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a-little-international · 6 years ago

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Stable

Summary: Even Tom knows it’s a cliché for the stable hand to fall in love with the star rider.

Pairing: Tom Holland/OC

Warnings: nothing but a bit of pining, really

Words: 3339

A/N: this is me being self-indulgent and craving all the equestrian-centric fics lmao

The Series: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3

Chapter 1

Tom glanced down at the watch on his wrist for the third time within five minutes. He rubbed at the saddle leather with his rag, hardly paying any attention to what he was doing, his ears fixed on the sounds of the driveway outside. Any second now he should be hearing the tyres of her mum’s car crunching over the gravel. Every time she walked through the barn doors, the sunlight streaming in from behind her like in some biblical painting, it was another image added to the mental library of his life’s highlights reel.

One of the horses out on the fields whinnied in the distance and Tom kept cleaning the tack absentmindedly. He probably could be doing other, more pressing things, like checking the fence on the far end of the property near the tree line or refilling the water trough in the West Field because it had a small leak, but he didn’t want to miss her big entrance. The tack room was just off to the right of the main barn doors, and over the years Tom had made it part of his routine to stand exactly where he was stood in that moment, polishing the silver bits and precious dark leather at exactly ten o’clock in the morning every Saturday and Sunday just to watch her walk in with her shoulders back, hair flowing and smiling brightly. She always met his eyes, knew he was always going to be there to greet her with a wave of his rag and a beating in his chest he was convinced she was able to hear.

He ran his rag over the metal plaque on the saddle, polishing over the horse’s name for what felt like the hundredth time and he knew she was running a bit late without having to check his watch again. He wondered if something had happened or if it was something as arbitrary as having had an extra cup of tea before leaving the house that was causing her delay. Tom shrugged his shoulders to shake off some of the anticipatory, nervous tension that was building up in him, his thick jacket ruffling loudly as he moved. And then he heard it: the somehow unmistakable sound of her mother’s Land Rover slowly rolling around the driveway and coming to a halt. He could almost set a timer to the rhythm at which she opened the door, the sound of her boots hitting the ground, the pause as she said her goodbyes, and the final slam of the car door. He knew she’d be walking into the stable in around five seconds, and he looked down at the saddle below his hands hastily, not wanting her to catch on that he was expecting her.

As if on cue, in she walked with a power and grace that always rendered his breathing useless. Tom looked up to admire her slender silhouette, backlit against the open doors, and he had to remind himself to smile and blink and raise his rag in his routine salute.

“Morning Tom!” She grinned, walking up to him and leaning against the tack room’s door frame, crossing her arms.

Tom licked his lips, his mouth running dry at the sight of her, “Morning Ren.” He wanted to ask why she was six minutes late, but he didn’t want to make a fool of himself.

“How’s your day been? Have I missed much?”

Tom nodded, eyes flicking between her and the saddle, trying not to stare, “Pretty good, yeah, quiet. Not much going on. Cisco’s still turned out if you want to come with me to get him?” he asked, looking up at her from under his lashes.

She nodded, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear, “Yeah of course, let me just check in with the others – you’ll come get me when you’re ready to go?”

Tom smiled at her and nodded, watching as she turned on her heel to head towards the stables that held her other horses. He couldn’t seem to look away from the way her dark hair swished like a gently cascading waterfall against her back, coming to a stop just above her ass. It took all his decency and might not to let his eyes trail down any further and admire how her suede -lined jodhpurs accentuated her curves.

He looked around the tack room, trying to find something else to kill time with. He couldn’t let her know he’d been waiting around for her to arrive, that he wasn’t actually busy with anything in that moment other than running through thoughts of her in his mind. He pulled the stack of spare saddle pads from their rack started replacing them in order of colour. It was a simple task that left his hands feeling dusty and grimy, but it did the trick and bought him enough time to seem like he was doing his job.

Rubbing his hands on his pants to clean them up just a little, he stepped out into the barn and walked over to where she was standing against Cricket’s stable door, her massive head cradled against her chest.

Hearing him approach, she looked over and grinned at him and Tom swore his heart jumped into his throat. “Look Cricket,” she said, patting the side of the horse’s face gently, “It’s Tom, our favourite.”

“Hey girl,” Tom chuckled gently, reaching up to rub Cricket’s nose as he tried to ignore the way his diaphragm was pushing almost painfully into his chest. He had certainly not missed how she’d casually thrown out the phrase ‘our favourite’ when referring to him. He knew she probably didn’t mean anything by it, but it was hard for his brain not to run itself into the ground by reading into it just a smidge. “You were a bit cheeky this morning, weren’t you?” he cooed at the horse.

“Oh really?” Ren asked, raising her eyebrows accusingly at Cricket.

“Mmm,” he nodded, his cheeks flushing slightly, “nipped me right in the bum as I tried to muck out around her.”

Tom heard Ren suck in a little air as she raised her finger and tapped Cricket on the nose, her brows knotted in faux-disappointment. “Naughty girl, you need to learn some manners young lady.”

He could stare at the stern wrinkle on her forehead and the way her thick lashes curled up against her browbone and the faint splatter of freckles on her olive skin all day, but he was worried she would catch him. “Ready to head?” He asked, nodding in the general direction of outside.

“Yeah let’s go,” she replied, zipping up her jacket a bit more as she started towards the back exit to the fields, “How was your week?” she asked, turning a bit to look at him as he followed her, “Get up to anything exciting?”

Tom ran a hand through his hair and gave the back of his neck a rub. He didn’t know what to tell her, certain that his life was exponentially more boring than hers. “Just school, you know, and work,” he shrugged, “I went bowling with my friend Jacob on Monday night,” he added, to make himself sound a little less lame.

“Oh, Jacob! He’s the one who plays piano, right? Wants to get into music school?” Ren enquired.

All Tom could do was nod, a bit shocked that she even remembered that. He was certain he’d told her about that months ago, when Jacob first started looking at music programs.

“How’s that going for him?” she pressed on as they approached the gate to the first field.

“Yeah, good,” Tom swallowed, reaching to unlatch the gate, “he’s hoping to get into Bristol, apparently they’re pretty good for music.”

Ren ignored his efforts to open the gate, and heaved herself up and over it, landing on the other side with her boots splashing against the soft, slightly muddy grass. “Well I’ll keep my fingers crossed for him,”

“I’m sure he’d appreciate that,” Tom said, finally getting the latch to slip over the wooden post and swinging the gate open, making sure to close it again behind him. “How’s school been?”

“Annoying,” Ren said rolling her eyes, “I’d much rather be here all the time like you.”

“I’m not here all the time,” Tom laughed as they crossed the field, heading for the far one, “I go to school too, you know.”

“Yeah, but you know what I mean,” she shrugged back as they approached the next gate, “sometimes I just feel like I’m missing out on so much being away all the time.”

Tom nodded, leaning up against the fence as they reached it. He remembered when she’d first started boarding school, when they were eleven, and how he’d found her crying amongst the haybales the weekend before she left. He’d sat beside her and stroked her hair and they had never said a word about it. “I know you love it though,” he finally replied as he watched the horses grazing in the field, and he knew he was right: he could tell by the way she talked about school and her friends and her teachers that she had grown to love it and think of it as a home.

“Oh yeah,” Ren said quickly, mirroring his stance against the fence, one leg hitched up against a slat, “don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t change being at Saints for the world, but I miss being here every day and getting to see the horses and train and hang out with you.”

Tom turned his head to look at her, his heart fluttering at her words. Sure, they were friends, but they weren’t friends-friends. They’d grown up together; running around the grounds of Ashstead, Tom shadowing his dad and Ren with her ponies and he’d loved her since day one, but he never thought that he was anything more than just part of the stable environment to her. “Well, Half-Term’s just around the corner and then you can spend as much time here as you want,” Tom suggested, watching as the wind picked up strands of her hair and made them dance around her face.

Her eyes flicked to his and a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth, “Yeah, that’s the plan. Just got to get through another four weeks of school and then: freedom.”

“And before you know it it’ll be the summer holidays,” Tom shot back with a wide smile. The summer holidays were always his favourite and it definitely had a direct correlation with how much time Ren spent at the stables during them. Some days she’d even come in at the crack of dawn to help him muck out and would stay all the way past sunset to help him close up.

“And then maybe-probably Uni,” she sighed, looking back out over the field before moving to jump over the fence again.

Tom quickly opened the gate – this one being distinctly more cooperative – and passing into the field next to her, “Oh, so you think you’re going to go after all?” he asked, following her as she marched towards the horses.

She shrugged, not bothering to look back at him as she headed straight for Cisco, “Not sure, I’ve applied to a bunch, but I want to give riding full-time a shot. The parental unit’s not too sure about it though.”

“Well either way you’d do brilliantly,” Tom said quietly, flushing as he complimented her. He didn’t dare look at her to see her reaction, and he certainly didn’t want her to see exactly how much adoration and admiration was undoubtedly plastered all over his face at the thought of her succeeding.

They’d reached the small group of horses grazing on the damp grass and Tom walked over to Cisco, her relatively new Hanoverian gelding, who was meant to carry her through the season and hopefully, if everything went well, into the professional career she’d dreamed about for as long as he’d known her. “Hey pal,” he greeted, wrapping his fingers around Cisco’s headcollar as he reached up with his other hand to grab the lead rope he always had swinging around his neck, clipping the end to the metal loop. “You want to take him?” Tom asked, offering the rope to Ren, who gladly took it as they started walking back towards the stables in comfortable silence.

“What are you up to now?” Ren asked, breaking the quiet between them as they finally walked back through the barn doors, Cisco’s hooves clopping loudly against the cobblestone.

Tom pulled a face, “Dad wants me to polish the trophies, but if you have something better for me to do I’ll gladly take that instead.”

Ren laughed as she tied Cisco to one of the rings on the wall, giving his thick neck a hearty scratch, “Want to help me groom and tack up?”

Tom couldn’t have said no to her if she’d asked him to trek to London and back with three sacks of flour on his back, especially not with the way the dimple in her left cheek appeared when she smiled at him and how the tip of her nose was pink from the fresh air outside.

As much as Tom loved watching Ren from afar – watching how she’d order and re-order her monogrammed tack box from where he’d be sweeping up some loose straw, watching her concentration as she came up to a jump and her elation as she cleared it as he gazed out of the office window, watching as she struggled to free a strand of hair caught in her helmet as he walked through the yard with a wheelbarrow – this was his favourite way to watch her: all up close and personal.

He was in the middle of moving the rubber grooming brush in tight circles against Cisco’s haunches, but his eyes were trained on how her tongue poked out lightly as she tried detangling his tail.

When she bent over to clean out his hooves, Tom couldn’t help but glance down at her ass, his eyes flicking back up whatever it was his hands were doing for fear of being caught out. He watched, totally transfixed, from over Cisco’s back as she tied her long hair up into a neat ponytail, her head tilted back, and eyes closed.

“Do you mind finishing up the wraps?” Ren asked, getting up from where she was crouched next to Cisco’s front legs. When he shook his head in response, she handed him the remaining protective bandages and moved towards the tack room.

Tom was just about finishing up the first wrap when she returned with Cisco’s saddle held confidently in her arms, his bridle swung over her shoulder. As Tom started on the second wrap, Ren gently placed the saddle on the floor, making sure to keep the saddle pad under it to keep the leather from scratching, and swiftly moved to bring the bridle over the horse’s head, slipping the silver bit in without any issues.

Finishing the last wrap, Tom stood up and moved around to help adjust the saddle pad, now placed on Cisco’s back, as she went to lift the saddle up.

“Florence!” exclaimed a familiar voice causing her to spin on her heels, saddle still clutched in her hands.

Harrison Osterfield was strutting down the length of the barn towards them, the soles of his finely polished boots snapping against the hard ground.

Tom would be lying if he said his heart didn’t feel a slight twinge in response to the wide grin that broke out across her face at the sight of the handsome boy with the bright blue eyes and crisp white shirt.

“Harrison!” she exclaimed, handing Tom the saddle without looking at him, “What the hell are you doing here?” she asked as Harrison curled his arm around her neck to pull her in for a hug. Tom noted how her arms wrapped around his waist and he quickly looked away, suddenly feeling like he was intruding.

“Do you want me to leave?” Harrison joked, looking down at her as he slowly let her go, keeping his hand loosely placed on her shoulder.

“No!” Ren laughed back, shoving him lightly, “but I thought you were staying at school over the weekend?”

Harrison shrugged, putting both of his hands in his pockets – a vision of careless confidence that Tom could only dream about having, “Got permission to leave for a few hours so I thought I’d pop in to say hi. Holland,” he greeted Tom finally, almost as an afterthought, nodding at him in acknowledgement.

Tom smiled back politely, stepping back from the pair to finish tacking up Cisco.

“You going to train or…?” Tom heard her ask Harrison as he adjusted the placement of the saddle, tugging at it until it sat correctly.

Harrison Osterfield played Number One – the main offensive position – on Ashstead’s Under 21s Polo team and somehow managed to take it both incredibly seriously and incredibly not, having the most relaxed attitude to training Tom had ever seen from a competitive athlete. Tom pulled the girth down and let it dangle for a second as he waited to hear Harrison’s reply.

“Well,” Harrison started, and Tom swore he could hear him smirking, “I was actually thinking we could go on a hack together, you and me.”

Tom clenched his teeth as he moved around the horse and pulled the girth up on the other side, beginning to fasten the leather to the buckle.

“Oh,” Ren’s voice dropped, “I was actually going to train,” she said, turning to look at Cisco, “the first county fair is in two weeks.”

Tom took that as his queue to smirk; he was looking forward to watching her jump around the outside arena from where he’d undoubtedly find himself spending his afternoon polishing the trophies in the office.

“Come on, you’re so good already and we haven’t ridden out since before Christmas. One afternoon isn’t going to hurt your chances and you know it,” Harrison pleaded, and Tom couldn’t help but glance over his shoulder at them. Harrison was pouting at her, and Tom turned back to adjusting the girth.

Ren sighed, “But Cisco’s already all tacked up and you know I can’t take him out, what if he gets injured?”

Tom carried on, letting down the stirrup and making sure it was at her preferred length, as he restrained himself from nodding along to her very valid argument.

“It’ll only take like ten minutes to tack up Cricket, and Holland can just sort Cisco out for you, couldn’t you, Holland?” Harrison nodded at Tom, whose hands were still against the saddle.

Tom looked at Ren, who looked back at him pleadingly, “Would you mind, Tom?” her response made his heart sink just a little, but, as always, he couldn’t say no to her.

“Yeah no worries,” he said back, trying to make his voice sound bright and helpful and unbothered as he pulled up to undo the girth buckle he’d just fastened. “I can go get Sam and Harry, I think they’re in the loft sorting out the hay, and they can help you with Cricket and Skylark, no problem,” he added, shrugging his shoulders like they didn’t feel weighed down by an upheaval of disappointment and an annoying twinge of jealousy.

Harrison shot him a bright smile and slapped him on the shoulder, “Brilliant, mate,” he said, “If we go around Pearman’s Farm, I think I saw lambs in the fields on my drive up,” he added, looking down at Ren.

Tom couldn’t help but notice how her face lit up at that; her eyes shining and dimple popping and cheeks flushed; and in that moment, he couldn’t stop himself from wishing his name was Harrison Osterfield, and that he was the one making her smile like that, and that he had all the time in the day to take her to go look at the lambs.

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shirlleycoyle · 4 years ago

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My Life as a Meme: ‘I Can’t Believe You’ve Done This’ Revisited

In November 2007, an entirely contextless video of me being punched in the face went viral. You might have seen it. It still does the rounds every couple of months, often when something notably bad happens that warrants a response of disbelief. In these strange times, it’s managed to remain endlessly prescient.

For the uninitiated, the video in question is an 11-second clip in which, aged 16, I appear wearing a dressing gown cord around my head, a chain necklace, some children’s sunglasses and a black T-shirt. I sit down and address the camera, ostensibly about to tell the viewer what I was thinking. I am immediately interrupted by my friend Tim, who appears stage left and lamps me. Rather than react in pain or anger, I err more towards disappointment and dismay, bewildered that something like this could happen. “Ah fuck. I can’t believe you’ve done this,” I said. End scene.

It’s been nearly 14 years since I uploaded the original video and to this day it still prompts questions. Who was the guy who got punched? Why did he get punched? Who punched him? What was he thinking? Why did he react that way? Why did he leave YouTube?

In recent years I’ve come to appreciate and even enjoy its bizarre status as an enduring piece of internet history, but my relationship with the clip in the decade that followed its inexorable rise hasn’t always been easy. To understand why, it’s useful to remember that the internet in 2007 was, for better or worse, a very different place.

Having spent the best part of my school years filming stupid skits with mates instead of studying, there was something semi-appealing about the prospect of being able to put videos online to share with friends. It began in mid-2003, when myself and a group of friends would have been in our early teens. Inspired by the likes of Jackass and Bam Margera’s CKY movies, our impressionable young selves set about ignoring all relevant safety warnings, hurling ourselves out of trees, riding scooters into curbs, and racing tyres down hills on skateboards.

At the age of 14 or so, I had envisaged cutting the footage into a chaotic feature-length video of “stunts.” I’d probably have soundtracked it with music from the Tony Hawk games, alongside countless other homemade skate videos people made circa 2003 that probably featured a mix of Ace of Spades or Guerilla Radio. I still have a box full of VHS-C tapes kicking around somewhere, which can only be viewed on one of those absolutely insane VHS adapters. Having not watched any of it in well over a decade, I can safely say that the content contained within those tapes is unequivocally shit.

All of a sudden you're everywhere and it's out of your control. You either try to fight it and get destroyed, or embrace it and try to cash in.

Looking back, the whole endeavour was entirely aimless, but aside from coming away with mild head injuries from time to time it was an innocuous way to spend my childhood. At the very least it also means I have a bizarre, tangible record of my youth that I’ll be able to laugh at one day when I’m old and wizened.

By summer 2004, we had started filming on Mini-DV, which opened up a whole new world of editing possibilities. Plugging a video camera into a computer and capturing footage directly to editing software is pretty much a given for today’s generation of content creators, but back in the early 2000s, this was revolutionary.

We’d eventually gravitate away from ‘stunts’ towards more structured skits and sketches. Nothing was ever scripted per se, but we’d usually start out with a rough idea of something and see how it played out.

There was an ambitiously misguided 'silent horror' short, soundtracked by Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells, in which someone chopped off ‘my cock’ (a banana) with a garden shear. We considered this to be the absolute pinnacle of comedy.

There was an ill-advised 'Ballers' skit in which we ventured out in sports gear to make a mock training video taking the piss out of a guy at school who fancied himself as a bit of a gangster; this painfully middle-class white kid who listened to rap metal and liked basketball. He obviously never saw it and there's no question that we looked like idiots filming it at the local park. It’s probably quite offensive in hindsight.

The author at the Bristol Climate Change Protests in September 2019. Image: Shanya Buultjens

There was a James Bond 'spoof' that involved misquoting portions of dialogue from that scene in GoldenEye where Q gives Bond an exploding pen. It was funny to about three people. One of them was my mum.

One time a mate of mine fell out of a tree when he tried to swing from a branch. He landed on his back and ended up coughing up blood. He didn’t go to the hospital even though he probably should have. He’s now a doctor and a father.

Mercifully, none of this stuff ever made it online, but I did sell a couple of DVDs to people at school who rightly/probably/hopefully never watched them. In an ideal world, I'd own the only copies. I'm also fully aware that writing about this now only makes it more likely that one of the four people that still have a copy will dig theirs out. Please do not do that.

In 2005 and 2006, YouTube was very much in its infancy. This was the time when clips were limited to about 100mb and you could only upload about 30 seconds worth of footage at a time, which basically made it perfect for bursts of frenetic, inane content. As the platform grew, it became a dumping ground for skits and footage that we’d accumulated over the preceding years. Much of it went completely unnoticed until late 2007, at which point things started to get a bit weird.

The truth is that, nearly a decade and a half later, I’m still processing it.

The clip that people have come to know started out as an aimless skit filmed in Summer 2006. We hadn’t planned anything, least of all me being punched. In the footage building up to the event, I pushed Tim off the chair, he fell and hit his head on a filing cabinet off-camera. Rather than react to Tim, I sat down and proceeded to ad lib something that I’d venture to guess would have been considerably less funny than the act of violence that followed. Unprompted, Tim upsided me and I reacted with an inexplicable, completely incredulous response, which has followed me online ever since.

The footage sat on a tape until July 2007 when I decided to upload a brief segment under an ambiguous title. Fast forward to November and the video had somehow blown up, had its comments section relentlessly spammed, been ripped countless times and had offensive Wiki pages written about it. I also received a few direct messages which could at best have been described as ‘worrying’ and at worst ‘threatening,’ which was nice.

To this day, I’m none the wiser as to how it blew up in the way it did. I originally uploaded the video under the title ‘ ___________’ but the video somehow found its way onto 4chan where it spread like wildfire. The earliest mirrored link I could find was from January 2008, by which time it had been re-uploaded by multiple accounts, the most prominent of which had already clocked up almost double the number of views compared to my original upload.

At the time, going viral wasn't really comparable to any other experience and it certainly wasn't something I could discuss in solidarity with my friends. All of a sudden you're everywhere and it's out of your control. You either try to fight it and get destroyed, or embrace it and try to cash in. After yanking down several other videos on my YouTube channel, I opted for the latter.

When the video blew up, I got a call from a friend who informed me that the video had made the front page of Break.com. I peripherally knew what that meant: they offered a buyout scheme for videos that made the front page, which meant that I could make some money from it.

As it transpired, this wasn’t such a great idea. After signing a release form with some pretty appalling terms, over the following months I had several unnerving interactions with researchers for various TV shows looking to license the clip. Each offered far more favourable terms than those of Break. One of them harassed a bunch of my mates on Facebook. I think he even offered to pay one of them for my contact details.

By that point, it was all too apparent that I had completely fucked it. Break had the rights and I couldn't do anything with it even if I wanted to. At just 18 years old, I had sold out. In the short term, I used the money to buy a TV, which was great, but I soon started to get the creeping feeling that this was a decision that would come to haunt me. At that point, it was easier to disassociate myself from the clip, abandon YouTube, and move on with my life.

And yet, for the best part of 14 years the questions have kept coming: no, it wasn’t staged or scripted, it wasn’t a set-up, I didn’t know it was coming and, yes, it hurt. It was also very funny, which is presumably why I felt the need to upload it in isolation in the first place. Incidentally, Tim and I are still friends and contrary to some of the absolutely insane comments people leave on YouTube I can confirm that neither of us are in prison, the punch wasn’t a reaction to some sort of disagreement and he’s a lovely bloke.

To be clear, the lack of context wasn’t a deliberate choice to add intrigue either. I’d never even considered the possibility that anyone outside my circle of friends would see it. To me it was just another daft clip that a few mates would find funny.

Around the time I’d started to make peace with the issues around ownership, in 2018 it came to my attention that Break had shut down and its owner Defy Media had gone bust. The site was subsequently purchased by Yeah1 Network, but to this day I have no clarity whatsoever on my legal rights to the video. Any attempts to receive guidance have either turned up dead ends, or led to suggestions that I speak to IP lawyers, whom I have neither the means nor the time to deal with. Incidentally, if anyone has any insights in that area, I’d love to hear them.

Having said this, there’s something quite empowering in taking something embarrassing and admitting to it before someone else can point it out to you—a bit like taking ownership of an amusing surname. I’ll leave it to you to figure out what gags can be made from the name ‘Weedon,’ but I learned quite early on that if you make the jokes yourself and beat others to it, no one can fucking touch you. It’s much easier nowadays to hold my hands up and admit that I shouldn’t have sold the rights, make a joke of it and move on. At the very least, it makes for a good anecdote at parties.

As I suspect is probably the case for old content creators, if you can even call us that, the real story about I Can’t Believe You’ve Done This isn’t in how it’s aged and endured, or even how it’s impacted my life. For me, it’s tied up in issues of rights, ownership, and monetisation. As mercenary as it might be, I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t regret missing out on a slice of the pie when it came to YouTubers being able to monetise their content sooner. On the one hand, that's probably a very cynical view for something that was created by a bunch of teenagers who were fooling around making videos for fun in the noughties, but on the other, that's just the world we live in now.

Perhaps the strangest thing about my experience with it nowadays is the way people engage with it on a day-to-day basis. The comments vary from young people discovering its origins for the first time, surprised to discover that it is in fact a 14 year old video and not a recent creation filmed for Vine or TikTok. At the other end of the spectrum are those who are incredulous that someone with a video that has 9.2 million views and an account that’s amassed over 15,000 followers without really trying would step away from the platform and not want to make content.

The truth is that, nearly a decade and a half later, I’m still processing it. I love seeing how it’s been re-interpreted in modern mediums and that positive association has made it easier to accept. Charles Cornell turned it into a sad song. It got sampled in a KIll The Noise track. I had a nice interaction with The Sidemen about it. Will Smith even featured it in an insane Instagram post during the pandemic. I DM’d him to say thanks and he obviously didn’t reply.

To that end, a small group of us have recently started work on a film project exploring the nature of the meme, how it grew, its impact on my life and my relationship with the internet at large. In doing so, the hope is that, while answering some of the burning questions that other people still seem to have, I’ll ultimately be able to make peace with the whole thing.

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Gossip: Four giants in for Man Utd midfielder; Fraser’s offer

Date published: Tuesday 17th September 2019 8:58

BIG FOUR IN FOR MAN UTD MIDFIELDER If Manchester United are to recruit their five domestic targets, they will have to clear more space on their books.

Handily, Nemanja Matic’s contract expires at the end of the season and the Red Devils are no longer reliant on the Serbia star. Matic made his first start of the season against Leicester on Saturday and he certainly looked rusty.

That isn’t putting off some of Europe’s big hitters from preparing an offer for the midfielder. Matic will be 32 at the start of next season but, according to Calciomercato, Inter, AC Milan and Juventus are all keen to the former Chelsea star on a free, while Borussia Dortmund are also interested.

MILAN EYED FOR TAKEOVER By that time, AC Milan might be shopping in a different market rather than kicking the tyres of a veteran free agent. Because according to reports in Italy, the Rossoneri could be bought by the world’s second richest man.

Bernard Arnault is said to be worth £86billion and Il Messaggero claims he wants to chuck some of his spare change in Milan’s direction. Arnault made much of his fortune from Louis Vuitton and he also owns Dom Perignon.

AC Milan’s current owners, Elliot Management, are reportedly not interested in selling the club. Which is exactly what you would say when a man richer than God makes his opening offer.

BOURNEMOUTH TO TEMPT FRASER From the San Siro to the south coast. Bournemouth might not be overly concerned about reports of Man Utd’s interest in Callum Wilson after the England striker signed a new contract with the Cherries in the summer. But they are vulnerable when it comes to Ryan Fraser.

The Scotland winger is rapidly approaching free-agency and there is no shortage of clubs willing to take the 25-year-old. One report from 90min claims Arsenal, Everton, Chelsea and Wolves all retain their interest in Fraser, who could have his pick of club and salary next summer.

But apparently Bournemouth are willing to offer Fraser £100,000 a week to tie him down. We suspect it’s too little too late…

AND THE REST Willian wants to stay at Chelsea… Joel Veltman says he wanted to sign for West Ham this summer but Ajax would not let the winger leave… Everton, Southampton, Bournemouth, Sheffield United, Bristol City, Barnsley and Sunderland are all watching Motherwell winger James Scott… Sam Allardyce is willing to return to Sunderland if they are taken over by an American consortium… Aleksandr Golovin says he turned down Chelsea last year over fears he wouldn’t get enough game time.

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An epic cycle challenge with my family

On the Strawberry Line, National Cycle Network Route 26

At Land's End, the final destination of the challenge

View from a water break, with Dartmoor in the distance

In summer 2018, Lindsay and her family took on the (in)famous John o’Groats to Land’s End (JOGLE) long-distance ride.

Here, she tells us how they got on with this challenge – before and after.

Part one: planning the journey

Our 12-year-old son chose our family holiday this year, inspired by an adult friend of ours who cycled from Land’s End to John o’Groats in ten days last year. As a result, we leave home in just over two weeks to start our nearly 1200-mile journey.

We are a family of four, with boys Oscar (14) and Silas (12), and we are not aiming to complete it in the fewest days possible, but rather to see something of the country while we cycle. Where we can, we will use cycle paths (thank you, Sustrans!), and will cover about 60-65 miles a day, completing the distance in 19 days.

Planning has been what seems like a full-time activity for weeks now, and we have enjoyed sharing the responsibility.

My husband Andrew has planned the route (to find the safer and more scenic roads and paths), I’ve researched options for stopping points each day (cafes, shops, etc.), Oscar is working out our options for where to eat out in the evening and Silas is going to pull together a big spreadsheet of all the data about our trip – miles covered each day, metres climbed, average speed, what percentage of the way we have covered each day and many other bits of information too!

Preconceptions about the ride

Silas says he is most worried about what the weather will do (we have had some painful practice rides in cold rain and on very muddy towpaths), and whether the midges in Scotland will live up to their fearful reputation. I am looking forward to the trip enormously, and will be fascinated to see how the country unfolds in front of our eyes.

“ Hopefully all this preparation means that everything will run like clockwork when we’re on the trip. Yes, I know that never happens, but I can dream!. ”

- Lindsay

The big unknown for all of us is quite how hard it will be, or whether we will all cope better than we think. Will there be a day where all four of us struggle, or will just one person find a particular day hard and the other three can encourage them on?

Finally, we’re also raising money for charity. We didn’t want the children to feel that they are tagging onto our idea, so we have all chosen a charity to support so that fundraising is more “our own”. The packing list is my current headache – packing as lightly as possible but having enough to cover our essentials.

Part two: experiencing the ride

What an amazing experience it is to cycle from John o’Groats to Land’s End! It’s quite extraordinary to see the stunning views of Scotland, the Lake District and the rolling Devon hills (and everything in between) all in the same trip. During the many hours in the saddle, my main distraction was to see how different the towns and countryside were from 100 miles before.

I don’t think all members of the family thought about the scenery as much as I did, but I wanted to be free from my phone and any navigation system so that I could enjoy what I could see. The other members of the family all watched the route on maps, counted up (or down) the miles for the day, or worked out how much more climbing there was in the day. These were good distractions too!

We spent about six hours cycling a day with an extra two or three hours for various stops – whether for coffee and cake (a daily occurrence), or buying lunch, or a picnic overlooking an amazing Lake District view, or just for water or “comfort” stops. It is deceptive how quickly the stops add up. We only suffered four punctures in the whole trip, and no other equipment malfunctions of any sort.

Battling the elements

Our trip was during the summer heatwave, but thankfully we missed some of the extreme heat in Scotland. Cycling in the Lake District in 30°C+ is definitely energy-sapping; a day including a 1:5 hill coming out of Settle was one of our hardest, and we had never been so excited to see a Premier Inn as when we finally glimpsed the sign in Burnley at 8pm!

We endured thunderstorms coming into Worcester (with a slow puncture that needed pumping up every three miles so that we could change the tyre in the dry of the hotel), and torrential rain and a massive headwind all day the next day, from Worcester to Bristol. Even though that day had very little to recommend itself to us at the time (puddles in our shoes, being so wet through to the skin that we didn’t even want to stop for coffee or food and needing heaters in the evening to try to get everything dry), it’s those days of hardship that actually make the trip epic and memorable.

Take-aways from the journey

Things I liked: the bonding between us over the trip – we all supported each other when needed (Silas encouraged me bit by bit up a hill on one hot day when I had “hit the wall” shortly before lunch, then, coincidentally, he hit the wall a couple of hours later, but by then I had the energy to work with him pedal by pedal up another hill – thanks, Devon!). We had such a good laugh, most particularly in the evenings of the hard days – we were almost delirious with hilarity in the Brewer’s Fayre in Burnley.

I enjoyed pushing myself to do those last 10 miles of the day when all you want to do is stop. I loved the sense of progress as we tracked our way down the country. We met lovely people: at viewpoints while having a break, café staff and hotel receptionists or B&B owners who all went out of their way to help us have a comfortable stay. And, eating as much as you want for the entire trip is great fun, especially for those of us who normally can’t!

Not so good: some drivers, particularly in the Lake District zooming around corners when it’s only one lane wide, weak hands from resting on the handlebars so many hours a day (it made changing tyres really hard, and I couldn’t squeeze the toothpaste tube for the last week either), getting very wet and/or cold as it makes you slow down which makes you wet and/or cold for longer.

After the trip, all our various aches and pains didn’t take too long to subside, but our weak hands took about a month to get back to full strength. As we finished, I had absolutely no desire to do the trip again. Within three months, however, I realised I would love to do it again! I’m trying to think of ways to persuade the family that to cycle from the north to the south coast of France would be an excellent thing to do…

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An epic cycle challenge with my family

On the Strawberry Line, National Cycle Network Route 26

At Land's End, the final destination of the challenge

View from a water break, with Dartmoor in the distance

In summer 2018, Lindsay and her family took on the (in)famous John o’Groats to Land’s End (JOGLE) long-distance ride.

Here, she tells us how they got on with this challenge – before and after.

Part one: planning the journey

Planning has been what seems like a full-time activity for weeks now, and we have enjoyed sharing the responsibility.

Preconceptions about the ride

“ Hopefully all this preparation means that everything will run like clockwork when we’re on the trip. Yes, I know that never happens, but I can dream!. ”

- Lindsay

Part two: experiencing the ride

Battling the elements

Take-aways from the journey

Want to plan an adventure of your own? Read more about JOGLE

Buy the official Land's End to John o'Groats guidebook

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Nobbs & fellow gamers excited for brand spanking new WSL season

Numerous sports activities typically herald a brand new season as being “the largest but”, however not often has any competitors witnessed as a lot change because the Girls’s Tremendous League has this summer season.

After a transition to full-time, skilled standing, the restructured one-tier, 11-team WSL begins on Sunday.

With new groups, new guidelines and a few new managers, plus Manchester United’s return to the senior ladies’s sport, the 2018-19 marketing campaign guarantees a lot.

So, after England and Scotland certified for the 2019 Girls’s World Cup, BBC Sport seems forward to the return of England’s home league.

A totally full-time, skilled league

The WSL’s first season in 2011 featured eight predominantly semi-professional sides. In distinction, this yr there will likely be 11 strictly full-time groups within the prime flight.

That comes after the Soccer Affiliation – which runs the ladies’s leagues in England – brought in new licence criteria for golf equipment, that means all groups needed to re-apply for his or her locations.

Closed after which open utility processes adopted, earlier than promotions, relegations and multiple appeals, however the final result is that 11 top-flight sides will all present:

A minimal of 16 contact hours per week for gamers this season;

An academy, which is obligatory as a part of the licence.

“Everybody is aware of that year-on-year this league has acquired stronger, and that’s very a lot the case this yr,” Everton boss Andy Spence instructed BBC Sport.

“Requirements will go up once more and the calls for and expectations go up yearly. That is one thing that you simply drive your self too, as a supervisor.”

The second tier – beforehand often called WSL 2 – has been rebranded because the Girls’s Championship and is made up of 11 groups required to fulfill part-time standards.

New groups – who has moved divisions?

Former England boss Hope Powell will lead Brighton of their first marketing campaign as a full-time facet

Newcomers Brighton and West Ham have joined the highest tier this time period after profitable bids for full-time licences.

Sunderland, who completed seventh in tier one final season, have been moved all the way down to tier three after not receiving a licence and making an unsuccessful enchantment.

In the meantime, Manchester United, who reformed their women’s side for the primary time since 2005, plus Charlton, Crystal Palace, Leicester Metropolis, Lewes FC and Sheffield United have all joined the Championship.

United’s return has been welcomed by the FA’s Baroness Sue Campbell, who mentioned their utility was “a natural next step” and added that the FA had been “delighted they’ve chosen to step in” this yr.

Nonetheless, final yr’s second-tier champions Doncaster Rovers Belles had been amongst these to drop all the way down to the rebranded third tier, the Nationwide League, together with Oxford United, Sheffield FC and Watford.

Palace weren’t initially awarded a licence in Might, however their unique bid did meet the standards and subsequently they were promoted after the Belles joined Sheffield FC in withdrawing for monetary causes.

New managers, acquainted names

Matt Beard – a two-time WSL winner in 2013 and 2014 when he was Liverpool boss – has taken cost of West Ham following their transfer up from tier three to tier one.

Bristol Metropolis appointed former Doncaster participant Tanya Oxtoby as their new supervisor following the resignation of Willie Kirk, who has since change into the assistant supervisor at Manchester United.

Former Leeds United males’s boss Neil Redfearn left the Belles to take the Liverpool job after Scott Rogers’ departure from Merseyside.

An extra managerial change within the prime tier noticed Lee Burch appointed at Yeovil Town after Jamie Sherwood moved to change into director of soccer of the Somerset facet.

And, having been appointed in November 2017, Australian coach Joe Montemurro will start his first full season at Arsenal after reaching two home cup finals and successful a trophy – the Continental Tyres League Cup – final time period.

New signings – who did the very best enterprise?

Claire Rafferty (left), Jane Ross (centre) and Gilly Flaherty (proper) are all now West Ham gamers

Having made huge additions to their squad to strengthen for top-flight soccer, West Ham’s summer season arrivals included England left-back Claire Rafferty, in addition to Scotland striker Jane Ross and Rafferty’s ex-Chelsea team-mate Gilly Flaherty.

Title hopefuls Manchester Metropolis, who completed second final time period, have added to their ahead line with Canada’s Janine Beckie.

Defending champions Chelsea’s new recruits embody Birmingham defender Jess Carter and New Zealand’s Ali Riley, whereas striker Eniola Aluko left to affix Juventus and heavily-decorated midfielder Katie Chapman retired.

Arsenal noticed long-serving right-back Alex Scott additionally retire they usually introduced in Austria captain Viktoria Schnaderbeck, however she wanted surgical procedure after sustaining a knee harm in August.

There was a big swap between the Merseyside golf equipment as Everton striker Courtney Sweetman-Kirk joined Liverpool, whereas Brighton snapped up Yeovil’s Wales star Kayleigh Green.

Birmingham Metropolis signed Sunderland’s Lucy Staniforth, whereas final season’s fourth-placed facet Studying recruited England winger Gemma Davison from Chelsea.

“Gemma has that have, understanding and information of what it takes to win issues,” mentioned Royals boss Kelly Chambers.

“Each crew she has been in, she has come away with medals and awards. She brings us one thing totally different.”

New names, as extra golf equipment drop ‘girls’ title

One other off-field facet of the WSL that has developed quickly in latest months is that additional groups have opted to alter their names from “Women” to “Girls”.

9 of the 11 top-flight sides now both have “Girls” of their title or have dropped a gender-distinguishing title altogether.

Upon altering their title in Might, champions Chelsea mentioned the transfer underlined the “ever-growing standing” of the ladies’s sport and was a transfer away from referring to the lads’s facet because the “first” crew.

The 2018-19 groups in England’s prime two ladies’s leagues FA Girls’s Tremendous League FA Girls’s Championship Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Metropolis Charlton Athletic Brighton & Hove Albion Crystal Palace Bristol Metropolis Durham Chelsea Leicester Metropolis Everton Lewes Liverpool London Bees Manchester Metropolis Manchester United Studying Millwall West Ham United Sheffield United Yeovil City Tottenham Hotspur

New, one-off guidelines on promotion & relegation

Lastly, with this summer season’s structural adjustments leaving 11 sides in every of the highest two leagues, the FA confirmed in August their adjusted preparations for promotion and relegation.

From the highest flight, one facet will likely be relegated on the finish of 2018-19.

The highest two sides within the Championship will likely be eligible to win promotion as much as the WSL – offering they’ll meet the skilled standards for a licence subsequent summer season.

There’ll no relegation from the underside of the Championship all the way down to the third tier – the regionalised FA Girls’s Nationwide League.

And, for one season solely, as much as two sides might win promotion from tier three to the Championship subsequent summer season – with each the Northern and Southern winners initially eligible, moderately than simply the winners of a standard play-off between the 2.

That’s with view to seeing 12 groups in every of the highest two divisions by 2019-20.

If the winner of both the Northern or Southern sections is unable to fulfill standards for promotion, then the runner-up in that division will likely be provided the chance to use to go up as a substitute.

The FA then hopes to implement a constant one-up, one-down system between the highest three tiers from the 2019-20 marketing campaign onwards.

Sunday’s fixtures (kick-off instances in BST) contain all groups besides top-flight newcomers West Ham, whose marketing campaign begins on 19 September due to the odd variety of sides within the league

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Women's Super League: New full-time, professional era - all you need to know

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Various sports often herald a new season as being “the biggest yet”, but rarely has any competition witnessed as much change as the Women’s Super League has this summer.

After a transition to full-time, professional status, the restructured one-tier, 11-team WSL starts on Sunday.

With new teams, new rules and some new managers, plus Manchester United’s return to the senior women’s game, the 2018-19 campaign promises much.

So, after England and Scotland qualified for the 2019 Women’s World Cup, BBC Sport looks ahead to the return of England’s domestic league.

Women’s Super League fixtures list[1]

Women’s Championship fixtures list[2]

A completely full-time, professional league

The WSL’s first season in 2011 featured eight predominantly semi-professional sides. In contrast, this year there will be 11 strictly full-time teams in the top flight.

That comes after the Football Association – which runs the women’s leagues in England – brought in new licence criteria[3] for clubs, meaning all teams had to re-apply for their places.

Closed and then open application processes followed, before promotions, relegations and multiple appeals,[4] but the outcome is that 11 top-flight sides will all provide:

A minimum of 16 contact hours per week for players this season;

An academy, which is compulsory as part of the licence.

“Everyone knows that year-on-year this league has got stronger, and that is very much the case this year,” Everton boss Andy Spence told BBC Sport.

“Standards will go up again and the demands and expectations go up every year. That’s something that you drive yourself too, as a manager.”

The second tier – previously known as WSL 2 – has been rebranded as the Women’s Championship and is made up of 11 teams required to meet part-time criteria.

Casey Stoney: Man Utd ‘can change the face of women’s football’[5]

New teams – who has moved divisions?

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Newcomers Brighton and West Ham have joined the top tier this term after successful bids for full-time licences.

Sunderland, who finished seventh in tier one last season, have been moved down to tier three after not receiving a licence and making an unsuccessful appeal.

Meanwhile, Manchester United, who reformed their women’s side[6] for the first time since 2005, plus Charlton, Crystal Palace, Leicester City, Lewes FC and Sheffield United have all joined the Championship.

United’s return has been welcomed by the FA’s Baroness Sue Campbell, who said their application was “a natural next step”[7] and added that the FA were “delighted they have chosen to step in” this year.

However, last year’s second-tier champions Doncaster Rovers Belles were among those to drop down to the rebranded third tier, the National League, along with Oxford United, Sheffield FC and Watford.

Palace were not initially awarded a licence in May, but their original bid did meet the criteria and therefore they were promoted[8] after the Belles joined Sheffield FC in withdrawing for financial reasons.

New managers, familiar names

Matt Beard – a two-time WSL winner in 2013 and 2014 when he was Liverpool boss – has taken charge of West Ham following their move up from tier three to tier one.

Bristol City appointed former Doncaster player Tanya Oxtoby as their new manager following the resignation of Willie Kirk, who has since become the assistant manager at Manchester United.

Former Leeds United men’s boss Neil Redfearn left the Belles to take the Liverpool job after Scott Rogers’ departure from Merseyside.

A further managerial change in the top tier saw Lee Burch appointed at Yeovil Town[9] after Jamie Sherwood moved to become director of football of the Somerset side.

And, having been appointed in November 2017, Australian coach Joe Montemurro will begin his first full season at Arsenal after reaching two domestic cup finals and winning a trophy – the Continental Tyres League Cup – last term.

New signings – who did the best business?

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Having made vast additions to their squad to strengthen for top-flight football, West Ham’s summer arrivals included England left-back Claire Rafferty, as well as Scotland striker Jane Ross and Rafferty’s ex-Chelsea team-mate Gilly Flaherty.

Title hopefuls Manchester City, who finished second last term, have added to their forward line with Canada’s Janine Beckie.[10]

Defending champions Chelsea’s new recruits include Birmingham defender Jess Carter and New Zealand Ali Riley, while striker Eniola Aluko left to join Juventus and heavily-decorated midfielder Katie Chapman retired.

Arsenal saw long-serving right-back Alex Scott also retire and they brought in Austria captain Viktoria Schnaderbeck, but she needed surgery after sustaining a knee injury in August.

There was a significant switch between the Merseyside clubs as Everton striker Courtney Sweetman-Kirk joined Liverpool, while Brighton snapped up Yeovil’s Wales star Kayleigh Green.[11]

Birmingham City signed Sunderland’s Lucy Staniforth, while last season’s fourth-placed side Reading recruited England winger Gemma Davison from Chelsea.

“Gemma has that experience, understanding and knowledge of what it takes to win things,” said Royals boss Kelly Chambers.

“Every team she has been in, she has come away with medals and awards. She brings us something different.”

New names, as more clubs drop ‘ladies’ title

Another off-field aspect of the WSL that has evolved rapidly in recent months is that further teams have opted to change their names from “Ladies” to “Women”.

Nine of the 11 top-flight sides now either have “Women” in their name or have dropped a gender-distinguishing title altogether.

Upon changing their name in May, champions Chelsea said the move underlined the “ever-growing status” of the women’s game and was a move away from referring to the men’s side as the “first” team.

Read more from BBC News – Women versus ladies football: Does the name matter?[12]

The 2018-19 teams in England’s top two women’s leagues FA Women’s Super League FA Women’s Championship Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Charlton Athletic Brighton & Hove Albion Crystal Palace Bristol City Durham Chelsea Leicester City Everton Lewes Liverpool London Bees Manchester City Manchester United Reading Millwall West Ham United Sheffield United Yeovil Town Tottenham Hotspur

New, one-off rules on promotion & relegation

Finally, with this summer’s structural changes leaving 11 sides in each of the top two leagues, the FA confirmed in August their adjusted arrangements for promotion and relegation.

From the top flight, one side will be relegated at the end of 2018-19.

The top two sides in the Championship will be eligible to win promotion up to the WSL – providing they can meet the professional criteria for a licence next summer.

There will no relegation from the bottom of the Championship down to the third tier – the regionalised FA Women’s National League.

And, for one season only, up to two sides could win promotion from tier three to the Championship next summer – with both the Northern and Southern winners initially eligible, rather than just the winners of a traditional play-off between the two.

That is with view to seeing 12 teams in each of the top two divisions by 2019-20.

If the winner of either the Northern or Southern sections is unable to meet criteria for promotion, then the runner-up in that division will be offered the opportunity to apply to go up instead.

The FA then hopes to implement a consistent one-up, one-down system between the top three tiers from the 2019-20 campaign onwards.

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References

^ Women’s Super League fixtures list (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ Women’s Championship fixtures list (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ brought in new licence criteria (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ multiple appeals, (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ Casey Stoney: Man Utd ‘can change the face of women’s football’ (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ reformed their women’s side (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ “a natural next step” (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ they were promoted (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ Lee Burch appointed at Yeovil Town (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ Canada’s Janine Beckie. (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ Wales star Kayleigh Green. (www.bbc.co.uk)

^ Read more from BBC News – Women versus ladies football: Does the name matter? (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Women

Nobbs & fellow players excited for new WSL season

Various sports often herald a new season as being “the biggest yet”, but rarely has any competition witnessed as much change as the Women’s Super League has this summer.

After a transition to full-time, professional status, the restructured one-tier, 11-team WSL starts on Sunday.

With new teams, new rules and some new managers, plus Manchester United’s return to the senior women’s game, the 2018-19 campaign promises much.

So, after England and Scotland qualified for the 2019 Women’s World Cup, BBC Sport looks ahead to the return of England’s domestic league.

A completely full-time, professional league

The WSL’s first season in 2011 featured eight predominantly semi-professional sides. In contrast, this year there will be 11 strictly full-time teams in the top flight.

That comes after the Football Association – which runs the women’s leagues in England – brought in new licence criteria for clubs, meaning all teams had to re-apply for their places.

Closed and then open application processes followed, before promotions, relegations and multiple appeals, but the outcome is that 11 top-flight sides will all provide:

A minimum of 16 contact hours per week for players this season;

An academy, which is compulsory as part of the licence.

“Everyone knows that year-on-year this league has got stronger, and that is very much the case this year,” Everton boss Andy Spence told BBC Sport.

“Standards will go up again and the demands and expectations go up every year. That’s something that you drive yourself too, as a manager.”

The second tier – previously known as WSL 2 – has been rebranded as the Women’s Championship and is made up of 11 teams required to meet part-time criteria.

New teams – who has moved divisions?

Former England boss Hope Powell will lead Brighton in their first campaign as a full-time side

Newcomers Brighton and West Ham have joined the top tier this term after successful bids for full-time licences.

Sunderland, who finished seventh in tier one last season, have been moved down to tier three after not receiving a licence and making an unsuccessful appeal.

Meanwhile, Manchester United, who reformed their women’s side for the first time since 2005, plus Charlton, Crystal Palace, Leicester City, Lewes FC and Sheffield United have all joined the Championship.

United’s return has been welcomed by the FA’s Baroness Sue Campbell, who said their application was “a natural next step” and added that the FA were “delighted they have chosen to step in” this year.

Palace were not initially awarded a licence in May, but their original bid did meet the criteria and therefore they were promoted after the Belles joined Sheffield FC in withdrawing for financial reasons.

New managers, familiar names

Matt Beard – a two-time WSL winner in 2013 and 2014 when he was Liverpool boss – has taken charge of West Ham following their move up from tier three to tier one.

Bristol City appointed former Doncaster player Tanya Oxtoby as their new manager following the resignation of Willie Kirk, who has since become the assistant manager at Manchester United.

Former Leeds United men’s boss Neil Redfearn left the Belles to take the Liverpool job after Scott Rogers’ departure from Merseyside.

A further managerial change in the top tier saw Lee Burch appointed at Yeovil Town after Jamie Sherwood moved to become director of football of the Somerset side.

New signings – who did the best business?

Claire Rafferty (left), Jane Ross (centre) and Gilly Flaherty (right) are all now West Ham players

Title hopefuls Manchester City, who finished second last term, have added to their forward line with Canada’s Janine Beckie.

Defending champions Chelsea’s new recruits include Birmingham defender Jess Carter and New Zealand’s Ali Riley, while striker Eniola Aluko left to join Juventus and heavily-decorated midfielder Katie Chapman retired.

Arsenal saw long-serving right-back Alex Scott also retire and they brought in Austria captain Viktoria Schnaderbeck, but she needed surgery after sustaining a knee injury in August.

There was a significant switch between the Merseyside clubs as Everton striker Courtney Sweetman-Kirk joined Liverpool, while Brighton snapped up Yeovil’s Wales star Kayleigh Green.

Birmingham City signed Sunderland’s Lucy Staniforth, while last season’s fourth-placed side Reading recruited England winger Gemma Davison from Chelsea.

“Gemma has that experience, understanding and knowledge of what it takes to win things,” said Royals boss Kelly Chambers.

“Every team she has been in, she has come away with medals and awards. She brings us something different.”

New names, as more clubs drop ‘ladies’ title

Another off-field aspect of the WSL that has evolved rapidly in recent months is that further teams have opted to change their names from “Ladies” to “Women”.

Nine of the 11 top-flight sides now either have “Women” in their name or have dropped a gender-distinguishing title altogether.

New, one-off rules on promotion & relegation

Finally, with this summer’s structural changes leaving 11 sides in each of the top two leagues, the FA confirmed in August their adjusted arrangements for promotion and relegation.

From the top flight, one side will be relegated at the end of 2018-19.

The top two sides in the Championship will be eligible to win promotion up to the WSL – providing they can meet the professional criteria for a licence next summer.

There will no relegation from the bottom of the Championship down to the third tier – the regionalised FA Women’s National League.

That is with view to seeing 12 teams in each of the top two divisions by 2019-20.

If the winner of either the Northern or Southern sections is unable to meet criteria for promotion, then the runner-up in that division will be offered the opportunity to apply to go up instead.

The FA then hopes to implement a consistent one-up, one-down system between the top three tiers from the 2019-20 campaign onwards.

Sunday’s fixtures (kick-off times in BST) involve all teams except top-flight newcomers West Ham, whose campaign begins on 19 September because of the odd number of sides in the league

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