Cissoko was red carded during West Ham’s win over Villa on Saturday West Ham’s Hawa Cissoko has reportedly received racist abuse and threats over social media following her sending off against Aston Villa on Saturday. Cissoko saw red in the closing stages of the WSL game after throwing a punch at Villa’s Sarah Mayling. The […]

3 years ago

It comes after Sam Kerr became the first female player to feature on the global cover of the game Women’s Super League (WSL) clubs are set to feature on the latest instalment of the EA Sports FIFA game for the first time in history.  As well as clubs in England, teams from France’s top-flight league will […]

4 years ago

Chelsea and Manchester City were interested in the rebrand The Football Association (FA) have reportedly rejected a £150million offer from a private equity company to form a rebranded Women’s Super League next campaign. As reported by the Daily Mail, a number of top sides – including champions Chelsea and Manchester City – were interested in […]

4 years ago

Only two of the 22 players featured were of ethnic minorities The Football Association (FA) has apologised after several players in the Women’s Super League expressed their anger at the lack of diversity in a video to promote International Women’s Day. Only two of the 22 players featuring in the video – Chelsea’s Sam Kerr […]

4 years ago

Something needs to be done about this Some footballers in the Women’s Super League are earning as little as £20,000 a year, with some of the top paid players earning 50 times less than male professionals. As revealed by The Telegraph, many salaries in the WSL are as low as £20,000 per annum, plus bonuses, across […]

4 years ago

Unlike in the men’s game, he cannot be charged for pitch invading The pitch invader who was barged to the floor by Chelsea’s Sam Kerr during the Blues’ Champions League tie against Juventus last week cannot be charged as the legislation only applies to “designated matches”. Australian forward Kerr was cheered by the crowd as […]

4 years ago