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Womens Football (Other: Non Charlton )

Kap10
Kap10 Posts: 15,831
in Other Football and Sports
Not sure what category this should go in so stuck it here, but a shout out to Dulwich Hamlets Womens team who have one game to play in the London and South East Regional Women’s Premier League and its the only game left in the League.  They top it equal on points with 2nd and 12 goal positive advantage, so effectively Champions. Also competing in this league are one time giants of the Womens game Fulham and Millwall Lionesses, as well as Ebbsfleet.

https://dulwichhamletfc.co.uk/results/womens-league-table

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  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 10,298
    edited April 2025
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    Edit: I had posted a picture of my wife wearing a new outfit that matches the Argentinian flag but although she thought it would be fun to put it on here, I now feel uncomfortable with it.

  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 19,308
    What on earth are you on about???
  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 2,671
    Not sure what category this should go in so stuck it here, not Super League related, but guessing it is the inaugural Women's version of the Club World Cup.

    https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/womens/womens-champions-cup/2026/articles/stadium-announced-arsenal-brentford

    Not sure about you but Brentford (Gtech Community) Stadium is hardly iconic.
  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 2,671
    Club World Cup Good/Bad for Women's football?:


    https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13497160/womens-club-world-cup-wsl-warns-of-potentially-catastrophic-impact-of-schedule
  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 2,671
    edited January 27
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkrln700jno

    Article about how Chatham's FA Cup run is helping their club.

    Keith Boanas said he wanted to face Manchester United in the next round, followed by Arsenal, then Manchester City, all clubs managed by people he knows well.

    Failing that, he'd like to face Charlton, who he took to four FA Cup finals.
  • clive
    clive Posts: 20,444

    WSL Football - the company which oversees the top two tiers of the women's game in England - has reported an operating loss of £8.2m in its first year.

    The independent company, which is owned by clubs, was set up in August 2024 and controls the Women's Super League and Women's Championship.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c23r2meen10o

  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 2,671
    Bromley W secured a gate of 1,053 supporters to their match against Greenwich Borough

    Yes it was International Women's day, but for a non league team that is quite the achievement!





  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,423
    I think this shows the potential of the women's game. Unfortunately despite our team thriving, the club don't seem to want to promote it. 
  • clive
    clive Posts: 20,444

    Bespoke women's football stadiums? Why US sides are making the move

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cp85jp6megro
  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 2,671
    edited May 5
    Depending on how the play offs go this may apply to Charlton or not.

    Wolves Women are celebrating after being promoted to the Barclays Women's Super League 2, (WSL2).

    The team had sold 3,000 tickets in advance, and many more Wolves fans were at the Perelli on the day.

    I am sure there was a few Plymouth fans there too.

    Good advert for women's football, as it seems crowds are getting bigger now (for non league games).



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  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 2,671
    clive said:

    Bespoke women's football stadiums? Why US sides are making the move

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cp85jp6megro

    Brighton and Hove Albion have released their plans for Europe's first purpose-built women's football stadium, which will cost £75-80m.


  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 2,671
    Women's Football- Business of Sport


  • msomerton
    msomerton Posts: 3,479
    JustFloydRoad said:
    Women's Football- Business of Sport


    The cost of WSL ,  football staggering. It may well lead to the loss of most women's teams, leaving only a few to play in a closed franchise group. Women's spectator numbers built on Arsenal, in the 2024/2025 season Arsenal accounted for 41% of all attendees at women's football matches in the WSL. 
  • EpsomAddick
    EpsomAddick Posts: 2,749
    From Emma Sanders and Tom Garry on Twitter:

    "Durham Women are seeking urgent offers for investment or a complete purchase of the club, as without it, they say they will not be able to participate in WSL 2. They had been in prolonged talks with potential investors recently but it’s fallen through. Really, really sad news."

    "    Breaking: The WSL2 club Durham have announced they will have to "cease operations" unless they can find an investor or a buyer within the next 21 days, because without fresh investment they do not have sufficient funds for next season. Durham, who have played in WSL2 since 2014, say they were in talks "with potential investors for several months but these have fallen away", and so they are today issuing an urgent plea for investment. It's a stark reminder of the financial fragility in the sport."
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 19,295
    JustFloydRoad said:
    Women's Football- Business of Sport


    Charlie doesn’t like women’s football, always got the feeling he wanted to close down the women’s team, and the owners blocked that 
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 2,017
    EpsomAddick said:
    From Emma Sanders and Tom Garry on Twitter:

    "Durham Women are seeking urgent offers for investment or a complete purchase of the club, as without it, they say they will not be able to participate in WSL 2. They had been in prolonged talks with potential investors recently but it’s fallen through. Really, really sad news."

    "Breaking: The WSL2 club Durham have announced they will have to "cease operations" unless they can find an investor or a buyer within the next 21 days, because without fresh investment they do not have sufficient funds for next season. Durham, who have played in WSL2 since 2014, say they were in talks "with potential investors for several months but these have fallen away", and so they are today issuing an urgent plea for investment. It's a stark reminder of the financial fragility in the sport."
    One of the downsides of WSL is that if you run out of money you can't do what we did in 2007, cut the budget and get relegated until you find a new level. You have to have a professional team to play in either WSL division so the only way to cut costs beyond a certain level is to do what both Blackburn and Reading did - resign and ask to be placed lower down the pyramid. Seems like Durham thought they had investment coming so didn't withdraw from the league, and now they're stuck. A shame if it does end suddenly for them.
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,831
    Swindon_Addick said:
    EpsomAddick said:
    From Emma Sanders and Tom Garry on Twitter:

    "Durham Women are seeking urgent offers for investment or a complete purchase of the club, as without it, they say they will not be able to participate in WSL 2. They had been in prolonged talks with potential investors recently but it’s fallen through. Really, really sad news."

    "Breaking: The WSL2 club Durham have announced they will have to "cease operations" unless they can find an investor or a buyer within the next 21 days, because without fresh investment they do not have sufficient funds for next season. Durham, who have played in WSL2 since 2014, say they were in talks "with potential investors for several months but these have fallen away", and so they are today issuing an urgent plea for investment. It's a stark reminder of the financial fragility in the sport."
    One of the downsides of WSL is that if you run out of money you can't do what we did in 2007, cut the budget and get relegated until you find a new level. You have to have a professional team to play in either WSL division so the only way to cut costs beyond a certain level is to do what both Blackburn and Reading did - resign and ask to be placed lower down the pyramid. Seems like Durham thought they had investment coming so didn't withdraw from the league, and now they're stuck. A shame if it does end suddenly for them.
    I thought that Varney actually disbanded the Ladies team as they were then and it was later they came back as a new entity under the auspices of the Community Trust.

    Almost 20 years ago so I may have forgotten the nuances and machinations of the events.
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 2,017
    Kap10 said:
    Swindon_Addick said:
    EpsomAddick said:
    From Emma Sanders and Tom Garry on Twitter:

    "Durham Women are seeking urgent offers for investment or a complete purchase of the club, as without it, they say they will not be able to participate in WSL 2. They had been in prolonged talks with potential investors recently but it’s fallen through. Really, really sad news."

    "Breaking: The WSL2 club Durham have announced they will have to "cease operations" unless they can find an investor or a buyer within the next 21 days, because without fresh investment they do not have sufficient funds for next season. Durham, who have played in WSL2 since 2014, say they were in talks "with potential investors for several months but these have fallen away", and so they are today issuing an urgent plea for investment. It's a stark reminder of the financial fragility in the sport."
    One of the downsides of WSL is that if you run out of money you can't do what we did in 2007, cut the budget and get relegated until you find a new level. You have to have a professional team to play in either WSL division so the only way to cut costs beyond a certain level is to do what both Blackburn and Reading did - resign and ask to be placed lower down the pyramid. Seems like Durham thought they had investment coming so didn't withdraw from the league, and now they're stuck. A shame if it does end suddenly for them.
    I thought that Varney actually disbanded the Ladies team as they were then and it was later they came back as a new entity under the auspices of the Community Trust.

    Almost 20 years ago so I may have forgotten the nuances and machinations of the events.
    It was announced that they were disbanding and most of them had left by the time that changed. If I remember right we had 2 of the development squad still on the books. Eventually the club were persuaded to hand the existing team, what was left of it, over to the people who stepped in to save it.

    Our first game of the season was a 7-0 hammering in a game where our keeper was the player of the match by a long way. Most of the team were pulled together from tiers 4 and 5, if I remember right. But we didn't have to miss a season and back then you could play tier 2 with an amateur squad if you had good coaches.

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