Futbology recap. Publishing my top ten game on Monday

Made it to Paris, Christmas time with the family .

Something funny from the Barclays WSL rules, if an English team had make the same mistakes as PSG did they would not be punished automatically. That's a bizzare loophole.

L'Equipe have revealed that PSG have been deducted 9 points in the Arkema Premiere Ligue by the FFF following the ITC problem for Florianne Jourde. PSG are appealing the decision www.lequipe.fr/Football/Act...

Les deux entraineurs Français virés cette saison en WSL faisaient du bon travail avec des projets de jeu clair et précis, une méthodologie robuste. De très bons techniciens écartés de manière absurde et difficilement compréhensible.

I was shocked when Leicester sacked Amandine Miquel, I ams as shocked that London City Lionnesses have sacked Jocelyn Precheur. Not a good year for French Coaches in the WSL.

Full time Palace 0 Arsenal 2

Goal for Arsenal, Mead unselfishly pass to Blackstenius who scores 90+3' 0-2 Game over.

A minimum of four minutes added time 90' 0-1 Expecting 5 actually.

A GK timeout on 89th minute, unusual.

Record 3040 record attendance for Palace at the VBS stadium.

Arsenal really need to be tighter and compact in the second half.

Hlaf -time Palace 0 Arsenal 1 A lot of improvements needed un second half.

We could do with a little more intensity and bite in everything this afternoon.

Palace hit the crossbar on the break, they had a 2v2 and should have scored at least once in the first half. The Arsenal defensive organisation is all over the place, unsurprisingly after 7 changes to the starting XI and two CB who have not played many minutes 32' 0-1

Another big chance for Palace and an excellent save by Borbe, the corner kick that follows is dangerous too. 28' 0-1

1-0 to the Arsenal, a corner at the far post is headed twice and the final touch goes to Codina 18' 0-1

1-0 to the Arsenal, a corner at the far post is headed twice and the final touch goes to Codina 18' 0-1

15 minutes played, Arsenal are dominating as expected, but not sharp enough in the penalty area so far. 0-0

Full squad rotation for Renee Slegers with 7 changes, very unusual for her but expected against a WSL2

Teamsheet Palace v Arsenal

Training centers, mixed genders talent hubs the reorganization of Elite women football in France www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1hn...

From FIFA latest report: In women’s professional football, club spending on the services of club agents amounted to over USD 6.2 million. This figure is over 13 times the level recorded in 2020 and more than twice as high as last year (USD 3.1 million).

Arsenal's pages in the Panini 2025/26 WSL Album

An obsolete Panini sticker

Paris SG could lose up to 9 points in the Arkema Premiere Ligue as FC Fleury's claim that PSG played an ineligible player might be validated by the FFF. It looks Florianne Jourde did not have a valid ITC as it was requested with an error. t.co/v378smBRW0

QF draw FC Bayern v Man Utd or Atleti Chelsea v Arsenal or OH Leuven FC Barcelona v Paris FC or Real Madrid OL Lyonnes v Wolfsburg or Juventus

Paris FC have extended Sandrine Soubyerand's manager contract until 2029. parisfc.fr/pro-feminin/... They have also named named Gaetane Thiney as sporting director. parisfc.fr/pro-feminin/...

The UEFA WCL draw will take place at 1300 CET today

HT Leuven 0 Arsenal 2, Wolfsburg 1 Chelsea 1, Juventus 0 Man Utd 1 Chelsea 4th, Arsenal 5th, United 6th right now.

At the half-hour, Arsenal are 2-0 up, Man Utd are 1-0 up. Chelsea are 1-0 down.

teamsheet

FIFA have announced the slot allocation for the LA 2028 Olympics where 16 teams will take part for the first time: Women’s Olympic Football Tournament: AFC: 2.5 CAF: 2 Concacaf: 3 CONMEBOL: 2.5 OFC: 1 UEFA: 4 Host country (United States): 1

Tickets for the FIFA Women's Champions Cup 2026 are now on sale

Transfer windows dates in England

Players suspended due to a red card. Maelle Lakrar (Real Madrid) Players suspended due to red card for at least one game (subject to pending decision by disciplinary bodies) Karina Saevik (Valerenga) Iris Santiago (Real Madrid)

Players who will be suspended next ganme if they are booked in the UWCL matchday 6 Olivia Smith (Arsenal) Georgia Stanway (FC Bayern) Ella Peddemors (Wolfsburg) Caroline Weir (Real Madrid) Tatiana Pinto (Juventus)

A curious stat from matchday 11 in the WSL, 5 teams made no change from their previous starting XI. 1.75 changes on average, second lowest number this season. Man Utd changing 5 and Chelsea 6 as both were involved in the Champions League.

A reminder on the Arkema Premiere Ligue Champions League qualification mode: Place 1 qualify for the UWCL League phase directly. Place 2 qualify for the UWCL League phase directly. Place 3 qualify for the UWCL Qualifying Round 3 League path.

Überblick über den Stand beim neu gegründeten Ligaverband der Frauen, krankheitsbedingt etwas später hier geteilt. #DieLiga Freue mich, dass ich erstmals für die Junge Welt schreiben konnte!

Arsenal have confirmed the FIFA Women Champions Cup stadiums with the semi-finals taking place at Brentford FC on 28 Jan and the finals at the Emirates Stadium on 01 Feb www.arsenal.com/news/fifa-wo...

Brentford ticketing have the FIFA Women Champions Cup tickets games on 28 January Gotham v Corinthians and Arsenal v AS FAR

It is finally here.

Half- time Chelsea 3 AS Roma 0

Teamsheet for tonight's game

When you compare the rules about Goalkeepers emergency registration between the UEFA WCL (rule 32.14) and the Barclays WSL (rule 7.3.4), there is a huge difference and it is quite surprising.

Excellent job by Kirsty Dowle last night upgrading a yellow card to red card with VAR following a Madrid forward kicking the Wolfsburg goalkeeper forcefully in the head.

Following last night's games, we have a better view on qualification and elimination in the Women Champions League

Half-time Arsenal 1 Twente 0