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Suzy Wrack
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💻 Correspondent for @guardian_sport. 📖 A Woman’s Game. 📖 You Have the Power w. Leah Williamson. 📖 Strong Women. DMs open.
Sat down with the Guardian football of the year 2025, Jess Carter, for this wonderful and insightful interview. Brilliant player, brilliant person, remarkable year on and off the pitch. It could have easily been quadruple the length.

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The Guardian Footballer of the Year Jess Carter: ‘I remember not wanting to go out’
The England defender publicly confronted racist abuse at the Euros and ended 2025 a title winner with club and country
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January 2, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Thoughts on the game? Questions? Comments?
Feel free to email/message Emillia on today's live blog (email link at the top)
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Arsenal v Liverpool: Women’s Super League – live
Minute-by-minute report: The WSL season resumes with Arsenal looking to get their title challenge back on track against the bottom club. Join Emillia Hawkins for updates
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December 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Also, the work that goes into producing the list of knowledgeable judges and getting them on board, then pulling it all together, by @mchristenson.bsky.social and Rich Laverty, is STAGGERING. Very proud to work with people so dedicated to high quality coverage of women’s football.
And the top 10 is in!
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
Remember, see my earlier post about how the list is created, via combined votes of many judges and every judges list will likely look different to the final outcome.

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The 100 best female footballers in the world 2025 – Nos 100-11
Chloe Kelly, Barbra Banda and Klara Bühl have made it between places 40 and 11 as we continue our countdown to the year’s best players
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December 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
And the top 10 is in!
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
Remember, see my earlier post about how the list is created, via combined votes of many judges and every judges list will likely look different to the final outcome.

www.theguardian.com/football/ng-...
The 100 best female footballers in the world 2025 – Nos 100-11
Chloe Kelly, Barbra Banda and Klara Bühl have made it between places 40 and 11 as we continue our countdown to the year’s best players
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
FYI, important to remember how the judging works www.theguardian.com/football/202.... Each judge (ex-players, coaches, journos) ranks their top 40, then that informs the list.
So my top 40, for example, will potentially look very different to the eventual top 40 as it’s combined.
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The top 10 is out soon… here’s 100-11

The 100 best female footballers in the world 2025 – Nos 100-11 www.theguardian.com/football/ng-...
The 100 best female footballers in the world 2025 – Nos 100-11
Chloe Kelly, Barbra Banda and Klara Bühl have made it between places 40 and 11 as we continue our countdown to the year’s best players
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Meet the mother and daughter duo playing on the same team in the FA Cup: ‘It’s surreal’ www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Meet the mother and daughter duo playing on the same team in the FA Cup: ‘It’s surreal’
Football is truly a family affair for Hednesford Town’s Hazzana Parnell and fellow forward Remaya Osbourne
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November 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Beth Mead | ‘If we don’t adapt to climate change, football becomes a privilege, not a right‘ www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Beth Mead: ‘If we don’t adapt to climate change, football becomes a privilege, not a right‘
The Arsenal and England forward is backing new global campaign because talent and teamwork should decide the game – not the climate
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November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
‘They inspire me’: Alessia Russo on empowering young girls and giving back www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘They inspire me’: Alessia Russo on empowering young girls and giving back
The Arsenal and England forward has a new foundation designed to boost girls’ participation in sport and promote female health
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November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
‘It challenges you’: Laila Harbert on playing with boys and her journey from Arsenal to Portland www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘It challenges you’: Laila Harbert on playing with boys and her journey from Arsenal to Portland
Midfielder is preparing for NWSL semi-final on her latest loan and hopes road will lead her to Gunners’ first team, she tells Suzanne Wrack
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November 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Millie Bright: ‘If you can make someone’s life better, why would you not?’ www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Millie Bright: ‘If you can make someone’s life better, why would you not?’
The Chelsea defender talks to Suzanne Wrack about Barcelona, the benefits of taking a breather and joining a campaign to tackle winter loneliness
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November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Can’t beat flying back into my beautiful city.
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Aston Villa’s Natalia Arroyo: ‘There was probably a little coach inside me when I was playing’ www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Aston Villa’s Natalia Arroyo: ‘There was probably a little coach inside me when I was playing’
Natalia Arroyo, Aston Villa Women’s manager, tells Suzanne Wrack about her move to coaching, Barcelona and the injuries that ended her career early
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November 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Arsenal’s Taylor Hinds: ‘I get to play with world-class players and learn from them’ www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Arsenal’s Taylor Hinds: ‘I get to play with world-class players and learn from them’
The left-back tells Suzanne Wrack she is on a roll after signing in the summer from Liverpool and making her England debut against Australia
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November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
It was very hard not to feel hugely emotional watching Afghan Women United compete in the FIFA Unites: Women’s Series during the international break:

‘Never lose hope’: how a new Afghanistan women’s team helps refugees cope with trauma www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘Never lose hope’: how a new Afghanistan women’s team helps refugees cope with trauma
Afghan Women United is comprised of players forced to flee their homeland and is another step in beating barriers
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November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The lads hit it out the park.
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
‘I’m here to learn’: Kendall intent on seizing surprise Lionesses chance www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘I’m here to learn’: Kendall intent on seizing surprise Lionesses chance
After eye-catching showings for Aston Villa, piano-playing psychology student is ready to step up for England duty
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October 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Afghanistan women’s refugee players refused visas for first tournament in UAE www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Afghanistan women’s refugee players refused visas for first tournament in UAE
Afghanistan players travelled to airports to take part in UAE tournament but were told not to board flights and many are said to have felt retraumatised by the experience
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October 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Wiegman tunes out Le Tissier fan noise as England enter low-stakes window www.theguardian.com/football/202...
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you’ve ordered a print from me they’ve all just been dropped at the post office on 48 hour tracked delivery. Donation of profits made to Football Beyond Borders.
October 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Kerstin Casparij | Reaction when I stood up for trans women made me realise I had to do more www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Reaction when I stood up for trans women made me realise I had to do more
Manchester City and Netherlands player explains why she has become an LGBT Foundation patron and the importance of keeping football free of hate
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October 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Went for a walk and talk with referee Emily Heaslip and 🐶 Bonnie ahead of World Mental Health Day (today) to talk about the mental strength required to be a referee, why the do it and how they handle abuse.

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‘Refereeing is addictive’: Emily Heaslip on going from footballer to official and dealing with abuse
The Women’s Super League referee didn’t think a career behind the whistle was for her. She tells Suzanne Wrack why she changed her mind, to mark World Mental Health Day
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October 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
‘You’re like: who am I?’ Katie Chapman on the challenges and danger of football retirement www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘You’re like: who am I?’ Katie Chapman on the challenges and danger of football retirement
Former England international is taking part in a legends match that will raise money for ex-Chelsea players in need of support
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October 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This, though, is my favourite. From a nearby park.
October 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM