The Women's Rolling Football Thread season 2025-26

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"You cannot win a game of football on your own"

Previous thread
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/sports/5146483-the-womens-rolling-football-thread-season-2024-25?page=37&reply=146806363

My knowledge comes from a SM discussion, people remembering them beating us in the 2005 FA Cup final and some players moving to us when their team gos disbanded.

Euro 2017 was when I started following more closely, before that it was really hard to find places to watch the games. I did watch the olympic games and the US tournaments before that but not really club level games.

Congratulations to Charlton and to Barcelona Women - what a double-header that was yesterday! Charlton's keeper is an absolute legend after that display.

There have been a few women's teams who have suffered when the men's club has been relegated or run into serious financial problems - Barca Women being one of them! - so it's great to see at least one fighting its way back. Well done to Karen Hills.

Information oh how to watch World Sevens

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13547830/world-sevens-football-fixtures-schedule-teams-and-how-to-watch-live-on-sky-sports

The World Sevens takes place in England for the first time, with all games to be shown live on Sky Sports; Chelsea, Man Utd, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Everton, London City Lionesses, West Ham and Leicester will take part in the tournament from Thursday May 28 to Saturday May 30

Good FA Cup Final. Beforehand, I predicted the score, but I did not predict Brighton's excellent showing and City's nervous start. They really impressed with their game plan and their endeavour, but ultimately the other side were just better and perhaps had more fitness. It's fantastic experience for Brighton and I can definitely see them winning this or the Subway Cup in the future. They just needed to capitalise on their dominance. Special congrats to Fran Kirby on her performance.

Another cup for Viv! (That's how I'm looking at it.) Assist and a goal. POTM Alex Greenwood, no argument here. She's always so good whether at CB or FB. Bunny can be marked out of a game, but she only has to get free once. Congratulations on your domestic double, Man City.

We were at this Fri/Sat - sooooooo much fun!

It looked great fun. The walk outs, the celebrations and lots of goals.

I was very sniffy about it before it started but I've done a total 180 on it now. It was so nice seeing how much the players were enjoying themselves. Even though it was a competition they all wanted to win, it seemed really stress-free.

Lots of people on sm are still a bit sniffy,,but people were sniffy about 20/20 cricket until they saw it consistently.
Tbh I'd like to see it replace Conti Cup - i think it's a genuine opportunity to differentiate mens and womens football, appeal to a different & wider demographic and enhance the game overall. Especially with the growing popularity of futsal i think there's even the potential for 7's experts longer term. IPL style franchises outside of day-to-day clubs. Lauren James & Bunny Shaw on the same team for a couple of weeks....
It'll never happen i'm sure but maybe an international version one day as s compromise!

I wished it was free to watch.

The players had so much fun as did the management, the officials joined in as well.

Perfect way to end the season.

Tbh I'd like to see it replace Conti Cup - i think it's a genuine opportunity to differentiate mens and womens football, appeal to a different & wider demographic and enhance the game overall.
Very good point - the format really suits women's football and allows players to shine. It's a bit like women's doubles in tennis - the extra speed at which it is played actually increases the enjoyment in a way that men's doubles does not for middle-aged women like myself whose eyesight is not what it was! 😄
Football 7s has a fun, end-of-term feel, so I hope it continues to be a fixture but I'm not sure about it replacing the League Cup - I have a soft spot for the competition which I too continue to call the Conti Cup.

Loved Sonia Bompastor's camera work and the players looked great in the mannequin challenge. Wasn't so sure about Marc Skinner being Bad Bunny (whoever that is) because the stunting ought to feature the players rather than be all about the manager, imo. Good moves, though. I definitely got the gist.

OK maybe scrapping the Conti cup is a bit extreme 🤣 but with the international schedule etc it will be difficult to find a permanent home for 7's.
I still cal the mens coca cola and carling interchangeably so might take me a while to catch up with subway!

😄

Anyone watching the England Spain game?? 🙏

Yes 😬

Good thing that Spain are so sloppy with passing and finishing.

😭

They 'only' scored 4. That really wasn't good from England.

Oh dear. Spain were amazing.

This is better from the lionesses and our stadium looks glorious.

Definitely better. Praying for Iceland didn't work though. 😂

It really does & they were very complimentary on Radio 5 about it.

Women's World Cup European play-offs draw...

Round 1, path 1:

Lithuania v Sweden

Romania v Norway

Greece v England

Croatia v Iceland

Kazakhstan v Republic of Ireland

Kosovo v Austria

Hungary v Netherlands

Belarus v Italy

These ties will be played over two legs in October.
#FifaWWC2027

The draw continues:

Round 1, path 2:

Albania v Wales

Turkey v Slovenia

Slovakia v Ukraine

Israel v Switzerland

Belgium v Poland

Czechia v Scotland

Northern Ireland v Portugal

Finland v Serbia

#FifaWWC2027

Round 2:

Slovakia-Ukraine v Greece-England
Finland-Serbia v Belarus-Italy
N. Ireland-Portugal v Croatia-Iceland
Albania-Wales v Romania-Norway
Israel-Switzerland v Kosovo-Austria
Czechia-Scotland v Lithuania-Sweden
Belgium-Poland v Kazakhstan-Rep. Ireland
Turkey-Slovenia v Hungary-Netherlands

Well, if we can't beat those teams then we shouldn't be going to the WC.

Thank you for this. I'd completely forgotten it was happening today!

Hopefully we should be able to qualify. I think that's quite a kind draw.