Tottenham Hotspur Women hope to start the New Year with three points against Leicester City as they continue to push for a top three finish.

Martin Ho addressed the media ahead of this fixture to kick start the second half of the 2025/26 season in the Barclays Women’s Super League.

Tottenham Hotspur announce the departure of longest-serving squad member, Ashleigh Neville. The fullback will join Leicester City on a permanent deal, opening the door to a new chapter in her career.

From promotion to the WSL, to reaching the Adobe Women’s FA Cup final for the first time in Spurs’ history, Neville has experienced it all. There is no doubt she shaped the history of Tottenham Hotspur Women, playing a pivotal role in the success and ambition of the club.

Beata Olsson is a fresh addition to the Liverpool FC women’s side for the 2025/26 season. The striker has certainly made her mark on the ever-competitive Barclays Women’s Super League and become an impactful player on one of the biggest stages in women’s football through joining the league.

Olssons’s simple football means that she is ever unpredictable to defenders as her style of play doesn’t require flashy skills or frequent long range goals, her ability to create impact on a scoreline comes from the subtleties of timing, positioning, and anticipation and shows her understanding of tempo and rhythm in game, this is something that she has adapted and picked up from her time playing across different countries and leagues before making her move to the WSL in September.

Matildas captain, Sam Kerr is set to conclude a tumultuous year on a joyful note, with new details emerging about her New Year’s Eve wedding to fiancée Kristie Mewis in Perth.

As 2025 came to an end, the football power couple-who welcomed their son, Jagger, earlier this year formally married in Kerr’s hometown, in what many fans have described as Australia’s version of a royal wedding.

Earlier this week, sports broadcaster, Gabby Logan became an ambassador for the Bloomsbury Football Foundation, inspiring a better future for girls in sports.  

Founded in 2018, the charity aims to encourages participation in football of 10,000 girls by 2028. Currently over 6,500 young people are involved with the foundation each week.

Central to the charity is the ambition of providing young people with better access to high-quality football sessions. Regardless of background, gender or ability, every child deserves the opportunity to participate in sports.

Altrincham Women FC welcomed Her Game Her Way to their Tuesday night training session on December 9^th, as preparations continued for the club’s historic Adobe  Women’s FA Cup third-round clash against York City Ladies this Sunday, December 14^th, at The J. Davidson Stadium (2:00pm kick-off).

The team’s remarkable run has already made club history, marking the first time Altrincham Women have reached this stage of the competition. Now the lowest-ranked team left in the tournament, they stand on the brink of becoming the first-ever tier 6 side to reach the actual fourth round.

Women’s football is experiencing an alarming surge in Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries, with research showing that female athletes are two to eight times more likely than men to sustain this devastating knee injury.

A complex mix of anatomical, biomechanical, hormonal, and structural factors - combined with growing match demands and historic neglect - has created what many experts now describe as a health crisis in the women’s game.

In the opening ten weeks of the Barclays Women’s Super League 2025/26 campaign, eight players have been victim to this injury. Something must be done to address this injury crisis and create a safer future for female footballers, without the fear of the ACL striking over and over again.

Ellie Roebuck is a twenty-six-year-old goalkeeper who currently plays for Aston Villa Women in the Barclays Women’s Super League, following a return to England from Barcelona FC Women.

In 2019, at just twenty-years-old, she won the WSL Golden Glove award for keeping the most clean sheets in the season, setting a record for being the youngest goalkeeper to win the award at the time.

Known for playing an outfield style of goalkeeping, Roebuck tends to use her feet a lot, which made many think that she would suit Barcelona’s playing style perfectly, considering they are a very technical team.

Opening the final international break of 2025 with an impressive 8-0 win against the Asian Champions, China, Sarina Wiegman’s England looked to build upon this success in their final friendly against Ghana.

The Lionesses have been in great form recently after retaining their title of European Champions this summer. In the previous international window, they had mixed results in their friendlies: a 3-0 win against Australia at Pride Park Stadium, but a 2-1 defeat to Brazil at the Etihad.  

The last time the Lionesses faced China was in the group stages of the 2023 World Cup, where they dominated 6-1. In the last five meetings of the two teams England managed two wins, now making this three in six.

Ahead of the 2025/26 season, Grace Fisk was announced as the new captain for Liverpool FC Women. She leads from the back and has emerged as a young talent to watch in the Barclays Women’s Super League.

Due to the withdrawal of young defender, Katie Reid and Manchester City’s new signing, Grace Clinton, the Liverpool captain received her first call-up to the senior England squad under head coach, Sarina Wiegman. The squad welcomed Fisk to the international camp during the Lionesses’ homecoming series.

Alex Scott champions diversity across football, alongside being known for breaking records, showcasing courage and emerging as a role model.

Her contributions to the sport span beyond her career on the pitch. In recent years, she made history as the first black person to anchor leading football programmes, on the likes of the BBC and Sky. This is just one example of how she inspires the next generations to have a future in sport.

Scott is one of the most prominent and influential black women in sport. Her story should continue to be shared and heard, to fuel the dreams of millions worldwide.

Queen’s Park Rangers Women are navigating a new chapter of growth and success, where they shine a light on team culture, youth and grassroots development, alongside being highly ambitious for the 2025/26 season.

QPR play in the Division One South East, the fourth tier of the women’s football pyramid, after securing promotion in 2021. The team currently sit fourth in the league table, with four wins, two draws, and two losses. The team plan on securing promotion to Tier 3, the FA Women’s National League, through playoffs next season. 

On Sunday, the club face Luton Town on the big stage at Loftus Road in the FAWNL Cup, hoping to welcome another record crowd in a tough contest for the women’s side.

The Football Foundation, Premier League and the FA came together to celebrate twenty-five years of driving grassroots impact across football at an event in south London. 

 Featuring past stars such as Fara Williams and Anton Ferdinand, the event aimed to shine a spotlight on the work done to provide grassroots facility improvements for all, regardless of gender, race, disability or place. 

AFC Bournemouth Women are on an incredible run of form, with an unbeaten streak of over nine hundred days. During this period, they earned promotion to tier three and now compete in the FA Women’s National League, Southern Premier Division. This is an incredible feat for the Cherries.

The team have big ambitions to continue their remarkable form and gain promotion to the Barclays WSL 2, and eventually the Barclays Women’s Super League.

Bournemouth’s Bruce Saraci, Helen Bleazard, and Jessica Hennessey spoke to the media about the Cherries’ positive form and ambitions, alongside the future of the club.

Freya Godfrey made her move to the independent club, London City Lionesses permanent this summer.

The young Lioness progressed through the ranks of the Arsenal academy and signed her first professional contract in red, ahead of moving to a new part of London.

In their first ever season in the Barclays Women’s Super League, London City established a new era. Godfrey is instrumental in their plans going forward and ambitions of success. However, with such a talented squad, the youngster must graft hard on and off the pitch to secure vital minutes for the club.

Ellie Brazil plays as a forward for Southampton FC Women. Having joined the Saints in the summer, she is an exciting prospect who is wonderful with the ball at her feet.

She has been capped for England throughout her youth (from under-15 to under-23 level), proving her to be a confident player.

Club-wise, she currently plays for Southampton in the Barclays WSL 2 (the second tier of women’s football in England). Her journey is certainly a testament to her hard work and determination beyond the pitch.

Tottenham Hotspur Women manager Martin Ho insists his side are ready to meet the demanding nature of the Barclays Women’s Super League, despite an “emotional week” on and off the pitch.

In comparison to last season, the team are already showing great progress. However, it is important they remain grounded and resilient to maintain consistency.

England is not just white: it is a spectrum of races and identities

With the growth of women's football and even in its early stages, a major positive of the game has been the space that it creates for minority groups, particularly for women and the intersection that has with the LGBTQIA+ community.

There is no doubt that the creation of such spaces and events should be celebrated… However, an issue that lies in the game and extends to the media and events that surround it, is race. It is something that has been witnessed on multiple occasions.

As the women’s game grows, these issues should arguably become more apparent and as a result resolutions are put in place, or at least that should be the case, but it most certainly is not.

Kerolin Nicoli’s journey to the pinnacle of women’s football is anything but ordinary. Born in Brasília, Brazil’s vibrant capital, she experienced a childhood shaped by financial struggles and a serious health scare that nearly ended her career before it began.

Despite these challenges, she developed a deep love for football — playing barefoot with boys on the streets and later sharpening her coordination through capoeira. Even then, it was clear she had something special: a blend of raw talent and quiet determination that set her apart.

The talent goes beyond those starting on the pitch 

Following the Lionesses victory in the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022, it was clear that every single player was key to their success. Although only eleven are on the pitch at once, all twenty-three play a part in lifting the EURO trophy.

Looking back on 2022, players including Alessia Russo and Ella Toone were used as impact substitutes; they changed the game in the second half. Now, they are regular starters in a squad of European Champions.