Arsenal and Watford), Lily Murphy (Manchester City)

We've just conceded from a corner. Goalie own goal.

oh dear, 2 nil now

Apparently we've qualified for the Euros but Germany haven't but they are dominating here.

Princess Ademiluyi (West Ham) has just scored. Love the name Princess.

3-1 now

3-2 now, we just scored a penalty.

It was a good match. Looking forward to the U19 Euros.

Bad luck the U19s.

I'm already in a bad mood about the senior side because Leah Williamson is in the starting line-up.
Agyemang on the bench, so hopefully will get a few minutes. I'm happy for Aggie Beever-Jones that she is starting - I have forgiven ABJ for that awful tackle on Lia Walti a couple of seasons ago. She and Michelle are the future England strikeforce.

2 goals in 4 minutes, what a start!

Brilliant England!

5-0 after 30 minutes play, it's becoming a bit boring now 😅

Horrible new kit though.

So 1980s

Has it been designed by the person who did the Arsenal men's team away kit of the 1990s? Or the Norwich one just before Delia Smith took over that my late father told me was called 'tippex and snot'?

I don't like it much either, looks slightly better close up, from a distance is looks like they spilled pasta sauce

Haha yes. As usual I prefer the away kit.

Russooooooo! Goal England

Lucky that there is no VAR 😬

Spain lead now. England have been poor this second half.

FT Spain 2-1 England

Spain are going to be hard to beat. We just couldn't keep the ball in the second half.

Serena should speak to Renee as I don't think Serena knows what to do.