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Womens Euro 2025


Alan Whittle said:
This is possibly now the most interesting point of all. How will the women’s game develop? On these forums there seems to be a genuine contempt for how the men’s game has developed since 1992 ( a view I share). The men’s game is polarised into the few mega rich and many league and non league clubs barely surviving hand to mouth. Yet already the structure of the women’s game in this country mimics the men’s. An elite division and an almost elite division. From this season (?) no relegation from one to the other to enable those top clubs to bolster financially (albeit a temporary arrangement).
The sponsors, broadcasters and leeches are in, the top players will make money off the back of the rest of the game and the rest will struggle along.
I see the new Football Regulator becoming involved in the future, and not in any useful, sustainable way.
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Helluva post mate, lots to think about.

I agree with you, I wouldn’t want the women’s game ending up like the men’s but money corrupts everything so I don’t see how it doesn’t go that way, sadly.

They should let women run their game, instead of copying the format of the men’s, I’m sure they would do a better job.

I’m just happy they have been successful and really hope it encourages more and more girls to get into playing the game and doing well, considering it a potential future career if they are good enough, just as young lads do.

There is still a divide, even in schools - my daughter has just left primary and loves playing, played for them every other year, but her school, for whatever reason, disnt have a yr6 team even though they had enough willing players to make a team?! The yr6 boys were getting bussed all over the place to represent the school….

Looking forward to catching some games at Goodison next season - I really enjoyed going to WHP and watching the ladies with the kids, it is always a very friendly inclusive vibe, the crowd are brilliant and also the away fans, and I hope they can enhance all that at Goodison.
 
Alan Whittle said:
This is possibly now the most interesting point of all. How will the women’s game develop? On these forums there seems to be a genuine contempt for how the men’s game has developed since 1992 ( a view I share). The men’s game is polarised into the few mega rich and many league and non league clubs barely surviving hand to mouth. Yet already the structure of the women’s game in this country mimics the men’s. An elite division and an almost elite division. From this season (?) no relegation from one to the other to enable those top clubs to bolster financially (albeit a temporary arrangement).
The sponsors, broadcasters and leeches are in, the top players will make money off the back of the rest of the game and the rest will struggle along.
I see the new Football Regulator becoming involved in the future, and not in any useful, sustainable way.
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Sunderland ladies were at one time a force in women’s football - with 6 of the England side having developed there. They were forced out of the top division in 2018 despite finishing 7th in the WSL, based on “financial and commercial criteria” not footballing. Demoted two divisions and the whole squad was split up as a result. The league did this because they wanted to move the newly created Man U women’s into the top division and our owners (complete chancers) weren’t prepared to pay the league enough.

They’d also previously denied our promotion into the newly created WSL in 2011 despite winning the league on similar “commercial grounds”. Because our face didn’t fit. We lost Lucy Bronze and Jordan Nobbs (among others) as a result.

The whole thing is a cash grab designed for the “big six” clubs in this country, and exactly mimics the men’s game as you say.
 
davek said:
The politicisation of the win by a government that's played a part in genocide and an attack on the disabled.

Some of the women team are quite socially progressive. I hope one of them has the guts to pipe up and use their new status to slam their hosts today. It's more important than football. Way more important.
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Because if one of the women's team doesn't "pipe up" and advocate vociferously your particular political agenda, it will detract from their achievement yesterday won't it?
 

Shevin Keedy said:
Because if one of the women's team doesn't "pipe up" and advocate vociferously your particular political agenda, it will detract from their achievement yesterday won't it?
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No it wont.

Their achievement is fantastic but very separate from the world of politics.

Some of them will know they're being exploited today by a rancid government to distract from a famine.
 
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Simply a well done for making the nation happy. Not been a lot to cheer about on these isles for a while.
 

Lucy Williamson: carrying that trophy round like it's her personal property.

The most anonymous footballer I've seen. I'm struggling to think of what she actually contributed to that Euro win.
 
davek said:
Lucy Williamson: carrying that trophy round like it's her personal property.

The most anonymous footballer I've seen. I'm struggling to think of what she actually contributed to that Euro win.
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Jesus kin Christ.

You are like an old fish wife, parping on dishing out insults to anybody who doesn’t meet your exacting standards.

There’s absolutely no way you aren’t on your period or just a tiresome boring old friendless crank.

That’s Williamson and the manager you have a problem with. Anybody else annoyed you in the squad? Absolute fkn grade A attention seeking moron.
 

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