Episode 8

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:00:38. > :00:40.It's been another hugely significant week for the WSL,

:00:41. > :00:43.both on and off the pitch, but rest assured, we've got it

:00:44. > :00:49.all covered on tonight's Women's Football Show.

:00:50. > :00:51.Could Chelsea climb to the summit of WSL1 with a win

:00:52. > :00:58.Victory over Sunderland would boost Birmingham's hopes of securing

:00:59. > :01:06.And we focus on the future, as the FA points the WSL

:01:07. > :01:16.And with us on the sofa this evening two guests who have seen plenty

:01:17. > :01:19.of positive change during their time in the game, Alex Scott

:01:20. > :01:23.It's on the pitch we begin, though, with Chelsea

:01:24. > :01:32.The Blues were unbeaten against the Gunners in their last

:01:33. > :01:40.five WSL1 meetings, including April's 2-0 win at Meadow Park.

:01:41. > :01:54.COMMENTATOR: Arsenal against Chelsea: always heated. Oh, that's

:01:55. > :01:59.so close. It's awkward. The Arsenal defence horribly hesitant and in she

:02:00. > :02:04.nipped at the Chelsea ahead. She has perhaps kept Arsenal in the game.

:02:05. > :02:06.She scores for the second time this evening. This will be a mighty blow

:02:07. > :02:17.to Arsenal's title hopes already. Let's have a look at the teams,

:02:18. > :02:29.Chelsea are without captain Katie Chapman, suspended in the last

:02:30. > :02:34.match. Aluko, who scored from the bench last time out, rewarded with a

:02:35. > :02:39.start this time. Danielle Carter has not played since going to win

:02:40. > :02:51.against Chelsea but she is back and in from the start.

:02:52. > :02:58.Davison, a chance for her to stretch her legs. Look at this run from

:02:59. > :03:05.Rafferty on the left, instead goes right for Blondel. Davison is on the

:03:06. > :03:08.edge of the area, she goes down. The referee had a really long look at

:03:09. > :03:14.that. Loud appeals from Chelsea but no penalty. The crowd are rarely are

:03:15. > :03:24.not happy about this decision. She stuck her foot out, that's a

:03:25. > :03:31.penalty. Forward here. Scott. Not the greatest of pass backs and it is

:03:32. > :03:36.an own goal! And in such a crucial game, a London derby, so important

:03:37. > :03:41.for both of these sides, it is quite simply an awful way for Arsenal to

:03:42. > :03:47.go a goal behind. I just think it was lack of concentration really.

:03:48. > :03:55.She fed the ball out, got it back, a disappointing concede for Arsenal.

:03:56. > :04:07.What a wonderful ball. Spence can make it two! Great save by the

:04:08. > :04:09.keeper, needed to show a response to the way that Arsenal conceded the

:04:10. > :04:24.opener, and there is one. Mitchell forward from left back,

:04:25. > :04:27.darting run by Carter. It comes off Blondel, and to Carter. Corner kick

:04:28. > :04:41.to Arsenal. Williams will take it now. It is an

:04:42. > :04:47.equalising goal for Arsenal! Really well work set piece routine. The

:04:48. > :04:51.movement, she just manages to get in front of the player a little bit

:04:52. > :04:52.bigger than her. Just that little movement, gets her head on it,

:04:53. > :04:59.terrific ball. Almost got to that, stretching for

:05:00. > :05:22.it. Spence. Rafferty strikes one. Bright

:05:23. > :05:24.is in there, and Flaherty, the stand-in captain is as well.

:05:25. > :05:30.Dangerous moments, these for Arsenal. Sliced shot by Farhi. It is

:05:31. > :05:40.brilliant, and saved by the keeper. The way she can move the ball. As a

:05:41. > :05:46.defender you don't want to lunge in because you just take her out. You

:05:47. > :05:56.would give away a penalty. Chelsea trying to keep the gunners tend in

:05:57. > :06:01.here. Bailey. She has Spence in support. The is true Spence. Tries

:06:02. > :06:14.to disguise the passport Aluko! What a hit. Arsenal are hanging on here.

:06:15. > :06:22.Two excellent pieces of play in. Aluko was stretching. Just the frame

:06:23. > :06:30.of the goal. Blondel. Full of running. She has got that as well,

:06:31. > :06:36.Aluko worked in the middle, what a chance. Glorious opportunity for

:06:37. > :06:46.Chelsea to take the lead. Instant impact from

:06:47. > :06:54.Now Arsenal at the other end of threatening. Great chance, tight

:06:55. > :07:03.angle, it didn't matter! Hit is an absolutely sensational finish! From

:07:04. > :07:09.the talented Dutch, Daniela Vanderpool. Brilliantly taken. A

:07:10. > :07:24.great goal to win any game. Can they hold onto it, Arsenal? Jie, it is

:07:25. > :07:30.true to Aluko! Saved by the keeper and behind for a corner. She might

:07:31. > :07:36.have made the mistake that C's coral, but since then she has made

:07:37. > :07:39.two or three games save in saves. To be cruelly undone with an

:07:40. > :07:43.opportunity where we get the opportunity to go to- one up, and

:07:44. > :07:46.they go down the opposite end and score in transition. I did thing I

:07:47. > :07:50.have been involved in a cooler game. We were the better team, our game

:07:51. > :07:54.plan was effective, we created the most clear-cut chances. In all

:07:55. > :07:59.fairness, our goalkeeper hasn't had a save to make any we are on the

:08:00. > :08:02.losing side. We had a blatant penalty in the first time but he

:08:03. > :08:06.wasn't brave enough to make the difference. At this level it is a

:08:07. > :08:11.clear problem. MSAs felt that Chelsea were the better side, how do

:08:12. > :08:15.you feel about that? It goes back to when you talk about possessions that

:08:16. > :08:19.and how money shot should have had on goal, but we were clinical, we

:08:20. > :08:25.had the chances and finish them. But you did not get off to the best

:08:26. > :08:32.start. I wanted to give the guy is a talking point! As soon as the ball

:08:33. > :08:36.came to me, I was getting close down, by Rafferty and Aluko, for my

:08:37. > :08:41.eyeliner, I knew where the goalkeeper was, but she had moved.

:08:42. > :08:44.It is my mistake. I know as a defender, and Rachel will back me

:08:45. > :08:52.up, you don't play the ball back to the goal. It is my fault. Rachel,

:08:53. > :08:57.you are wincing watching that. You play the ball, you give a supporting

:08:58. > :09:00.angle, and the goalkeeper did that, and as Alex said, the ball should be

:09:01. > :09:04.played to the outside of the post. It is a misplaced pass but you did

:09:05. > :09:08.not expected to end up in the goal, and it shouldn't have done. Moving

:09:09. > :09:12.on, Chelsea have conceded more goals so far than they did the rest of

:09:13. > :09:15.last season, was there anything particular you are targeting? If

:09:16. > :09:20.it's interesting MSAs talking about the game and -- their game plan,

:09:21. > :09:25.because -- it interesting that MS holies was talking about it. We knew

:09:26. > :09:29.there would be vulnerable down the channels. From our second goal that

:09:30. > :09:33.is where you see that. You got your equaliser from a set piece, letters

:09:34. > :09:39.take a look. It was beautiful, the flight of the ball from Pharrell

:09:40. > :09:46.Williams. It is that that Jade Bailey should be covering, the

:09:47. > :09:49.chances and a half. But it is the timing of her run, she takes away

:09:50. > :09:53.from true Spence, who was marking her. The speed of that ball whipped

:09:54. > :10:00.in from Williams. All she has to do is change the direction of the ball

:10:01. > :10:03.and it goes in. Just her energy and movement, she is pointing to where

:10:04. > :10:09.she wants the ball. You have to say, Natalia as well, the weight of that

:10:10. > :10:15.pass and to finish at that acute angle. It is beautiful. From the

:10:16. > :10:18.goalie's out of you, she comes out but doesn't go smashing down at the

:10:19. > :10:22.player. If you decide to go, you have got to wipe out the ball and

:10:23. > :10:25.the player and take one or the other. It is the last minute of the

:10:26. > :10:29.game and ultimately that is what cost Chelsea. Going into this game

:10:30. > :10:33.as well, we were worried about Chelsea in the transition phase. So

:10:34. > :10:36.if we attack, them coming straight back at Assen it is funny that we

:10:37. > :10:43.did that to them for the second goal. Emma Hayes was quoted as

:10:44. > :10:46.saying that women's football deserves a better standard of

:10:47. > :10:53.officials after seeing her side denied a penalty. What do you think?

:10:54. > :10:56.Definitely a penalty. Gemma Davison is clever, makes the players commit

:10:57. > :11:00.and Emma Mitchell does leave a foot out. Whether it makes football with

:11:01. > :11:04.Gemma Davison, whether she is playing for it, doesn't matter. The

:11:05. > :11:08.assistant referee is in a great position to help them out and it is

:11:09. > :11:12.a penalty. I suppose Chelsea feel hard done by, losses and they were

:11:13. > :11:17.getting those goals but they are not now, but that is football. We

:11:18. > :11:21.complain during the Cisma should have had penalty calls but in the

:11:22. > :11:25.game it went away. The referees are National League standard. Is that

:11:26. > :11:29.the right level in the WSL? I didn't think so, the game has moved on.

:11:30. > :11:34.Maybe two or three years ago it was, but now teams are fully professional

:11:35. > :11:37.teams and it should be reflected in the standard of referees. They

:11:38. > :11:41.should be at least football league standard. Going into these big games

:11:42. > :11:45.as well, it could go either way from a poor decision and that is not fair

:11:46. > :11:49.on the way the women's game is going. Emma Hayes was heated but it

:11:50. > :11:55.was also pretty hot of the Arsenal dressing at half-time. Over to you,

:11:56. > :11:58.Alex, what was going on? I'm not going to name no names, but as we

:11:59. > :12:02.were walking into the changing room at half-time, one of our players

:12:03. > :12:06.heard their staff saying make sure the heating is turned up. So we

:12:07. > :12:09.thought if you are doing that, we will do the team talk outside.

:12:10. > :12:11.Whether they were going to do that or not, we don't know.

:12:12. > :12:14.We head to the Midlands next, where Birmingham were aiming

:12:15. > :12:16.to extend their eight match unbeaten run, when they faced Sunderland.

:12:17. > :12:20.In the commentary box for us was Nigel Adderley.

:12:21. > :12:24.Commentary macro aside from the title race Birmingham's resurgence

:12:25. > :12:40.is one of the talks of the season. Carlton Fairweather has switched to

:12:41. > :12:46.three at the back. Stephanie Roche drops to the bench to allow Stefanie

:12:47. > :12:49.Banner to return. Sunderland would have been mightily relieved to

:12:50. > :12:56.finally get their first league win of the season against Doncaster last

:12:57. > :12:59.week. It will be tough here today. Birmingham don't score many, they

:13:00. > :13:05.concede even fewer, and here is Wellings. Strong enough to ride the

:13:06. > :13:12.initial challenge, and she then goes beyond Haley Sharp. A fine save from

:13:13. > :13:13.ritual laws. Charlie Wellings, one of the youngsters who has really

:13:14. > :13:28.shone this season for Birmingham. Allen stands firm, then Stringer

:13:29. > :13:30.becomes involved. It just threatens to get a wee bit nasty before the

:13:31. > :13:41.referee gives the free kick. That is a decent delivery! And their

:13:42. > :13:44.header from havoc is kept out again by Laws. Birmingham to make the most

:13:45. > :13:55.of set pieces. Brown's throw in. It falls to

:13:56. > :13:59.Staniforth. Now Chaplain, possibilities here for Sunderland.

:14:00. > :14:08.Furness with the shot, which was a trundle in the end. And routine for

:14:09. > :14:15.the keeper. One of a number of new players, which have transformed this

:14:16. > :14:17.Birmingham team. Once again, Birmingham are a very junior ball

:14:18. > :14:22.unit but they do have some quality and here is Lawley, and she has

:14:23. > :14:26.played in the Heather Berg. An excellent block to deny the

:14:27. > :14:33.Norwegian international. Sunderland finally smuggle the ball clear.

:14:34. > :14:35.Looking for her first league goal. Terrific defending from Hayley

:14:36. > :14:46.Sharp. Birmingham's leading goal scorer

:14:47. > :14:54.this season, even though she only has three. And now Lawley, who has

:14:55. > :14:59.really shone so far today. And a deflection, close to an own goal,

:15:00. > :15:07.and it was Stefanie Bannen at the near post. She will be great for

:15:08. > :15:12.ritual laws was alert to the danger. Carter. -- Rachael Burrows. The

:15:13. > :15:18.initial ball was caught out. Here is Lyndon. Appeals for handball as it

:15:19. > :15:28.strikes Bannen, but nothing given by the referee. The German

:15:29. > :15:37.international quickly into the action and the arms were raised.

:15:38. > :15:46.Here is Lawley once again. She is too quick. It is another terrific

:15:47. > :16:34.cross. The final touch was gratefully dropped on.

:16:35. > :16:42.The girls have worked as hard as they have. Given the way that a goal

:16:43. > :16:45.from a set piece, we had opportunities to clear it and we

:16:46. > :16:49.didn't. Against a team like Birmingham, you will get punished.

:16:50. > :16:53.Everyone knows we are good at the back and organised but I want to see

:16:54. > :16:57.more goals, more attacking play from us, get in more advanced options and

:16:58. > :17:00.be more expressive and Nepal. We are starting to do that on the break

:17:01. > :17:04.now, moving forward. We have different dynamics in the group and

:17:05. > :17:07.I want people to start recognising the quality we have here and what we

:17:08. > :17:11.are building as a couple club. Birmingham got the win but they have

:17:12. > :17:16.to be patient. Sunderland will be disappointed, having stood firm to

:17:17. > :17:20.88 minutes. They will, because that has been Sunderland's problem, not

:17:21. > :17:24.only not scoring but licking a lot of goals. To hold firm for the

:17:25. > :17:27.majority of the game, to leak it from a set piece they will be

:17:28. > :17:31.disappointed. A long throw from Jess Carter into the box. This should go

:17:32. > :17:37.forward. It should go out of the box, high and wide header. It ends

:17:38. > :17:41.up causing the Sunderland goalkeeper a problem, backpedalling, tips it

:17:42. > :17:45.onto the bar and who react? Young Charlie Wellings. She must be so

:17:46. > :17:50.excited. She reacts and the defenders don't. When you know the

:17:51. > :17:53.team has a long throw, sometimes you turn to over concentrate on the

:17:54. > :17:56.first phase of the set play when it is really the second of it that you

:17:57. > :18:01.can be undone by and that is what happened with Sunderland.

:18:02. > :18:08.We heard David Parker wanting Birmingham to be more progressive on

:18:09. > :18:14.the ball. Birmingham have done well the first part of the season. She's

:18:15. > :18:18.come in and she's been in the league for years because she's so direct

:18:19. > :18:22.when she gets the ball, she uses it so effectively. She looks, her first

:18:23. > :18:28.ball is forward. Sometimes players can play side ways or backwards.

:18:29. > :18:33.That can put you under pressure. She's got everything in the armoury,

:18:34. > :18:38.she can spray the ball out wide. She plays one and two touches. She moves

:18:39. > :18:42.off the ball really well. We've seen her in other games organising the

:18:43. > :18:45.team around her. A lovely little dip of the shoulder and a switch of

:18:46. > :18:49.play. She's pretty much everywhere and central to everything that

:18:50. > :18:53.Birmingham are doing. She's also, you know, creating chances for

:18:54. > :18:56.herself and those goals will come. We talked about officiating earlier

:18:57. > :19:03.in the show. It wasn't as costly for Birmingham, but should they have had

:19:04. > :19:08.a penalty? No, definitely not. It would have been harsh. When we see

:19:09. > :19:12.the clip, the Sunderland defender, as the ball strikes her hand is in

:19:13. > :19:16.front of her chest. It wouldn't make any difference to the direction of

:19:17. > :19:20.the ball. For me, completely no penalty at all. I agree with Rachel

:19:21. > :19:34.there. I would have felt hard done by. The right decision there.

:19:35. > :19:36.Notts County faced a tricky trip to in-form Liverpool

:19:37. > :19:39.They had, however, beaten the Reds in their previous four encounters.

:19:40. > :19:46.Notts count yay rived at the stadium searching for their first away win

:19:47. > :19:52.this season. They came close to taking the lead early on. This

:19:53. > :20:00.glancing header cleared off the line by Alex Greenwood. The reds required

:20:01. > :20:06.more last ditch defending later. Potter picking out Clark. Her cross

:20:07. > :20:13.turned behind with both White and Williams ready to pounce. Liverpool

:20:14. > :20:19.were unbeat anyone their previous four WSL 1 games and began to grow

:20:20. > :20:23.into the match. Last week's goal scorers against Reading combined.

:20:24. > :20:32.But unable to test the keeper with this effort. The goal was under

:20:33. > :20:37.threat again. The home continued to create chances after the break. A

:20:38. > :20:44.superb delivery into the box. Unable to make the most of an excellent

:20:45. > :20:48.opportunity. Notts County will be without their first-choice

:20:49. > :20:55.goalkeeper following surgery for an ankle injury.

:20:56. > :21:01.Liverpool then just about in touch with the chasing pack.

:21:02. > :21:05.Despite not playing for two weeks, Manchester City still

:21:06. > :21:15.And the inconsistency of fixtures was on the agenda

:21:16. > :21:17.at Wembley last week, as the FA made a huge announcement

:21:18. > :21:27.April 2011 provided a watershed moment for women's

:21:28. > :21:32.In a move to professionalise the game, the Football Association

:21:33. > :21:34.launched the WSL, its first ever semi-professional league,

:21:35. > :21:36.which would be played between April and October.

:21:37. > :21:40.After five years of significant growth, both on and off the pitch,

:21:41. > :21:44.the FA reconvened at the national stadium last week to unveil

:21:45. > :21:51.its latest blueprint for the future of the women's game.

:21:52. > :21:57.Following the euros in 2017, we'll go into a winter season, which will

:21:58. > :22:02.start in September and end in May. It will mirror the men's season.

:22:03. > :22:06.You've got to remember that the rest of the women's football period is in

:22:07. > :22:11.the winter. I don't just mean the senior pyramid, grass-roots. When

:22:12. > :22:14.you look at aligning competitions and moving young players through the

:22:15. > :22:20.levels, it's a bit more easy when they play at the same time. We hope

:22:21. > :22:22.this can be a game changer. It gives a chance to kick off.

:22:23. > :22:24.To remove the prospect of a ten-month period

:22:25. > :22:26.without competitive football ahead of the European Championships,

:22:27. > :22:29.a one-off transitional competition will be played,

:22:30. > :22:34.Each side will play each other once in a league format with no

:22:35. > :22:37.relegation between February and June 2017, before the new format

:22:38. > :22:38.begins in September, which will also include

:22:39. > :22:52.We think it will be easier to get a more consistent fixture programme

:22:53. > :22:56.that will get better and more regular access to grounds and that

:22:57. > :23:01.we hope to build a high performance system for players to achieve

:23:02. > :23:06.wearing their England shirt. I look at it as an international manager. I

:23:07. > :23:10.look at player welfare, making sure we give our players every possible

:23:11. > :23:14.chance with the best athlete and player they can be and give the

:23:15. > :23:19.teams to be better teams and players. As a natural result the

:23:20. > :23:23.national team will improve as well. We've made a courageous call. It

:23:24. > :23:27.might not work out for us, but we have to make the decisions we feel

:23:28. > :23:31.are right to give this team every possible chance of winning European

:23:32. > :23:36.Championships and winning world cups on a consistent basis. To do that we

:23:37. > :23:40.need a strong, vibrant, successful women's Super League. We want it to

:23:41. > :23:47.be an iconic competition for women so that we see women athletes at

:23:48. > :23:49.their very best, you know, competitive, fit, healthy,

:23:50. > :23:54.technically, tactically good, so that young girls look at that and

:23:55. > :23:58.say, you know, crikey, I want to be one of those. That's what we want,

:23:59. > :24:02.we want an iconic league. Lots of factors have been taken into

:24:03. > :24:07.account. Player welfare is a key priority, do you understand why the

:24:08. > :24:10.change has been made? I do. From a players' perspective, it has been

:24:11. > :24:14.frustrating with the fixtures. Can you go for periods without having a

:24:15. > :24:18.game for two, three weeks. Then you are playing three off the back.

:24:19. > :24:22.That's been the main thing. We'd like to see more consistency. I know

:24:23. > :24:26.the winter league will help. I know what Mark's meaning when he touches

:24:27. > :24:29.on player welfare. When you're playing so many fixtures

:24:30. > :24:34.back-to-back and catching up, you don't get the quality time to do

:24:35. > :24:37.your gym work or time on the pitch to develop as a player. So I think

:24:38. > :24:41.with more consistency in the fixtures that will help players.

:24:42. > :24:45.Mark Samson has said he will have more time with the players and

:24:46. > :24:51.they'll be match tough. Why? Yeah, to clarify that. Some of the

:24:52. > :24:54.fixtures, the domestic fixtures won't be butted together with the

:24:55. > :24:58.international fixtures. After an Arsenal game, for instance, there'll

:24:59. > :25:04.be a couple of days where they get a chance to recover. They will go into

:25:05. > :25:08.camp fresh and can have good, efficient and quality time together

:25:09. > :25:10.as a squad preparing for a game. Hopefully that will look after

:25:11. > :25:14.players and they will avoid injury. Will that make a difference when it

:25:15. > :25:18.comes to winning major tournaments? Definitely. If you're making the

:25:19. > :25:21.league stronger, that improves your national players. That makes the

:25:22. > :25:25.England team better. Like I just said, I think it goes back to the

:25:26. > :25:28.point, the regular training, the regular work, you have time to do

:25:29. > :25:32.that. If you're playing constant fixtures you haven't because it's

:25:33. > :25:35.about recovery. They should make teams more competitive when it comes

:25:36. > :25:38.to the Champions League, which has a winter schedule. It aligns the

:25:39. > :25:42.league with the likes of the German and French league, who are all

:25:43. > :25:45.perennial challengers for the Champions League trophy. Hopefully

:25:46. > :25:49.it will give our Champions League teams the best chance of peaking at

:25:50. > :25:53.the right time to start winning silverware in that department. So

:25:54. > :25:57.this is all good. But what are the challenges? What needs to happen for

:25:58. > :26:02.this to be a success? My only concern is with the summer league

:26:03. > :26:06.you have families coming to the gale and switching to the winter league

:26:07. > :26:08.will they continue to come when it's freezing cold. It's English weather

:26:09. > :26:19.for you - that could be happening right now! You hope for women's

:26:20. > :26:23.football it's such a brave decision, I hope it pushes women's football to

:26:24. > :26:28.the next level. We want the women's game to keep moving to new levels.

:26:29. > :26:31.Compared to five years ago, when the summer league was launched, one of

:26:32. > :26:35.the reasons was because of better availability of pitches. Because the

:26:36. > :26:39.standards have improved, we have better facilities, the pitches won't

:26:40. > :26:42.be an issue. Having them in the winter, yes the weather will be

:26:43. > :26:46.poor, but the standard of the surface is better. Look at

:26:47. > :26:50.Borehamwood, it's a wonderful surface. Look the Manchester City,

:26:51. > :26:54.brand new stadium, great pitch. Hopefully, pitches will not be an

:26:55. > :26:58.issue. Overall, what would your assessment be? I love the fact that

:26:59. > :27:04.it's aligned with the men's league, so they can use the commercial value

:27:05. > :27:07.of men's clubs to really enhance the spotlight of women's football. So

:27:08. > :27:12.it's not going to be overshadowed bit men's playing. It will be

:27:13. > :27:17.enhanced. The resources at the disposal of the women's clubs go

:27:18. > :27:21.hand in hand with the men's. Any promotional material, the women's

:27:22. > :27:27.teams can be jump on the back of the men's teams. It remains to be seen

:27:28. > :27:29.which sides from WSL 2 will start the new winter calendar in the top

:27:30. > :27:42.flight. Just enough time for a bit

:27:43. > :27:45.of action from WSL2. Leaders Yeovil travelled

:27:46. > :27:46.to Everton on Sunday, but they come unstuck,

:27:47. > :27:48.as the Toffees bounced back from successive defeats

:27:49. > :27:50.with a commanding performance. Chloe Kelly setting her side

:27:51. > :27:53.on the way to a 3-0 win That moves Everton to win six points

:27:54. > :28:00.of Yeovil. Andy Spence's side also still have

:28:01. > :28:03.two games in hand on the Glovers. Just enough time to reveal that

:28:04. > :28:07.England's next home game, where they will look to secure top

:28:08. > :28:10.spot in Euro Qualifying Group 7 against Estonia, will be played

:28:11. > :28:12.at Notts County's Meadow Lane You'll be able to see that game live

:28:13. > :28:23.on the BBC TWO at 7.05pm. Before that, we're back next

:28:24. > :28:25.Monday with highlights from Manchester City's trip

:28:26. > :28:28.to Notts County - 23.15 on BBC Two So plenty of change ahead

:28:29. > :28:37.for the Women's Super League, but one thing is sure to remain

:28:38. > :28:40.the same: the race to become champions of WSL1 is going to be

:28:41. > :28:44.just as thrilling as ever.