As climate change shifts the conditions in which we live, it would be naïve to think sport won’t be affected. It already is — and for women’s sport in particular, the challenges are two‑fold. ✍️ for The New Women’s Sport Magazine thenewwomenssportmagazine.com/playing-thro...

𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 FT: Chelsea 1-1 Barcelona The two continue their unbeaten start in Europe, making this a matchup we’re likely to see again. #UWCL thehalfwayline.com/2025/11/20/t...

With no due respect to the author of this piece, shut up.

"I had a really amazing time with Arsenal. Every good moment with a team at some point comes to an end, and I felt that it maybe is my time to move on." I spoke to Lia Wälti about her move to Juventus, and 2025 ranking 'at the very top' of her career. thehalfwayline.com/2025/10/14/l...

Wonderful work by @jfdoodles.bsky.social

𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖! The team look back over the weekend's Women's Super League action as Chelsea, Man United, Arsenal, and Man City all picked up three crucial points. Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts now 🍏🎧

If you haven't checked it out, please do! So many great freelancers have contributed to this project... @sandyernestallen.bsky.social, @newsjennifer.bsky.social, @bethmccowen.bsky.social, @ishraqhashmi.bsky.social, just to name a few. eapmstyleguide.org/the-word/

𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖! The Champions League was back in action this week! Man United win in Europe, Chelsea stumble and Arsenal fumble #UWCL Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts now 🍏🎧

"𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞" I spoke to two journalists living with endometriosis about the progress which has been made in media coverage of this misunderstood disease, and the work that is left to be done. eapmstyleguide.org/10-8-20205-w...

Journalists living with endometriosis tell reporter @bethmccowen.bsky.social there's been progress in media coverage of this misunderstood disease, but there are still struggles — just like women's health at large and accessibility. Read more today in The Word.

New today in The Word: How does the media handle misunderstood women's diseases like endometriosis? Reporter @bethmccowen.bsky.social talks to journalists who live with endometriosis and report on women's issues and sports.

New! Arsenal Women Arsecast with @jamiespangher.bsky.social and I 👇🏻🔴⚪️

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 ESPN have announced that Disney+ will be the home of the Women's Champions League. #UWCL #WomensChampionsLeague thehalfwayline.com/2025/10/07/w...

𝐏𝐒𝐆 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐧 '𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝' 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐖𝐂𝐋 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 The Dutch international says the Red Devils “felt like a second home” as she prepares to face them at Old Trafford next month. thehalfwayline.com/2025/10/06/p...

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 FT: London City Lionesses 1-0 Liverpool Liverpool remain winless as London City climb the table to seventh. thehalfwayline.com/2025/10/05/l...

𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐰𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐞'𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛 📊 @roossch91.bsky.social and @lambertsmarc.bsky.social dig into the short history of the Netherlands' latest addition. thehalfwayline.com/2025/10/05/2...

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 ‘𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭’ 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐖𝐒𝐋 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 The Toffees head coach says his side want to be 'competitive' against Leicester City in the WSL this weekend. #EFC #BarclaysWSL thehalfwayline.com/2025/10/03/e...

Read my interview with Mush and Saf, the passionate Coventry duo who are ensuring kids still have access to the experiences they had when they were growing up. www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventr...

𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 ✍️ It was an absolute joy to sit down with Southampton forward Ellie Brazil last week for @thehalfwayline.bsky.social I especially loved hearing about how much Mary Bashford's first professional goal meant not just to her, but to Brazil, too 👇 thehalfwayline.com/2025/10/01/e...

𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐥 "I personally would love nothing more than to get promoted with this team," the Southampton striker tells @bethmccowen.bsky.social 🗣️ Read more below ⬇️ thehalfwayline.com/2025/10/01/e...

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧: 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 𝐯𝐬 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 Read all about a huge day for the title race in Ireland as The Halfway Line previews the season defining match up 📺 @SportTG4 from 16:15pm ✍️ @tom-maher-tm.bsky.social thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/27/t...

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 ‘𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’ 🗣️ An immensely proud Bompastor touched on the events of the 2025 Ballon d’Or ceremony. thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/26/c...

𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 ‘𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥’ Jenna Nighswonger "a part of the team" says Slegers #AWFC thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/26/a...

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭" Man United head coach Marc Skinner reacts to his side's #UWCL draw, hoping for a "poetic" night at Old Trafford. #MUWomen #MUFC thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/26/m...

𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 '𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧' 𝐚𝐧𝐝 '𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞' Villans boss Natalia Arroyo previews her side's upcoming #BarclaysWSL meeting with the Gunners. #AVWFC #AWFC thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/26/a...

Marc Skinner says Man United "have to beat the best to be the best" following a tough #UWCL draw. Hopes the game against PSG at Old Trafford will be a "lovely and poetic night" 👇 @thehalfwayline.bsky.social thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/26/m...

𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 Women in Football are calling for accountability after new survey exposes harsh realities of ongoing sexism in the sport. thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/26/f...

This really shocked me, even as someone who considers themself clued in on all things female health. It’s time we #MakeTamponsSafe in the UK. All credit to TOTM Organic 🫶 Please take a minute to share and sign the petition 👇 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7377…

Tottenham Hotspur condemn 'disgusting' racist abuse targeting forward Jess Naz. “We are working with the appropriate authorities and social media platforms to identify the responsible party, & we will be taking the strongest action against them." thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/25/t...

I’m looking for work ⭐️ Now that I’ve completed my MA Sports Journalism and NCTJ Multimedia Journalism, I’d love to chat to anyone looking for freelancers!

It’s time to demand better care 🌻 #endometriosis #adenomyosis vm.tiktok.com/ZNdppv2xv/

𝐔𝐖𝐂𝐋 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐰: 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐋𝐲𝐨𝐧 The draw in Nyon conducted by Alex Scott and Lieke Martens provided no shortage of storylines, read all about the outcome below: #UWCL #CFCW #AWFC #MUWomen thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/19/u...

Yesterday I submitted my MA Final Project, a long-form journalistic exploration of endometriosis and women’s football. This is a piece of work I am incredibly proud of, and a matter I couldn’t be more passionate about 🌻

What is the match-going WSL experience like for fans with disabilities and what more could be done? I've written about this for @sport.theguardian.com #BarclaysWSL www.theguardian.com/football/202...

‘𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨’ 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 🗣️Skinner spoke to the media ahead of the Irons Brighton test on the weekend. ✍️ @roossch91.bsky.social #BarclaysWSL thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/18/p...

Women's Euro 2025 generated CHF 205m (€220m) into the Swiss economy, UEFA says. The Swiss Women's Super League faced a 49% attendance increase on the opening weekend compared to 2024. More details on the impact of #WomensEuro2025 👇🇨🇭 thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/15/w...

New! Arsenal Women Arsecast with @jamiespangher.bsky.social and I looking back at Friday night’s 5-1 win at West Ham 👇🏻🤍💜

"𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞" Aston Villa head coach Natalia Arroyo says her side have nothing to lose ahead of their #BarclaysWSL clash with Chelsea #AVFC #AVWFC thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/14/a...

𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 FT: London City Lionesses 1-5 Manchester United A sell out crowd at Hayes Lane watched a goal fest as Marc Skinner's side secured a comfortable victory. thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/14/l...

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 ‘𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬’ 🗣️ The Manchester United head coach spoke to the media following his side's 5-1 victory away to London City Lionesses on Sunday. #MUWomen #BarclaysWSL thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/14/m...

𝐏𝐫𝐞̂𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝 '𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫' 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭 🗣️ Jocelyn Prêcheur spoke to The Halfway Line following defeat to Manchester United this afternoon. #BarclaysWSL thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/14/p...

Utah Royals make it two wins in three after a 2-0 victory over Houston Dash. Captain and goalscorer Paige Monaghan reflects 👇 💛 #NWSL “When you have a locker room that just loves each other, pours into each other – we’re made for success." thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/15/u...

𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲? Chelsea head coach Sonia Bompastor teases potential game time for the Blues forwards ahead of a #BarclaysWSL meeting with Aston Villa #CFCW thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/14/c...

Introducing the 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲-𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝! With the NYTimes paywalling their daily fun, we have created a weekly crossword just for women's football fans. Give it a go and put us in your weekend routine! ✍️⚽️ thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/13/t...

The mini crossword being put behind a paywall has caused me some grief, so we have created a weekly women's football crossword for fans who like me, love a routine! Introducing The Halfway Line's Cooney-Crossword! Put us in your puzzle rotation 🧠⚽️ ✍️ thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/13/t...

𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 '𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟' 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧 Martin Ho is pleased with his side's start to the #BarclaysWSL and prepared to face Everton away. More below #THFCW thehalfwayline.com/2025/09/13/t...

𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 '𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬' 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 The Halfway Line spoke EXCLUSIVELY to Anna Patten ahead of the new season about all things Aston Villa. ✍️ @tom-maher-tm.bsky.social #AVFC #BarclaysWSL thehalfwayline.com/2025/08/29/a...

A ‘sex based rights’ group has launched legal action against Hampstead Heath to try and get them to exclude trans people from swimming there. Please sign my friend Louis’ petition to stop this complete farce👇 chng.it/QQgvjMbF6G

Loved joining @stattorino.bsky.social, Izzy Duddy & Ella Smetana for Decoding the WSL's Arsenal 2025/26 season preview! 🔴 Put us in your ears 🎧👇 open.spotify.com/episode/4UW0...

As a new season dawns on the topflight of women’s football in England, the question isn’t whether Chelsea can compete, it’s whether anyone can stop them. ✍️ @thehalfwayline.bsky.social thehalfwayline.com/2025/08/27/n...