Chelsea Women’s gaffer Emma Hayes has been crowned queen of the WSL after winning most fan nominations in a manager-of-the-season and team-of-the-season poll organised by the BBC at the tail end of this strange, truncated footballing year. Blues players Beth England, Magda Eriksson and Millie Bright feature in the team of the year, alongside a
Chelsea Women’s gaffer Emma Hayes has been crowned queen of the WSL after winning most fan nominations in a manager-of-the-season and team-of-the-season poll organised by the BBC at the tail end of this strange, truncated footballing year.
Blues players Beth England, Magda Eriksson and Millie Bright feature in the team of the year, alongside a shoal of Arsenal and Manchester City players, in the formation the nation prefers – 4-3-3.
Chelsea, however, who play at Kingsmeadow, Kingston, have evolved their own idiosyncratic 4-1-3-2 system with Sophie Ingle in front of the back four. Ingle, with Erin Cuthbert, just missed out on placings in the BBC poll.
The full line-up, as voted for by fans who participated, was: Ellie Roebuck, Leah Williamson, Millie Bright, Magda Eriksson, Lisa Evans, Kim Little Danni van de Donk, Jill Scott, Beth England, Viv Miedema, Beth Mead.
The recognition for Hayes is a fitting tribute; she’d have been confidently expecting to lead her girls out at Wembley tomorrow in what should have been the Women’s FA Cup final, but for coronavirus.
The weather is going to be brilliant, and the FA would have been confident of achieving a full house of 90,000, with the teams being given a guard of honour by servicemen and women to commemorate VE Day’s 75th anniversary.
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