Luis Rubiales Has Been Asked By The Regional Presidents Of Spanish FA To Resign Immediately

The regional presidents of the Spanish Football Association have requested that the Spanish FA President, Luis Rubiales, resign immediately. According to SkySports, a statement from the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) read: “Once the meeting of the Commission of Presidents of Regional and Territorial Federations of the RFEF has finished, the following agreements are unanimously made known to the world of …

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FAI To Honour All Ireland WNT Players At Aviva Stadium

Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile Every player who has represented the Ireland Women’s National Senior Team will be invited to the Aviva Stadium for the UEFA Nations League opener against Northern Ireland on Saturday, September 23. As part of the 50-year anniversary celebrations of the WNT, the Football Association of Ireland will honour every player to have featured for the Women’s …

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Harriet Scott Steps Down From Football to Pursue Career In Medicine

English-born Irish footballer Harriet Scott, who plays for the Women’s Championship team Birmingham City F.C, announced her departure from club and country football on Monday 7 August. Scott has decided to step away from football to become a doctor for the NHS, following her graduation from Keele University. Scott first joined her local club Reading FC at the age of …

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Katie McCabe Named In The UEFA Women’s Champions League Team Of The Season

Katie McCabe has been named in the 2022/23 UEFA Women’s Champions League team of the year. Taking the left-back position, alongside Barcelona’s León, McCabe is the only player from a non-finalist club to make the team. 🔢🔥 The 2022/23 UWCL 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, selected by UEFA's Technical Observer panel! 👇 Who would make your starting XI ⁉ #UWCL // …

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Ireland Women’s National Team To Play First Ever Game At Aviva Stadium

The Ireland Women’s National Team will play at the Aviva Stadium for the first time on Saturday, 23 September. Following talks between the Football Association of Ireland, the Irish Football Association and UEFA, the opening game of the 2023-24 UEFA Women’s Nations League against Northern Ireland will kick off at 13:00. After being drawn into Group B1 in League B, alongside …

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Tickets For Women’s Champions League Final Are Sold Out

Another triumph for women’s football as the Women’s Champions League final between Barcelona and VFL Wolfsburg has sold out the tickets. This is the first Women’s Champions League final to be sold out in 13 seasons. The match will be played at the PSV Stadium in Eindhoven in the Netherlands on Saturday, 3 June. UEFA said that over 34 100 …

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Ireland’s UEFA Women’s Nations League Opponents

The UEFA Women’s Nations League draw took place today at 12pm. The league stage draw for the new UEFA Women’s Nations League was made by UEFA managing director of women’s football Nadine Kessler and former Spain captain Verónica Boquete. The draw split the teams into groups within the three leagues for the new competition. The Ireland Women’s National Team were …

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FAI fined €20k for IRA song controversy

The FAI have been fined €20,000 by UEFA following the singing of a song associated with supporting the IRA in the dressing room after qualifying for the 2o23 FIFA World Cup in Hampden Park in October. The video was circulated online after their World Cup play-off win against Scotland which subsequently lead to Ireland manager Vera Pauw, the FAI and …

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Vera Pauw’s Thoughts on the UEFA New Women’s Nations League Competition System

The UEFA Executive Committee recently approved a new national team competition system with Vera Pauw expressing her concerns with it, describing it as ‘detrimental’ to the game. This innovative system will lead to the UEFA Women’s EURO or the FIFA Women’s World Cup.    This follows the UEFA Women’s Football strategy: Time for action and a goal to transform the …

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