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Talking of ‘goalkeeper timeouts’ in football – throughout the lads’s and girls’s recreation – what are your ideas on them? Do you assume they need to be prevented in a roundabout way? If that’s the case, what can be one of the best ways to go about doing that? Let me know!
Charles Antaki has messaged in to say:
“The selection of Stéphanie Frappart to referee the final appears an excellent one; she’s turn out to be a reasonably acquainted determine in Champions League video games, and has actually completed an excellent job to this point right here within the video games I’ve seen. A few different refs have appeared moderately pedantic at occasions. She has the suitable don’t-mess-with-me glare however appears prepared to simply get on with it. Sadly, although, neither she or any of the opposite refs are going to have the ability to cease goalkeepers feigning harm to get their staff some emergency teaching…”
Son Heung-min is a goal for Los Angeles FC and they’ve made their curiosity in him recognized to Tottenham. The London membership have but to obtain any bids for Son however they’ll count on one from LAFC, which would go away their highest-profile participant with a choice to make.
Talking of transfers, you may hold updated with all of the latest strikes within the high leagues with our transfer interactives.
Some transfer news for you now as a number of experiences are claiming that Viktor Gyökeres will bear his Arsenal medical tomorrow. It has additionally been reported that he’s anticipated to put on the enduring No14 shirt, beforehand held by the likes of Thierry Henry, Theo Walcott and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Tom Garry
A trial that enables followers to drink alcohol whereas within the stands is being expanded to incorporate 14 Girls’s Tremendous League and WSL 2 golf equipment from the brand new season, together with the entire top-flight’s ‘large 4’ groups.
Each membership throughout each divisions was supplied the possibility to participate. The complete checklist of golf equipment whose dwelling video games will likely be included within the trial are:
It follows a four-club trial that started within the second half of final season, enabling followers to drink from the stands the second-tier golf equipment Birmingham Metropolis, Bristol Metropolis, Newcastle United and Southampton, which noticed 19 league fixtures included. No security incidents had been reported from any of these video games. A subsequent fan survey discovered that 66% had been in assist of the trial going forwards, the league have stated.
Ingesting in view of the pitch is prohibited in males’s skilled football in England and Wales, beneath the Sporting Occasions (Management of Alcohol and so on.) Act of 1985, however the girls’s skilled recreation will not be coated by that laws.
The WSL golf equipment included are:
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Arsenal (Emirates Stadium)
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Chelsea (Kingsmeadow & Stamford Bridge)*
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Everton (Goodison Park)
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Liverpool (St Helens & Anfield)
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London Metropolis Lionesses (Hayes Lane)*
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Manchester Metropolis (Joie Stadium)
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Manchester United (Leigh Sports activities Village & Previous Trafford)
The WSL2 golf equipment included are:
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Birmingham Metropolis (St Andrew’s)
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Bristol Metropolis (Ashton Gate)
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Crystal Palace (Sutton United)
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Newcastle United (St James’ Park)*
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Sheffield United (Bramall Lane)
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Sunderland (Stadium of Gentle)
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Southampton (St Mary’s Stadium)
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Jonathan Liew
“There’s a counterfactual historical past of England’s Euro 2025 to be written through which Chloe Kelly doesn’t submit her astonishing social media tirade in opposition to Manchester Metropolis on the finish of January. Through which she doesn’t get the transfer to Arsenal that rescues her profession, doesn’t win again her England place, doesn’t rescue the quarter-final in opposition to Sweden or rating the profitable purpose in opposition to Italy. And – fairly frankly – it’s a historical past through which England’s gamers are watching Sunday’s final from their sofas…”
The officers for Sunday’s final had been introduced final night time:
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Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
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Assistant referees: Camille Soriano, Francesca di Monte
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Fourth official: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi
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Reserve assistant referee: Susanne Küng
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VAR: Willy Delajod
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Assistant VAR: Christian Dingert
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VAR supervisor: Dennis Higler
Keira Walsh has stated she hopes Spain’s gamers are capable of “simply benefit from the recreation of football” once they face England within the Euro 2025 final on Sunday after their World Cup final victory two years in the past was overshadowed by Luis Rubiales’s actions afterwards.
Reflecting on England’s 2023 World Cup final defeat to Spain, Keira Walsh stated: “Clearly it was an enormous disappointment. From a collective we in all probability really feel like we didn’t have our greatest efficiency that day. However as a football participant you may turn out to be too emotional and in case you pull an excessive amount of on that then you definitely may be too emotional. This can be a new recreation, new staff, we all know what we deliver on this event so we’re going to maintain doing that and give attention to the positives, not attempt and draw on that an excessive amount of.
“Clearly we give it some thought a bit bit however, for us, we’ll put it to the facet and give attention to Sunday. As I stated, we’ve obtained so many new gamers on this staff who’re actually assured and can deliver so many new issues to this staff which is thrilling, so we are able to simply give attention to the positives.”
On the rivalry between England and Spain, Keira Walsh stated: “It’s a rivalry. There may be respect between the groups and they play unimaginable football. We all know that we are able to do on our day as effectively so it’s going to be an thrilling recreation and hopefully it’s an excellent one for the followers to look at.”
England midfielder Keira Walsh spoke to the media yesterday to preview Sunday’s final. She stated: “There’s loads of respect between each the groups. I believe a very powerful factor for them is that they’ll take pleasure in this final. There’s no controversy surrounding it. The ladies should be there, they play unimaginable football. So first and foremost, for them as human beings is that they’ll go on the market and truly take pleasure in this recreation.”
England can have had one restoration day greater than Spain when Sunday’s final arrives. Might that enhance their probabilities of profitable the European title once more?
Tom Garry has regarded into it…
WSL2 fixtures introduced
The 2025-26 fixtures for the WSL2 – previously often known as the Girls’s Championship – have additionally been launched. Listed below are the video games happening on the opening weekend of the marketing campaign, beginning September 5:
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Sheffield United v Sunderland (5/9)
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Southampton v Ipswich (6/9)
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Birmingham v Bristol Metropolis (7/9)
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Charlton v Crystal Palace (7/9)
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Nottingham Forest v Newcastle (7/9)
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Portsmouth v Durham (7/9)
Listed below are the WSL video games scheduled for the final week of the season, set to happen on the sixteenth or seventeenth Might 2026:
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Brighton v Tottenham
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Chelsea v Manchester United
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Everton v Leicester
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Liverpool v Arsenal
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London Metropolis Lionesses v Aston Villa
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West Ham v Manchester Metropolis
Tom Garry
Sky Sports activities is meaning to schedule nearly all of its live Girls’s Tremendous League matches at midday on Sundays within the new season, the Guardian understands, because the division seeks to determine a brand new common slot.
WSL fixtures introduced
The WSL fixtures for the 2025-26 season have been introduced this morning. Listed below are the video games happening on the opening weekend of the marketing campaign, beginning September 5:
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Chelsea v Manchester Metropolis (5/9)
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Arsenal v London Metropolis Lionesses (6/9)
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Brighton v Aston Villa (7/9)
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Liverpool v Everton (7/9)
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Manchester United v Leicester (7/9)
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Tottenham v West Ham (7/9)
Preamble
The countdown to the Euro 2025 final is on. There are simply two days to go earlier than England tackle Spain in Basel. Preparations for the showpiece occasion are underway with each groups set for his or her penultimate coaching periods. I’ll be bringing you all of the latest from Switzerland all through the day, together with news and transfer updates from the broader football world.
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