Hoping to get the Becky Langley piece out over the weekend. Been an annoyingly busy work week so haven’t quite gotten round to it just yet.

Just seen the Becky Langley news. Wow. Think you can guess the newsletter topic this week…

Enjoying some delicious sandwich cup action

I recognise the situation at Pompey is a bit dire, but if anything illustrates the absolute state the Women's League Cup is in better than this then I'm yet to see it www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2025/oc...

Having a wonderful time with this at the minute www.randomepisode.tv/the-simpsons

Catch up on all the goings on from Sunday's WSL 2 fixtures - including Southampton once again securing South Coast bragging rights - in this week's review! #wsl #wsl2 #woso open.substack.com/pub/thewsl2r...

Charlton have been comfortably second best here, but when you’ve got Jodie Hutton there’s always a chance.

Just got home and put the Charlton vs Blades game on and United score immediately. Feel like I should turn it off now for superstitious purposes.

After this weekend we'll be without WSL 2 football for three weeks. The horror! Savour it while you can and get ready for this Sunday's fixtures with this week's preview on my Substack #wsl #wsl2 #woso open.substack.com/pub/thewsl2r...

5️⃣6️⃣0️⃣ days later, Sheffield United Women have won a home game! So of course, I wrote 2,000 words about the victory over Ipswich that lifts the Blades up the #WSL2 table: womenofsteel.substack.com/p/md5-blades...

Sheffield United won. That is all. The newsletter is live! #WSL #WSL2 #woso open.substack.com/pub/thewsl2r...

It's been an incredibly busy few days and I'm also slightly under the weather, so the newsletter will be dropping a little later than usual today. Hoping for around midday if I can sneak away from actual work for 15-20 to finish it, but it could be this evening if not.

Hearing Blades women are unbelievably back?

Back talking nonsense about one of the most exciting divisions in all of English football. This week's WSL 2 Preview is live as we take a look over all the fixtures coming up this Sunday ⬇️ #wsl #wsl2 #woso open.substack.com/pub/thewsl2r...

I'm assuming Luke Turner will continue to manage the side for the rest of the campaign, but after two straight managerial suspensions for non-footballing reasons this also feels like a great opportunity to hire our first female manager since Carla Ward...

Another weekend of WSL 2 action done and dusted. Read my review of all the results and potential permutations they may bring below ⬇️ #WSL #WSL2 #woso thewsl2review.substack.com/p/tractor-gi...

- Sarri helps see off Newcastle - Palace pick up precious points - Pompey blunt Blades - Sunderland seal six successive league derby wins Read about all this and more in this week's edition of The WSL 2 Review! #wsl2 #womensfootball #woso open.substack.com/pub/thewsl2r...

Sheffield United can’t win games of football

Trying to work out whether Birmingham are just a ridiculously good side for the level or whether Newcastle are actually pretty rubbish at the minute. Leave it with me.

Getting results has been this Blades team’s biggest issue for a long time now. There were plenty of instances where they played well enough to win last season and didn’t get over the line. They’ve dominated Pompey here, but it feels all too familiar.

Biggest pet peeve in football is players refusing to use their weaker foot. Ella Kinzett was in acres on the left and just had to play it across goal for a tap in, but she awkwardly shifted her body shape to use her right foot and made the chance 100x harder for herself.

Sorry, how does neither Amy Andrews or the commentator not know the rule that you can’t follow up on your own penalty if it’s hit the post? I get it doesn’t happen all that often, but I thought that was a widely understood rule.

Hello Bluesky! I've got my finger on the pulse as always, so I've decided to join the site to shamelessly plug my new newsletter, The WSL 2 Review! This week's preview features a love letter to one of my favourite rivalries in all of football: The River Wear derby. substack.com/@harveyhinkl...