So here’s the brief recap of what happened in the past seven days
Monday 25th June
· After 4 years and 5 trophies Gilly Flaherty leaves Chelsea and signs for WSL newcomers West Ham
· Jason Cundy embarrasses himself on national television by saying that women and female commentators have too high pitched voices and can’t convey emotion or drama of a football match he later gives a p*ss poor apology
· Chorley FC Women retain the services of 6 players for the upcoming season – Lisa Topping, Maddy Cullen, Emily Yeoman, Megan Searson, Vicky Coope and Saskia Bowes
· But bad news for Chorley their Captain Janet Mitchell confirms she will retire after 13 years at the end of this season
· Overcoming obstacles women in sport
· West Brom’s Nat Murray birthday on this day
· AFC Unity will bring back their Football for Food campaign for every game season
· She Kicks magazine issue 48 is available for pre-order
· Captain Steph goes on social media to say she will keep ‘Houghton’ on the back of her shirt for Man City and the Lionesses
· Jo Potter will becomes the head coach of Coventry United Ladies she will combine the job with her playing career with Reading
· Ellie Gilliatt Sheffield FC captain will leave after 7 seasons
· Harley Bennett signs up for a season with Championship newcomers Charlton
· Lewes FC Women announce the signing of Keeper Nina Wilson
· FC United of Manchester sign Corie Mather from Blackburn
Tuesday 26th June
· Marc Lesenfant head of womens football in Belgium passed away
· MCWFANCAST joins Instagram @manfancast
· Why this tournament should be called the Men’s World Cup
· Julia Guimares Brazilian TV journalist for Sportv gets sexually assaulted on live TV
· Rebecca Kemp leaves Notts Forest due to relocation
· The FA releases statistics showing that 2.5 Million females are playing football in the UK (misses out the stats about the teams struggling financially and that we’ve lost 5 WSL teams in over a year)
· Amy Rogers one of the few players left at Liverpool is called up to the England U19 squad
· Suzanne Wrack writes all about Sheffield FC
· Legends Publishing will be publishing the Second Ever Womens Football Yearbook pre order now
· New Zealand’s Ali Riley will sign for Chelsea on a 2 year contract
· Bolton Wanderers played AC Milan and Riga United in the Milady Tournament and finished second
· Liverpool have finally signed someone Leigh-Anne Robe from Millwall
· Carrie Dunn will be writing a second instalment of ‘The Roar of the Lionesses’ the first one was brilliant
· Lucy Quinn extends her stay at Birmingham for another year
· Reading start their pre-season early
· Natasha Dowie will not be staying with Linkoping when her contract expires on July 7th has offers from England and USA
· FAWSL Fulltime magazine will be available to but from the National Football museum, MCWFC OSC, Intersport in Lewes and the Cheshire FA
· Emilie Revitt will not miss her time at Liverpool
· Is football sexist? BBC news
· Alan Pine leaves Denham United after 13 seasons his development squad won the title last season
· James Caldwell becomes the new manager at Manchester Stingers
Wednesday 27th June
· A game of one’s own – Tim Tate
· Sarah Redders signs for Chester FC
· Gemma Bryan leaves Crystal Palace
· MCWFC will be on the cover for the new magazine FAWSL Full Time
· Lauren Norman becomes Redlands 15th signing in the Dorset Womens league
· New Zealand U17 are now speaking out about boss Andreas Heraf
· Three Bristol City players are called up to the England U19’s Flo Allen, Aimee Palmer and Poppy Wilson
· Millwall announce a new board of directors at the club
· London Bees will not have a development side next season due to the costs of travelling
· Lynda Shepherd will play one more season at Blackburn
· QPR Women sign talented young player Courtnay Ward-Chambers
· Kirsty Smith and Lizzie Arnot will leave Hibs both linked with Man Utd
· Karl Davy becomes the new boss at Worthing LFC
· Fran Stenson will leave Birmingham and sign for Man City
· Ivan Gazidis says at fans forum that Arsenal Women will play some more games at the Emirates
· C&K Basildon captain Zoe Ruston will leave the club after 5 seasons
Thursday 28th June
· Long throw expert Megan Campbell turns 25 on this day
· Manchester Stingers will play in the FA Cup next season
· Lewes FC Women retain 6 players for their first season in the Championship – Vicky Carleton, Amy Taylor, Char Owen, Avilla Bergin, Faye Baker and Leeta Rutherford
· Liverpool Ladies will Manchester United in a pre-season friendly but it will be behind closed doors
· Coventry United retain 6 players for the upcoming season – Amber Harris, Helen Dermody, Nikki Miles, Susan Woods, Rosie McDonnell and Jade Formaston
· Gemma Bryan rejoins Charlton after leaving Crystal Palace
· Salford City Lionesses will play in the Greater Manchester Womens League for the 2018/19 season
· Willie Kirk will become the assistant manager at Manchester United under Casey Stoney
· Danielle Carter released from hospital after her ACL surgery
· WWC 2019 qualifier between Denmark and Sweden sells out
· Millie Farrow will leave Bristol City has been linked with both Man Utd and Everton
· Man City’s development player Ellie Bohannan will join Swedish side Domsto IF DAM on a short term contract
· Two Birmingham players will join England U19’s – Connie Schofield and Hannah Hampton
· Millwall captain Ashlee Hincks will drop a tier and will play for Crystal Palace next season
· Grace Fisk confirmed as the captain of the England U20’s at the World Cup later this year
Friday 29th June
· Rich Laverty writes about Manchester United and Casey Stoney
· Georgia Miller signs for QPR Women after leaving West Ham
· Super Fran Kirby turns 25
· Rachel Yankey will join the coaching staff at London Bees
· Kit Graham signs a contract extension at Championship newcomers Charlton
· Jade Moore resigns for Reading for the upcoming season
· Kim Little Arsenal and Scotland birthday today
· Katie O’Leary will leave Tottenham after 6 years at the club
· Linfield Ladies beat Cliftonville Ladies 4-1 to win the Northern Ireland League Cup the first domestic game to be broadcast on television
· Chelsea add another player to their ranks Finnish striker Adelina Engman they now have nine different national players
· Jasmine Matthews will leave Bristol City after nine years at the club
· The FA confirm that one team will be relegated from the WSL and two will be promoted from the Championship (provided they meet the tier 1 license criteria)
Saturday 30th June
· Sexism is British punditry
· Bolton Wanderers announce they will play Bradford, Loughborough Foxes, Wolves, Hull City, Wolves and Rhyl in pre-season friendlies
· Tottenham confirm that defender Hannah MacKenzie will leave the club
· Pam Chandler will join the Lewes FC coaching staff and Rebecca Carter signs up for next season
· Jenna Fife and Lizzie Arnot from Hibs both graduated from their Sports Science degrees
Sunday 1st July
Julie Fleeting talks about getting girls into football
Katie Rood the New Zealand international likely to be playing in England this season
Liverpool’s Satara Murray birthday today
Sarah Wilson Durham’s captain birthday today
It’s not only a man’s game
Norwich City ladies players included in the clubs official launch of next seasons home shirt
Siobhan Chamberlain joins the Common Goal campaign
The first pre-season friendly results in a 2-0 win for Chorley FC v Brighouse Town
Tyler Schochenmaier becomes the new boss of the Cambridge United Development squad previously coached at Minot state university
Moya Dodd former Australian footballer discusses diversity in the sports industry
Without Football Life is Boring 