Category: Opinion
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Homegrown Heaven? – Part One
The ‘FA Home Grown Player Rule’ adopted by the Women’s Super League mandates that in each 25-woman squad there must be at least 8 players who have been registered with an English/Welsh club for three years before the end of the season in which they turn 21. That equates to effectively a third of the…
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Match Report: West Ham 3-2 Brighton
The bare minimum you need to do to progress up the table in the Women’s Super League is to beat the teams below you. After comfortably despatching West Ham 4-1 at the Broadfield (we won’t mention the Subway Cup) and an excellent performance despite the scoreline last week against London City, hopes were high of…
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Match Review: Brighton 1-2 London City
This was always going to be a battle of togetherness against individuality – such are the mercurial talents Michelle Kang has attracted to the Lionesses since she took over. Away from home that teamwork and grit won out and the Albion came home with three points, but they couldn’t repeat that feat yesterday despite restricting…
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Schrödinger’s Stadium
Some of you may be familiar with the famous thought experiment know as Schrödinger’s cat. Here’s a handy video if you want to cat-ch up. Essentially a cat is put in a wooden box with an item that has a 50% chance of killing it in the next hour. At the end of the hour,…
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Match Review: Aston Villa 2-1 Brighton
There appear to be three distinct categories of team in the WSL this season. Those who will challenge for the title, Europe and a top four finish, those who will battle it out to avoid the relegation playoff, and those who aren’t good enough for the former but are too good for the latter –…
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Match Review: Brighton 0-3 Chelsea
After the Chelsea juggernaut ground to a halt last week against Everton in the WSL, they dismantled Roma in emphatic fashion on Wednesday night in European competition. Which version of Chelsea would show up to the Broadfield, a broken husk of a team, or one determined to put that blip on Merseyside behind them? The…
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Match Review: London City 0-1 Brighton
Make no mistake, for the Albion, this game was a no doubt six-pointer. A win would keep them in the mix for a top half finish and take them just a point behind their opponents, a loss and the existing gap of four points would have opened to seven. It was wet, it was windy,…
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Facing Forwards – The Search Begins…
With the injury to Michelle Agyemang and subsequent news that she will be out of action for at least the remainder of this season – Brighton & Hove Albion have a striker shaped hole in their squad that needs to be filled. Ironically, if the club was light in any area, it was up front…
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Match Review: Liverpool 1-1 Brighton
There is a tightrope to be trodden between loyal conviction and blind optimism. This game featured moments that made you want to both tear your hair out and applaud in equal measure. Get ready, because you may not agree with what follows – the good, the bad, and the ugly. For a full recap of…
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Match Review: Brighton 2-3 Manchester United
One of the positive aspects of the season so far has been the Albion’s home form, continuing on from a marked improvement last year. That being said, when one of the ‘big four’ comes to town, maintaining ‘Fortress Broadfield’ is always going to be a tough ask. For a full recap of the match action…
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