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Use men’s grounds for Europe!0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 28th April 2022
Blues boss Emma Hayes wants English women’s teams who compete in the Champions League to play those matches at the men’s grounds. She believes that making it mandatory to stage European football nights at big stadiums will help boost the women’s game. She has also flagged up serious concerns about the state of some pitches
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Semis loom for Chelsea 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 15th April 2022
Within hours of each other, Chelsea’s men and women play mirror FA Cup semi-finals on Sunday… the men (in yellow) at Wembley, and the women at Arsenal’s Boreham Wood ground. Emma Hayes mused that, with a sell-out crowd at the Gooners’ stadium, the time must be approaching when the women’s semis could also be staged
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Beth’s back as Blues hit 9 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 28th March 2022
Beth England (pictured) is back on form as Chelsea Women shot to the top of the league with an overwhelming 9-0 away win at Leicester. In a remarkably one-sided match, the Blues were 3-0 up in just seven minutes, then refused to take their foot off the gas as they pummelled the Foxes and leapfrogged
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Red card meant there was only going to be one winner 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 13th March 2022
Hollyfield student HARRY CASTLE (that’s him above) was at the recent Chelsea Women v Leicester City Women match at Kingsmeadow, in the press box, writing his first match report as he aims for a career in sports journalism. Here it is… The game started with Chelsea Women the clear favourites to beat
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Showdown looms!0
- Chelsea FC Women, Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 6th February 2022
Naimh Charles dashed over to meet fans at the end of Chelsea’s hard-fought win over City on Sunday afternoon Picture: Morris Thain Chelsea Women’s hard-earned 1-0 victory over Manchester City at a sunny Kingsmeadow on Sunday lunchtime tees up a showdown match against Arsenal, under the lights on Friday night. Although it won’t
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Blues crash out of Europe 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 17th December 2021
Despite putting out the strongest team she could, Emma Hayes had to accept that Chelsea Women were simply not good enough after they slumped to a 4-0 defeat in Germany in the Champions League on Thursday night… and were dumped out of Europe. After losing first-choice goalie Ann-Katrin Berger to Covid, deputy Zecira Musovic was
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