D1 Arkema: teams qualifying for the UWCL 2022/23 are now known

Following matchday 19 out of 22, we now know the three French teams that have qualified for the UEFA Women’s Champions League season 2022/23

Olympique Lyonnais, Paris Saint-Germain and Paris Football Club will represent France in next season’s tournament. It is a welcomed returned for Paris FC who last qualified back in 2011/12 when they were a semi-professional team named Juvisy. They were absorbed by Paris FC as they could not cope with the financial pressure as women’s football started to work towards professional football and their set-up was not allowing them to compete any more.

With three games to play Lyon have 55 points, Paris Saint-Germain have 50 points and Paris FC have 44 points. It means, the teams are extremely likely to finish in the current standing meaning Lyon would qualify directly for the Group stage as champions, PSG for the qualifying round 2 and PFC for the qualifying round 1.

In theory, France could even have two teams going straight to the group stage, if the 2021/22 Champions League winner is French and does not win the D1 Arkema ie PSG win the Champions League and Lyon wins the D1 Arkema. This is unlikely because Barcelona are extremely strong.

The title race is also a done deal because Lyon only need one point out of three games to be crowned champions. Should Lyon and Paris SG finish level on points, the first tie-breaker is head to head result. And there it is, Lyon beat Paris SG 6-1 on matchday 8. The game came straight after the Hamraoui attack. The turmoil that ensued with the Diallo arrest and all the other players partners and agents being accused along a famous world cup runner-up cheating on his wife with Hamraoui meant that PSG were not in good shape going into the game, and it showed. Paris SG will not beat Lyon by six goals unless something unusual happens.

In the race for the runner-up place, Paris SG need three points in three games because they have the head to head results having won four points in the games against Paris FC versus one point.

At the bottom of the table, five teams are fighting to avoid one of the two relegation places. Guingamp, Dijon, Issy, Soyaux and St-Etienne. Dijon and Issy lost to Bordeaux and PSG, two expected results. Guingamp had a huge 3-1 win at St-Etienne. It puts them four points clear of Soyaux, currently in the relegation place and eight points clear of St- Etienne who are at the bottom of the table and very likely to go down now. Soyaux lost at home to Reims to stay rooted to the second relegation place and they trail Dijon and Issy by three points now.

A key postponed game will be played today with St-Etienne at home to Dijon. Any other result that a win would leave St-Etienne in huge trouble and needing nine points in the last three games.

The teams coming up from the D2 will be Rodez who won group B last Sunday and in Group A, it will be either Nantes, Le Havre or Lille. Those are three historic men club who have started investing money in their women’s team. Le Havre are at home to Nantes on Sunday in what could be the title decider.

The upcoming three matchdays in D1 will be exciting and it is shame that the FFF has not managed to get more exposure to the League around the world.

D1 Feminine naming rights extended until 2025

The FFF and Arkema have extended their partnership that started back in 2019 for another three years.

As revealed by l’Equipe the new contract is worth 1 200 000€ per season a 20% increase from the previous one. There is no doubt that the D1 Feminine is an undervalued product that is not well marketed although its tv rights are now world around the world with ATA broadcasting games online in many countries or even on tv like BT Sport in England.

The French sports paper also mentions that all 12 D1 Feminine teams will therefore receive around 100 000€ per season as well as a one off payment this season valued at 50 0000€ in order to them structure their clubs and invest on youth teams.

FA WSL Winter 2022 transfer window

Arsenal

In: Stina Blackstenius (Hacken), Laura Wienroither (Hoffenheim), Rafaelle Souza (Changchun Zhuoyue)

Out: Anna Patten (Aston Villa – loan), Halle Houssein (West-Ham – loan), Teyah Goldie (Watford –loan), Natalia Negri (Charlton – loan), Daisy Ackerman (Bridgewater – loan), Viki Schnaderbeck ( Tottenham – loan), Malin Gut (Grasshoper Zurich), Alex Hennessy (Crystal Palace – loan)


Chelsea

In: Alsu Abdullina (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Out: Jorja Fox (Charlton – loan), Carly Telford (San Diego Wave)


Tottenham

In: Eveliina Summanen (Kristianstads), Viktoria Schnaderbeck (Arsenal – loan)

Out: Morgan Rogers (Watford – loan), Silva Flores (Ipswich – loan)


Man United

In: Diane Caldwell (NC Courage), Jade Moore (Orlando Pride), Signe Bruun ( Olympique Lyonnais – loan)

Out:


Brighton

In: Emma Kullberg (BK Hacken), Julia Zigiotti Olme (BK Hacken)

Out: Rinsola Babajide ( end of loan – Liverpool), Josie Longhurst (Lewes – loan), Lea Cordier ( Lewes – loan), Katie Robinson ( Charlton – loan)


Man City

In: Julie Blakstad (Rosenborg)

Out: Jill Scott (Aston Villa – loan), Maria Francis- Jones ( Blackburn- loan)


West Ham

In: Emma Snerle (Fortuna Hjorring). Emily Moore (UBC Thunderbirds), Halle Houssein (Arsenal – loan)

Out:


Reading

In: Saane Troelsgaard (Rosengard),

Out: Jeon Ga-Eul


Everton

In:

Out: Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir  (Bayern Munich – loan)


Aston Villa

In: Anna Patten (Arsenal – loan), Jill Scott (Man City – loan), Rachel Corsie (KC Current)

Out: Gemma Davison, Dearna Goodwin (Leicester – loan), Freya Gregory (Leicester – loan), Natalie Haigh ( Coventry – loan), Emily Syme, Elisha N’Dow (Coventry – loan)


Leicester

In: Dearna Goodwin (Aston Villa – loan), Freya Gregory (Aston Villa – loan), Cj Bott ( free agent)

Out: Abbi Grant (Glasgow City – loan), Zajmi


Birmingham

In:

Out:

FA WC Winter 2021 transfer window

Sheffield United

In: Rebbeca Rayner ( Nottingham Forest)

Out: Veatriki Sarri ( Birmingham)

Coventry United

In: Georgia Stevens (Thor/Ka), Anna Wilcox, Olivia Clark

Out:

Crystal Palacec

In: Kirsty Barton ( Brighton – loan)

Out:

London Bees

In: Sophie Quirk ( Reading – loan)

Out:

Leicester City

In: Sophie Harris ( Watford)

Out:

FA WSL Winter 2021 transfer window

The transfer window for professional players is open from the 1 January to 28 January 21


Confirmed transfers
Extended contracts
Possible deals

Chelsea

In : Zecira Musovic ( FC Rosengard)

Out : Maria Thorisdottir ( Man United), Charlotte Fleming (Leicester – loan), Emily Muprhy ( Birmingham- loan)

Manchester City

In :  Abby Dhalkemper ( NC Courage)

Out : Jill Scott ( Everton -loan)

Arsenal

In  :  Anna Patten ( University of South Carolina)

Out   : 

Manchester United

In : Maria Thorisdottir ( Chelsea)

Out   : Abbie McManus ( Tottenham – loan), Lotta Oqvist ( Goteborg FC)

Reading

In  

Out : Sophie Quirk ( London Bees- loan), Kiera Skeels ( Bristol – loan)

Tottenham

In : Alanna Kennedy ( transfert – Orlando Pride), Shelina Zadosky ( transfert – Orlando Pride), Cho So-Yun ( West Ham – loan), Abbie McManus ( Man United – loan)

Out : Alex Morgan ( end of loan – Orlando Pride), Elisha Sulola ( Charlton -loan)

Everton

In : Claire Emslie ( transfert – Orlando Pride), Jill Scott (Man City – loan)

Out : Damaris Egurrola ( Olympique Lyonnais)

West Ham

In : Emily Van Egmond ( transfer – Orlando Pride), Dagny Brynjarsdottir (Selfloss)

Out : Rachel Daly ( end of loan Houston Dash), Cho So-Yun ( Tottenham – loan), Alisha Lehmann ( Everton -loan), Ruby Grant (UNC)

Brighton

In  :

Out  : Denise O’ Sullivan ( end of loan – NC Courage), Kirsty Barton ( loan – Crystal Palace)

Bristol

In : Molly Pike ( Everton – loan), Kiera Skeels ( Reading – Loan)

Out : Chloe Logarzo ( Kansas City)

Birmingham City

In : Veatriki Sarri ( Sheffield United), Ruesha Littlejohn ( Leicester), Emily Murphy (Chelsea -loan)

Out : Destiny Toussaint ( Coventry), Rachel Corsie ( Kansas City – end of loan)

Aston Villa

In : Mana Iwabuchi ( INAC Kobe), Olivia McLoughlin

Out :

FA WSL Summer 2020 transfer window

The transfer window for professional players was open from the 19 June to 10 September 20

This week’s transfers
Confirmed transfers
Extended contracts
Possible deals

Chelsea

In 4 : Melanie Leupolz ( FC Bayern), Niamh Charles ( Liverpool), Charlotte Fleming, Jessie Fleming ( UCLA), Bethany England, Guro Reiten, Millie Bright, Pernille Harder (Vfl Wolfsburg)

Out 5 : Adelina Engman ( MHSC), Deanna Cooper (Reading), Anita Asante ( Aston Villa), Ramona Bachmann ( PSG), Jamie-Lee Napier (Birmingham – loan)

Manchester City

In 5 :  Esme Morgan ( end of loan – Everton), Megan Campbell, Jill Scott, Karima Benameur, Chloe Kelly ( Everton), Gemma Bonner, Sam Mewis ( NC Courage), Rose Lavelle ( OL Reign), Lucy Bronze (Olympique Lyonnais), Alex Greenwood ( Olympique Lyonnais),

Out 5 : Pauline Bremer ( Wolfsburg), Tessa Wullaert (Anderlecht), Lee Geum-min (Brighton – loan), Matilde Fidalgo ( Benfica), Emma Bissell ( Bristol), Tyler Toland ( Glasgow City – loan)

Arsenal

In  5 :  Emma Mitchell ( end of loan – Tottenham), Frances Stenson ( end of loan – Blackburn), Viktoria Schnaderbeck, Stephanie Catley (OL Reign), Malin Gut (Grasshopper Zurich), Lydia Williams ( Melbourne City), Noelle Maritz ( Wolfsburg), Lotte Wubben-Moy ( UNC)

Out 8  :  Ruby Grant (West Ham), Louise Quinn ( ACF Fiorentina), Pauline Peyraud-Magnin (Athletico Madrid), Katrin Veje ( FC Rosengard), Emma Mitchell ( Reading), Danielle Carter ( Reading), Melisa Filis ( London Bees), Silvana Flores (Chelsea)

Manchester United

In 6 : Mollie Green ( end of loan – Sheffield), Emily Ramsey ( end of loan – Sheffield), Kirsty Hanson, Amy Turner, Jess Sigsworth, Ella Toone, Lucy Staniforth ( Birmingham), Ona Battle ( Levante), Ivana Fuso ( FC Basel), Martha Harris, Fran Bentley, Kirsty Smith, Tobin Heath ( Portland Thorns ), Christen Press ( Utah Royals), Alessia Russo( UNC)

Out 6  : Aurora Mikalsen (Tottenham), Aimee Palmer ( Bristol), Lizzie Arnot ( Glasgow Rangers), Siobhan Chamberlain ( retirement), Mollie Green ( Birmingham City), Fran Bentley ( Blackburn – loan)

Reading

In 6  : Maxine Bennink ( end of loan – Brighton), Charlie Estcourt ( end of loan – Charlton), Lily Woodham ( end of loan – Charlton), Danielle Carter ( Arsenal), Emma Mitchell ( Arsenal), Deanna Cooper (Chelsea), Natasha Harding, Lily Woodham, Kiera Skeels, Erin Nayler (Bordeaux), Jessica Fishlock (OL Reign- loan), Jeon Ga-Eul ( Bristol)

Out 11: Jade Moore ( Orlando Pride), Sophie Howard ( Leicester), Mayumi Pacheco (West Ham), Charlie Estcourt (London Bees), Millie Farrow (Leicester), Jo Potter, Maxine Bennink (PEC Zwolle), Remi Allen (Leicester), Rachel Laws ( Liverpool), Lisa Marie Utland ( Rosenborg), Mia Cruickshank ( West Ham)

Tottenham

In 6 : Megan Wynne ( end of loan – Bristol), Rianna Dean, Anna Filbey, Ashley Neville, Rebecca Spencer, Josie Green, Gemma Davison, Kerys Harrop ( Birmingham), Rachel Williams ( Birmingham), Aurora Mikalsen ( Man United), Alanna Kennedy ( Orlando Pride – loan), Shelina Zadorsky ( Orlando Pride – loan), Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride )

Out 5 : Emma Mitchell ( end of loan – Arsenal), Sophie McLean (London Bees), Chloe Morgan ( Crystal Palace), Coral-Jade Haines ( Crystal Palace), Megan Wynne (Bristol), Jenna Schillacci ( retirement)

Everton

In 7 : Georgia Brougham ( end of loan – Birmingham), Tinja-Riika Korpela, Danielle Turner, Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah, Abbey Leigh-Stringer, Hayley Raso, Poppy Pattinson ( Bristol), Ingrid Moe Wold ( Madrid CFF), Nicoline Sorensen ( Brondby), Rikke Sevecke ( FC Fleury), Valerie Gauvin ( Montpellier), Claire Emslie (Orlando Pride – loan), Damaris Egurrola ( Athletic Bilbao), – (Fylkir)

Out 10 : Inessa Kaagman (Brighton), Hannah Cain (Leicester), Kirstie Levell ( Leicester), Taylor Hinds (Liverpool), Esme Morgan ( end of loan – Man City), Chloe Kelly (Manchester City), Georgia Brougham ( Birmingham – loan), Hannah Coan ( Sheffield -loan), Elise Hughes ( Blackburn – loan), Kika van Es ( FC Twente)

West Ham

In 9 : Kenza Dali, Gilly Flaherty, Adriana Leon, Alisha Lehmann, Cho So-Hyun, Mackenzie Arnold ( Brisbane Roar), Mayumi Pacheco ( Reading), Katerina Svitkova (Slavia Praha), Hawa Cissokho ( Soyaux), Nor Mustafa ( Eskiltuna), Ruby Grant ( Arsenal), Emily Van Egmond ( Orlando Pride – loan),  Mia Cruickshank ( Reading), Rachel Daly ( Houston Dash – loan)

Out 10 : Katharina Banauch ( retirement), Anna Moorhouse (FC Girondins de Bordeaux), Tessel Middag (ACF Fiorentina), Esme De Graaf (Leicester), Vyan Sampson ( San Marino Academy), Ruesha Littlejohn (Leicester), Olivia Smith ( London Bees), Julia Simic ( AC Milan), Filippa Wallen ( Apollon Limassol), Jacyntha Galabadaarachchi (Napoli)

Brighton

In  7 : Sophie Harris ( end of loan – Lewes), Danielle Bowman, Kirsty Barton, Jodie Brett, Emily Simpkins, Laura Rafferty, Victoria Williams, Ellie Brazil, Rianna Jarrett, Fliss Gibbons, Danique Kerkdijk, Aileen Whelan, Beth Roe, Megan Connolly, Kayleigh Green, Katie Startup ( Charlton), Katie Robinson ( Bristol), Nora Heroum ( AC Milan), Inessa Kaagman ( Everton), Lee Geum-min (Man City -loan), Rebekah Stott ( Melbourne City), Denise O’ Sullivan ( NC Courage – loan), 

Out  13 : Maxine Bennink ( end of loan – Reading), Sophie Harris ( Watford), Ini Umotong ( Vaxjo), Kate Natkiel ( Crystal Palace), Fern Whelan (retirement), Amanda Nilden( Eskiltuna), Lea Le Garrec (FC Fleury), Matilde Lundorf ( Juventus), Laura Hartley ( Lewes), Ellie Hack ( Lewes), Laura Rafferty ( Bristol – loan), Katie Startup ( Charlton – loan), Bethan Roe ( Charlton – loan)

Bristol

In 8 : Ella Rutherford ( end of loan – Leicester), Carla Humphrey, Ebony Salmon, Gemma Evans, Florence Allen, Ella Mastrantonio ( Western Sydney Wanderers), Faye Bryson, Aimee Palmer ( Man Utd), Georgia Wilson, Megan Wynne ( Tottenham), Jemma Purfield ( Liverpool), Emma Bissell ( Man City), Benedicte Haaland ( Lugano), Laura Rafferty ( Brighton – loan)

Out 8 : Megan Wynne ( end of loan – Tottenham), Poppy Pattinson ( Everton), Olivia Chance (Sheffield United), Katie Robinson (Brighton), Jeon Ga-Eul ( Reading), Eartha Cumings (Charlton), Frankie Brown, Lauren Dykes (Cardiff City ), Ella Rutherford ( Charlton)

Birmingham City

In 6: Lucy Whipp, Christie Murray ( Liverpool), Rachel Corsie ( Utah Royals – loan), Chloe McCarron ( Linfield), Mollie Green ( Manchester United), Georgia Brougham ( Everton  – loan), Destiny Toussaint ( unattached), Daniela Kosinka ( Stoke City- dual signing)

Out 8: Brianna Visalli ( Houston Dash), Georgia Brougham ( end of loan – Everton), Adrienne Jordan ( OL Reign),  Alex Brooks (Blackburn), Lucy Staniforth ( Manchester Utd), Chloe Arthur ( Aston Villa), Kerys Harrop ( Tottenham), Rachel Williams ( Tottenham)

Aston Villa

In 7 : Asmita Ale, Elisha N’Dow, Jodie Hutton, Amy West, Shania Hayles, Emma Follis, Sian Rogers, Nat Haigh, Ella Franklin, Nadine Hanssen, Sophie Haywood, Emily Syme, Marisa Ewers, Chloe Arthur ( Birmingham), Anita Asante ( Chelsea), Diana Silva ( Sporting Portugal), Lisa Weiss ( Olympique Lyonnais), Caroline Siems ( Turbine Potsdam), Ramona Petzelberger (SGS Essen), Stine Larsen ( FC Fleury 91), Charlotte Clarke ( Derby County – dual signing)

Out 9: Jade Richards ( Blackburn), Kerri Welsh, Alice Hassall ( Coventry), Phoebe Warner (Coventry), Mel Johnson (Sheffield United), Charlotte Greengrass ( Nottingham Forest), Sophie Maierhofer (MSV Duisburg), Daniela Kosinska (Stopke City), Ashlee Brown ( Coventry)

FA WC Summer 2020 transfer window

The transfer window was open for professional contracts from the 19 June to 10 September 20, non contracted players can move at any time

This week’s transfers
Confirmed transfers
Extended contracts
Possible deals

Liverpool

In  :  Missy Bo Kearns ( end of loan – Blackburn), Rihannon Roberts, Niamh Fahey, Rinsola Babajide, Leigh-Anne Robe, Kirsty Linnett, Amy Rodgers, Rachel Laws ( Reading), Taylor Hinds ( Everton), Amalie Thestrup (AS Roma), Meikeyla Moore ( MSV Duisburg)

Out  : Courtney Sweetman-Kirk (Sheffield United), Anke Preuss ( Vittsjo), Christie Murray (Birmingham), Fran Kitching ( Sheffield), Niamh Charles ( Chelsea), Jemma Purfield ( Bristol)

Sheffield United

In : Katie Wilkinson, Jade Pennock, Maddy Cusack, Kasia Lipka, Alethea Paul and Rhema Lord-Mears, Veatriki Sarri, Chloe Dixon, Rebecca Flaherty, Emily Batty, Naomi Hartley, Leandra Little, Keri Matthews, Lucy Watson, Mel Johnson ( Aston Villa), Eloise Wilson ( London Bees), Sophie Walton ( Nottingham Forest), Nathalie Johnson ( Leicester), Fran Kitching ( Liverpool), Charley Docherty, Ali Johnson, Hannah Coan ( Everton – loan), Olivia Chance ( Bristol), Courtney Sweetman-Kirk ( Liverpool)

Out : Mollie Green ( end of loan – Manchester United), Emily Ramsey ( end of loan – Manchester United), Sophie Barker (Leicester), Izzy Ford ( South Alabama), Samantha Tierney (Leicester), Olivia Fergusson ( Leicester)

Durham Women

In: Emily Roberts, Nicki Gears, Sarah Wilson, Mollie Lambert ( Sunderland), Rebecca Salicki, Beth Hepple, Bridget Galloway ( Sunderland), Ellie Christon, Kathryn Hill, Sarah Robson, Megan Borthwick, Iris Achterhof, Abbie Holmes, Molly Sharpe

Out: Eleanor Dale, Danielle Cox

London City Lionesses

In:  Allison Murphy ( UMF Sefloss), Shae Yanez ( Santa Teresa), Lilly Pursey ( Chelsea), Hailey Nolan, Atlanta Primus ( California State University)

Out: Vyan Sampson ( West Ham – end of loan), Vanessa Susanna, Charlotte Gurr

London Bees:

In: Sarah Quantrill, Megan Alexander, Hayley West, Georgia Roberts, Lauren Pickett, Billie Brooks, Bonnie Horwood, Brooke Nunn, Courtnay Ward-Chambers, Georgina Giddings, Nicola Gibson, Mathilda Finburgh, Mollie Dench, Florence Gamby, Amelia Hazard, Merrick Will, Faye Hazelton, Evie Gane, Millie Constantine, Sophie McLean ( Tottenham), Charlie Estcourt (Reading), Marianne Taho ( Arsenal), Olivia Smith ( West Ham), Melisa Filis ( Arsenal), Nikita Whinnett,

Out:  Eloise Wilson ( Sheffield United), Taylor O’Leary, Connie Forman, Mollie Dench ( QPR -loan)

Leicester City

In: Kirstie Levell ( Everton), Sophie Howard ( Reading), Samantha Tierney ( Sheffield), Esmee de Graaf (West Ham), Remi Allen (Reading), Sophie Barker (Sheffield), Ruesha Littlejohn ( West Ham), Millie Farrow ( Reading), Natasha Flint (Blackburn), Hannah Cain ( Everton), Olivia Fergusson (Sheffield)

Out: Ella Rutherford ( end of loan – Bristol), Lucy Johnson ( Arizone Sun Devils), Scarlett Field ( WBA), Georgia Popple ( Coventry), Natalie Johnson ( Sheffield United)

Blackburn Rovers

In: Saffron Jordan, Ellie Stewart, Natasha Fenton, Kayleigh McDonalds, Chelsey Jukes, Lauren Thomas, Ellie Fletcher, Ria Montgomery, Georgia Walters, Millie Robertson, Hope Knight, Emma Bradley ( Manchester City), Charlotte Newsham ( Huddersfield Town), Alex Brooks ( Birmingham), Emma Doyle ( Everton), Issy Dean ( Everton), Meg Boydell ( Liverpool), Leah Embley ( Fylde), Fran Bentley ( Manchester United – loan), Jade Richards ( Aston Villa), Elise Hughes ( Everton – loan)

Out: Frances Stenson ( end of loan – Arsenal), Missy Bo Kearns ( end of loan – Liverpool), Natasha Flint ( Leicester), Serena Fletcher ( Huddersfield Town)

Crystal Palace

In: Cherelle Khassal, Amy Goddard, Leeta Rutherford, Amber Stobbs, Amber Gaylor, Chloe Morgan (Tottenham), Ffion Morgan ( Coventry), Georgia Clifford ( Oxford), Bianca Baptiste, Ashleigh Goddard ,Andria Georgiou, Leigh Nicol ( unattached), Coral-Jade Haines ( Tottenham)

Out: Hannah McKenzie ( Oxford), Freya Holdaway, Lucy Gillett, Magda Mosengo, Charlie Goad ( Kent football United – loan)

Lewes

In: Fillipa Savva, Charley Boswell, Paula Howells, Samantha Quayle, Rhian Cleverly, Katie Rood, Emma Jones, Emily Donovan, Sophie O’Rourke, Danielle Lane, Ellie Leek, Ellie Noble, Laura Hartley (Brighton), Ellie Hack ( Brighton), Georgia Timms ( Oxford), Hannah Griffin, Sarah Kempson (Portsmouth), Simran Jahmat ( Coventry), Tatiana Saunders ( Thonon-Evian G)

Out: Sophie Harris ( end of loan- Brighton), Faye Baker, Caitlin Hayes ( Celtic ), Ella Powell (Charlton), Annie Timoney, Jess King ( Charlton)

Coventry United

In: Katy Morris, Helen Dermody, Amber Hughes, Shannon O’ Brien, Susan Wood, Nikki Miles, Georgia Popple ( Leicester), Jenna Roberts, Olivia Clark ( Huddersfield), Alice Hassall ( Aston Villa), Phoebe Warner ( Aston Villa), Ashlee Brown (Aston Villa), Holly Chandler, Alanah Mann, Jodie Whiteman, Maz Gauntlett, Rebecca Anderson, Chelsea Weston, Amy Wathan

Out: Ffion Morgan (Crystal Palace), Simran Jhamat ( Lewes), Sian Johnson

Charlton Women

In: Grace Coombs, Lilli Mapple, Alice Griffiths, Rachel Newborough, Charley Clifford, Ellie Dorey, Ella Powell ( Lewes), Jess King ( Lewes), Jenna Legg, Ciara Watling, Jamie Gotch, Beth Lumsden ( Enfield Town), Rea Laudat, Eartha Cumings ( Bristol), Shauna Vassell ( Arsenal), Ella Rutherford ( Bristol), Bethan Roe ( Charlton – loan)

Out: Charlie Estcourt ( end of loan – Reading), Lily Woodham ( end of loan – Reading), Katie Startup ( Brighton), Riva Casley, Lise Janbu Eide (AAfk Fortuna), Sara Eggesvik, Georgia Evans (Yeovil), Pernille Gardien, Maddie Phillips

The FA WSL champions league places race 06/09

Arsenal climb to the top of the League while Everton and Brighton join them in the Champions League places.

Arsenal defeated Reading 6-1 at home to go top and overtake Manchester City who dropped three places. Everton went second with a 4-0 away victory to Bristol to boost their Champions League contender credential. Although we have to wait and see until they play the other contenders to evaluate them properly. Brighton are in third following their 2-0 win at home to Birmingham.

Manchester City won 2-0 away to Villa, while the other two contenders Chelsea and Manchester United drew 1-1 and therefore dropped two points in the Champions League races.

Up next are West Ham away for the Gunners a tough game and with the home crowd available as it is a fan testing game, it should be very interesting on Saturday night. Everton are at home to Tottenham and it will be a real test for their ambition as Spurs have recuited well this Summer. Brighton are away to title favorite Manchester City, a tough game for the Seagulls. Chelsea will be at home to Bristol and cannot drop a point. Manchester United will be away to Birmingham and looking to consolidate their excellent start of the season.

The FA WSL relegation race 06/09

Reading have replaced Aston Villa at the bottom of the FA WSL table follwing their defeat to Arsenal. Bristol and Birmingham also join the relegation with their defeat and 0 point on board so far.

Reading 6-1 away defeat to Arsenal leave them bottom of the table on goal difference. Bristol City are not far behind with a home defeat to Everton 4-0, while Birmingham recorded a 2-0 defeat away to Brighton. Aston Villa of course were defeated at Villa Park 2-0 on Saturday and were temporarily in the bottom place and climb up three positions.

Coming up next for the bottom four teams are Chelsea v Bristol City, with the title holders needing a win after dropping two points at Manchester United. Not an easy game at all for the Vixens. Reading v Aston Villa. A game were both side will try to get their first point on board and it should ve quite even and open with many goals. Birmingham City v Manchester United. Blues will be looking to get their first point on board against a United side that performed really well to get a point against Chelsea and will see reinforcements add more threat up front, something that they missed last season.

The FA WSL relegation race 05/09

Aston Villa are the first team in the relegation place for the 2020/21 season following their 2-0 home defeat to Manchester City.

They are level on points with ten other sides but have a worse goal difference.

You would expect them to climb up the table tomorrow and leave the relegation place as the other teams will begin their season and one team could be beaten by a higher margin than them.