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    Women’s Football

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    The Saints women squad is looking very light on the ground, with a first team squad of just 20. With only 1 recognised goalkeeper, and 4 attackers. I think the rest is ok with 8 defenders and 7 midfielders, but the whole squad (what there is of it) seems a little thin on the ground. Of these 20, 10 of the squad are new, with ALL of our forwards from last season departing! I think it is a transitional season for sure and there seems to be huge cut backs. I think this season we will be in the bottom 3rd. 
     

     

    Betting. A Little Flutter for 2025/26 Season.

    in The Lounge

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    Who else in here has a little flutter on the footy? 

    I always pop my curse on several clubs at the start of the season, and then throughout the season each week. Nothing silly just little bets. 

    This season I have gone for the below for the season ahead. 

    Premier League Champions - Liverpool
    Championship Champions - Sheff Utd 
    League One Champions - Luton Town 
    League Two Champions - MK Dons 
    National League Champions - York City

    Then around the end of September/early October I will have a rethink and pop my curse on those that have started well. 😜 

    Every week during the season I do my football bingo, which is both teams to score over the top 5 leagues, around 8 or 9 games, and a long favourites accy of about 12-15 teams to win and a long shot, teams I have a feeling might pull off the result, this is only around 5 teams, and to be far is my best returns over a season. Sometimes if a favourite is losing at half time or halfway through the second half I pop a few quid on them winning. 😊 

    All fun but like I say a harmless couple of quid on each a week. 

    Do you have any better habits. If I go to a game I do not bet on that day! 

    Women Footballers in a Men’s Team.

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    13 hours ago, Patches O Houlihan said:

    Lucy Bronze according to her wikipedia page played in a boys team up north - but only until she was 11:

    "Having played football for Belford,[21] Bronze joined Alnwick Town when young and stayed with them to the under-11 level, but Football Association (FA) rules prevented her from continuing with the boys' team when she turned twelve.[34] In the Alnwick juniors squad, Bronze was the best player on the team, picking up six "man of the match" awards from eight games; the manager was so intent for her to continue playing when she turned twelve that he helped open a discrimination case against the FA in the hopes they would allow an exception. They did not, but did set a target to support more girls' football teams in rural Northern areas as an alternative solution."

    Lauren James also famously played competitively alongside her brother and his mates in informal games. It would seem the FA has done their homework and decided that once boys hit puberty girls can't match them physically.

    My son’s team is now under 15s and still has girls in the teams. But we are op north. 

    Women Footballers in a Men’s Team.

    in The Saints

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    There is a lot of talk about a certain Chloe Kelly being able to get into a premier league team. I do not think this is true and it is far off, but I do believe she could play at an English League Club. 

    I have no idea what the rules are in the English Football League, but I think there is mixed football up to u16 and then they have divide into girls and boys teams. 

    I think we are not there yet and it would kill the women’s game, IF the rules were changed and a handful of the better players got contracts in the men’s game, as the impact on the women’s game would destroy it taking the best players away. The whole impact on women’s teams would see the collapse of the women’s game and have a decremental impact on the future of female teams and players. Also how would it work? A lot of the women players could get into a mens team in the league, but then would they be able to play in the women’s international team or would they enter the men’s set up, would there be an England international team anymore? It would completely shift the dimension of the women’s game. 

    Eventually it will happen, not in my lifetime, I’m not sure if we are ready for the change yet by a long shot, but if a woman has a trial at a football club and the club think they are good enough, why should they not have the chance of signing for them? I have no idea how the powers that be would need to go about this, but as I say, if they are good enough on merit woman should be able to play in the English Football League?

    It is easy to say ‘so and so is good enough to play in a men’s team’ but there is so much more of a bigger picture and the politics and negative impact it would have when the women’s game has come such a long way. It would be crackers to change it for the few players that ‘might get in’. But this is football so nothing would surprise me. 

    Thought it would make an interesting discussion. 😊 

    Women’s Football

    in The Saints

    Posted

    Just now, whelk said:

    They do seem a lovely bunch and very much together. Great win

    I think this is huge in football across the board, or any team sport. Very much like our double promotion under Nigel. Yes you need some ability but togetherness and team spirit is massive. 

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    Women’s Football

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    4 minutes ago, benjii said:

    Been impressed with the keeper's distribution. Hope she's OK.

    She was an outfield player all through her development and it shows. 

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