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𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥

FT: Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea

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Talking points as Chelsea held to shock draw by Liverpool - The Halfway Line
It was the upset of the season so far as bottom-place Liverpool held WSL title-holders Chelsea to a 1-1 draw.
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November 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭

FT: Man City 3-0 Man United

United Outpaced and Outpowered, City Expose Squad Depth in Derby Defeat.

#MCFC #MUFC #BarclaysWSL

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Talking Points as Man City expose United in derby day rout - The Halfway Line
Man City claim bragging rights over their direct rivals as they dominantly cruise past United in a 3-0 victory at the Etihad.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐒𝐋 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡

The Chelsea boss described the Liverpool manager as "a really good coach" as the two sides prepare to go head-to-head.

#BarclaysWSL #CFCW

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Sonia Bompastor praises Gareth Taylor ahead of WSL clash - The Halfway Line
Sonia Bompastor praises Liverpool head coach Gareth Taylor as the two sides prepare to meet this weekend in the WSL.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 '𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐦 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞' 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞́𝐞 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬

The #AWFC boss speaks on key Gunners absentees ahead of the north London derby in the #BarclaysWSL

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Arsenal 'miss Kim Little' admits head coach Renée Slegers - The Halfway Line
Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers says her side are feeling the absence of captains Kim Little and Leah Williamson after tough midweek loss.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 '𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞' 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐲

Spurs head coach Martin Ho expects a fire against fire clash with Arsenal

#THFC #BarclaysWSL

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Martin Ho: Tottenham prepared for 'intense' north London derby - The Halfway Line
Tottenham head coach Martin Ho hopes for a game of "fire against fire" in this weekend's north London derby.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝'𝐬 '𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫'

The Red Devils boss says he is 'buzzing' that Man City 'didn't want her'

#MUFC #BarclaysWSL

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Marc Skinner heralds Jess Park as Manchester United's 'superstar' - The Halfway Line
Marc Skinner says Manchester United focus on exploiting Manchester City’s defense ahead of Saturday’s WSL derby.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥

🔎 Match analysis as Gunners left stunned in Munich

FT: Bayern Munich 3-2 Arsenal

#UWCL #AWFC

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Talking points as Bayern stage epic comeback victory over Arsenal - The Halfway Line
Bayern Munich staged an epic comeback to defeat Arsenal 3-2 in the UEFA Women's Champions League, leaving the Gunners with one win in three.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞́𝐞 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 '𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞-𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠' 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦

More details on the #AWFC leadership group below 👇

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Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers confirms group of club captains - The Halfway Line
Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers has confirmed the details of the side's leadership group, including a co-captain surprise.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞́𝐞 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐂𝐋 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡

The Gunners boss has urged for greater investment into injury research after news of Katie Reid's ACL injury

#AWFC #UWCL

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Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers calls for more ACL research - The Halfway Line
Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers urges for more investment and research into ACL prevention following the club's recent injury cluster.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞

FT: St Pölten 0-6 Chelsea

#UWCL #CFCW

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St Pölten 0-6 Chelsea: Blues cruise to victory in Champions League - The Halfway Line
Chelsea returned to winning ways in an emphatic 6-0 victory over St. Pölten in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 '𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭' 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐖𝐂𝐋 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡

Hear from the Blues boss and Keira Walsh ahead of tonight's European meeting with St Pölten.

#UWCL #CFCW

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Sonia Bompastor 'fully confident' in Chelsea ahead of UWCL clash - The Halfway Line
Sonia Bompastor says Chelsea must be efficient in Tuesday's UEFA Women's Champions League meeting with St Pölten.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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𝐊𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐣𝐢’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧

🔎 Match Analysis from Liverpool 1-1 Brighton

Liverpool's winless streak continues to spiral & Vidošić has Kafaji to thank for the point 👇

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Liverpool 1-1 Brighton: Kafaji's rescue act denies Reds first win - The Halfway Line
Rosa Kafaji denied Liverpool their first win of the WSL season as Brighton & Hove Albion secure a point on the road.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐰 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞

🔎 Match Analysis from Everton 1-2 Man City

Brian Sørensen's hope in defeat and Andrée the Great 👇

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Everton 1-2 Man City: Shaw supreme as Cityzens go top of the table - The Halfway Line
Man City claim top spot in the Women's Super League (WSL) standings as Shaw and Miedema secure three points over Everton.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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𝐎’𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡

🔎 Match analysis from West Ham 1-1 Leicester

Leicester finally benefiting from depth & Irons all bark no bite 👇

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West Ham 1-1 Leicester: O'Brien steals point for Foxes at the death - The Halfway Line
A late Shannon O’Brien equaliser rescued a point on the road for Leicester City, with West Ham banking their first of the WSL season.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐋𝐂𝐋 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬

🔎 Match analysis from London City 4-2 Tottenham

A game for the 10s & Godfrey's coming out party 👇

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London City 4-2 Tottenham: Godfrey excels as LCL shine in chaos - The Halfway Line
A thrilling back-and-forth contest in South London saw London City Lionesses take home all three points in a game full of excellent goals.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 '𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲' 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

🗣️ The Chelsea head coach spoke to the media following a 1-1 draw with Arsenal at the Emirates.

#BarclaysWSL
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Sonia Bompastor urges 'focus on the quality' of the teams - The Halfway Line
Chelsea head coach Sonia Bompastor urged for 'focus on the quality we have on both teams' as opposed to the officiating.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐬 ‘𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥’

🗣️Renée Slegers spoke to the media after her side's 1-1 draw against Chelsea at the Emirates.

#BarclaysWSL
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Renée Slegers: Arsenal players used controversy as 'positive fuel' - The Halfway Line
Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers has stated that her side used the controversial decisions as 'positive fuel' to get a draw against Chelsea.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐒𝐋 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚

🔎Talking points as Miri Taylor claimed victory for the Villans on the road

#AVFC #MUFC

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Man United suffer first defeat of WSL season at hands of Aston Villa - The Halfway Line
The Red Devils stumble as Aston Villa stole a narrow 1-0 victory over Man United on the road in the Women's Super League.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭

FT Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea

#BarclaysWSL
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Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea: Player ratings as Russo rescues late point - The Halfway Line
Chelsea and Arsenal had to settle for a draw in a controversial, all action London derby at the Emirates on Saturday afternoon.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞 ‘𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤’

The Chelsea boss said she is "used to and comfortable with" pressure ahead of the London derby.

#CFCW #AWFC #BarclaysWSL

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Bompastor says big games like Arsenal are 'why we come to work' - The Halfway Line
Chelsea and Arsenal finished first and second in last year’s WSL table, only adding fuel to the burning fire of their rivalry.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 ‘𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲’ 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞́𝐞 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬

The Gunners boss says she has "huge respect" for Sonia Bompastor's side ahead of the London derby.

#AWFC #BarclaysWSL

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Arsenal 'have to be ready' to face Chelsea says Renée Slegers - The Halfway Line
Ahead of Arsenal’s clash with Chelsea on Saturday, Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers says she has a lot of respect for the Blues.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝

A number of Irish WSL players did not wear a poppy last weekend and received abuse online, this must end writes @tom-maher-tm.bsky.social ✍️

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Irish players have taken a principled stance, now they need to be protected - The Halfway Line
This weekend a number of Irish players in both the WSL and WSL 2 took the decision not to wear a poppy embroidered shirt.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖

Let the team catch you up on all the latest from the WSL as Blackstenius boosts the Gunners!

Also hear updates from the WSL 2, NWSL, and of course enjoy another highly-anticipated round of 'goalless'.

#BarclaysWSL #NWSL #WSL2
November 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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𝐅𝐮𝐣𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚

FT: Manchester City 1-0 West Ham

#BarclaysWSL
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Manchester City 2-0 West Ham: Fujino finish helps City keep pace - The Halfway Line
Manchester City kept up the pace with Chelsea at the top of the WSL with a solid, if unconvincing 1-0 win over West Ham United.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧 ‘𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞’

🗣️Bompastor on Earps and Hampton, “I just think one of them is class, and Hannah [Hampton] is the class one.”

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Bompastor labels Earps comments on Hampton 'not acceptable' - The Halfway Line
Sonia Bompastor has labelled Mary Earps' comments about Hannah Hampton and Sarina Wiegman "not acceptable."
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November 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM