#psv women

[pernillecfcw]

Welcome To Chelsea Veerle Buurman 💙🇳🇱

Chelsea have signed the Dutch defender on a four year deal from the Dutch club PSV and she will now be loaned back to them for the 24/24 season 💙.

[vlieshoutamber]

🎟️ Er zijn inmiddels al 10.000 kaarten verkocht voor de wedstrijd tussen PSV en Feyenoord in het Philips Stadion. In de rust van dat duel zal er afscheid worden genomen van Sari van Veenendaal.

Feyenoord biedt voor dat duel fans voor het eerst de mogelijkheid om mee te reizen naar een uitwedstrijd van de Rotterdammers. FSV De Feijenoorder organiseert een busreis vanaf De Kuip. Voor de wedstrijd zijn 300 kaarten beschikbaar voor Feyenoord-supporters.

[wososhine]

You can sign up to preform during the UWCL pre ceremony🤣🤭 Wolfsburg - Barcelona

“they will be part of the choreography. for example, the volunteer has to hold banners or other activities such as choreography/dance to music.”

[meazalykov]

nationality switch

esmee brugts x uswnt!dutch!reader

summary: choosing a national team almost made you drift away from the person you love most

warnings: angst

it’s been a long time since you’ve seen esmee, since that fight—since everything changed. 

you’re sitting in the corner of a cozy café in barcelona, sipping your iced coffee, lost in your thoughts about how things used to be. the only noise around you is the coffee machines brewing or the ovens beeping in the background of your thoughts.

you never expected to see her today. you thought she moved to arsenal in london. a club that she mentioned her interest in. but then again, nothing with esmee ever goes as planned.

the bell above the café door chimes, and you look over at the door on instinct. when you see her, your stomach flips.��is that her? you had to do a double take.

it is esmee. her eyes lock on yours instantly, and for a second, it’s like no time has passed. the familiarity, the memories, all come rushing back. you miss her, but the weight of your last conversation—the fight—hangs heavily between you both.

you don’t move. you don’t know if you should, and maybe she doesn’t either, because she hesitates before walking over. you freeze before you see her stop at the counter.

you took a deep breath before she gets her flat white and walks over.

when she finally reaches your table, you see that same spark in her eyes, but there’s something else now. something different.

“hey,” she says, her voice soft, almost tentative, as if she’s afraid of how you’ll respond.

you raise an eyebrow, trying to keep things light. 

“esmee, how did you even find me?”

she offers a small smile, a little suspicious. 

“we never turned off each other’s locations on our phones.”

that breaks the tension for a moment, and you can’t help but laugh. 

it’s such a typical esmee thing to say. well for you, as someone who is the closest to her. she never fails to make a heavy moment become lighter. you shake your head at the absurdity of it all. 

“of course.”

she sits down across from you at the wooden table, and suddenly, the reality of everything hits. you’re both here in barcelona. after all this time, all the distance, somehow, fate—or maybe something else—has pulled you back together. 

it feels like you’re supposed to be here, like you were always meant to end up on the same team again. it hasn't been too long since you were both at psv. your contracts ended at the same time and you had a bad feeling that it would've been your last time together.

it wasn't.

“so…” esmee starts, her fingers fiddling with the edge of the napkin in front of her. “i heard the news.”

you nod slowly. “yeah. barca. i guess it was inevitable, huh?”

“inevitable,” she echoes, her gaze dropping to the table before lifting back to meet yours. 

“we were always supposed to end up here together, it was our dream.”

the silence stretches between you both, and it’s not uncomfortable, but it’s heavy. there’s so much unsaid, and you know it. she knows it. 

the past months have been complicated. after the women’s world cup, after that game against the netherlands where you scored that header, after you told her that you weren't going to represent the netherlands on the senior level, things between you two were…different.

“you were mad,” you say softly, cutting through the silence.

her eyes darken slightly, and she nods, not bothering to deny it. “yeah, i was.”

“because I celebrated my goal?”

“because it felt like you were celebrating more than just a goal,” she admits. 

“it felt like you were celebrating the fact that you chose them over us. over me.”

throwback to july 26th, 2023

it’s the 62nd minute, and the game between the u.s and the netherlands is 0-1. the tension is suffocating—this isn’t just any group stage match. 

it’s a battle between two teams who were in the finals of the last world cup. the netherlands want revenge.

for you, it’s personal. you are dutch and american. your mother was born and raised in eindhoven, while your dad is an american who studied there then met your mother.

while growing up, you considered yourself to be dutch. you never lived in the united states. however, you've wondered what it was like to live over there.

at the age of 8 you met your bestfriend, esmee, at a soccer club. the both of you grew up, joined psv together, and played for the dutch youth teams together.

when your father expressed how he wanted you to chose the uswnt when you reached the senior level, you didn't count him out. the team was the best in the world.

the 2019 world cup solidified your decision to represent your father's side of the family. however, sometimes you think about the other world where you chose the dutch team instead of the americans.

you jog back to your position for a corner kick being taken by rose lavelle, feeling the weight of the moment settle on your shoulders. 

your heart pounds in your chest, and as you glance toward the dutch goal, your eyes flicker briefly to the orange clad figure on the left. esmee. 

she’s looks at you briefly, her expression unreadable. for a split second, it’s like time slows down. you remember the late nights practicing at psv, the laughter, the way she used to tell you that you’d both dominate the world together one day.

now, you’re on opposing sides, thanks to you choosing your other nationality.

the whistle blows. you snap back to the present, focusing on the corner being taken. 

the ball soars through the air, heading toward the front post. you leap, eyes locked on the ball, and your timing is perfect. you rise above the defenders, connecting with the ball in a powerful header that rockets past the dutch goalkeeper.

goal!

for a moment, the world stops. then the noise of the crowd hits you like a wave, and you’re running, arms outstretched in celebration. your teammates swarm around you, shouting, grabbing your jersey, jumping on your back. 

you can hear julie yelling for you and lindsey clapping you on the back with a proud grin. it’s chaos—pure joy, adrenaline, and pride.

but as you slow down, turning back toward midfield, your eyes find esmee again. 

she’s standing there, watching, her expression unreadable at first. in the moment that you look away before turning back, you see it: the hurt. the disbelief. you know it’s not just about the goal. it’s about everything else.

you swallow the lump forming in your throat and try to focus on your teammates still celebrating around you, but esmee’s look is burned into your mind. 

she goes back on the left-back then stands, her hands clenched into fists by her sides, it looks as if she’s frozen. you see her teammates—players you grew up with on youth teams—pat her on the back, but it’s clear she’s not hearing them.

it’s the celebration that did it. you know it. the way you threw your fists in the air, the way you smiled at your teammates like this goal was everything. 

to esmee, it wasn’t just a goal against the netherlands. it was a statement, a reminder that you chose the united states over the netherlands, over her.

as the game resumes, you push the thought to the back of your mind. you have to stay focused. there’s still time left, and the dutch team isn’t going to back down easily. but every time you glance in esmee’s direction, it stings. 

you see the frustration in her movements, the way she presses forward with even more intensity than before. she’s angry—at you, at the situation—and it shows.

the game ends and its tied. the rest of her team is exhausted, but she doesn’t even wait for the usual post-match handshakes and shirt swaps. she walks straight down the tunnel, disappearing from view, and a pit forms in your stomach.

you want to go after her, explain that the celebration wasn’t meant to hurt her. but deep down, you know this moment has been building for a long time. 

the decision to play for the united states on the senior level, the arguments, the silence between you two—it’s all led to this. 

in the locker room, your teammates are quiet, they’re focused on the next match. 

your thoughts are stuck on esmee. you stare down at your phone, wondering if you should text her, try to explain. but what could you say? what could make this better?

back to the barcelona cafe, a month later

you blink, taken aback by the raw honesty in her words. 

you’ve had months to think about it—about what it meant when you chose to play for the uswnt, about how your dad had always pushed you to follow in his footsteps. but you didn’t think esmee would take it this personally.

“esmee, it wasn’t about that,” you say, voice soft, almost pleading.

“you know it wasn’t like that.”

it was your first goal for the national team. it happened to be against your other country, the other country that wanted you to play for them too. 

your mother is dutch, and your father is american– so you had a tough decision to make.

esmee shakes her head, and for a moment, you think she’s going to argue. but then she sighs, leaning back in her chair. 

“i know. but it hurt. i wanted you to play with me and for the oranje. i wanted us to play together, like we always did in eindhoven. and then, when you celebrated after that goal…it felt like you’d forgotten everything we’d had.”

“i didn’t forget. i could never forget,” you say, and it’s the truth. you haven’t forgotten a single moment. 

“but esmee, you know how much my dad wanted this for me.” 

“i know,” she whispers, and there’s pain in her voice. 

“but i wanted you to want the same things i did. i wanted you to choose me.”

her words hit you hard, and for a second, you can’t respond. this is about more than just football, more than just a decision you had to make when choosing a national team. 

it’s about the two of you—about what you’ve meant to each other all these years.

“esmee,” you start, leaning forward, trying to make her understand. “it wasn’t about choosing them over you. you mean everything to me. i-i didn’t even realize—”

“that’s the thing,” she interrupts, her voice trembling slightly. 

“i was upset because i always want to be around you. it was selfish, maybe, but it’s the truth. i thought…i thought i was going to lose you when you chose them. what if you didn’t choose to come to barcelona? what if i didn’t? we wouldn’t see each other anymore..”

you frown, confused. “esmee, you’re never going to lose me. what are you talking about?”

she bites her lip, her eyes searching yours, and suddenly, it’s like all the walls she’s built up come crashing down. her hands stop gripping on her coffe cup and goes to gently hold your right hand instead. 

you froze.

“i’m talking about how i feel about you,” she admits, her voice barely above a whisper. 

you feel your heart skip a beat, and for some reason, her confession doesn’t surprise you. 

it’s like you always knew, like a part of you had been waiting for her to say it out loud. she’s been your best friend for years, but deep down, maybe you always knew there was something more.

the left-back never made her crush on you a hidden secret. she was never outright, but her actions towards you spoke for itself. 

“es…” you start, but you don’t know what to say. so instead, you reach across the table, gently taking your other hand and holding hers.

she looks at you, her eyes wide and vulnerable, like she’s terrified of what you’ll say next.

“i like you too,” you say softly, your thumb brushing over the back of her hand. 

“i think i always have.”

her eyes widen even more, but there’s a soft smile playing on her lips now. 

“really?”

you nod, giving her a small smile in return. “yeah. really.”

you stand up slowly, moving around the table, and she doesn’t pull away when you lean down and press a soft kiss to her forehead. 

it feels right and natural, like something you should’ve done a long time ago. you wanted to, but you didn't know how she felt about you then.

nobody was present in the cafe instead of the barista who was too focused on making drinks, so you didn’t feel embarrassed to kiss her.

when you pull back, esmee smiling up at you, and for the first time in months, you feel like things between you two might finally be okay.

“so…barcelona, huh?” you say, trying to lighten the mood.

esmee laughs, that familiar sound you’ve missed so much. “yeah. looks like we’re stuck together again.”

you grin, squeezing her hand gently. “good. i wouldn’t want it any other way.”

my masterlist is here if you want to read more!

[sixfoottwo0119]

Column Vivianne Miedema | The fact that FC Utrecht comes with a women's team sounds nice, but it is not a good idea

Columnist Vivianne Miedema does not think it is a good idea that the Eredivisie for women is expanded to twelve teams. ,,You already see results of 8-0 or 9-0. That will only get worse if there are more clubs.”

Slowly I start to hobble around the house again.��At the beginning of this month I had surgery on my knee after I was seriously injured in December. The operation was successful. Everything the doctors wanted to do succeeded. That knee still nags and that's why I sometimes lie awake at night because of the pain. That is still part of it now, such an operation is not nothing.

Due to my injury I follow the football news in the Netherlands even better than usual. After AZ, FC Utrecht is now also entering the premier league with a women's team, so that after the summer we will have a competition with twelve teams. That sounds nice and great, of course, but I don't think it's a good idea.

A lot has changed for the better in recent years, thanks to the excellent work of quite a few people with a heart for women's football. But let's also be honest. In the Netherlands we are still far from where we want to be with the women's premier league. When I switched from the premier league to Bayern Munich nine years ago (yes, I'm getting old), I would have thought we would have moved on now. Especially in view of the successes we have achieved with Orange in the meantime.

"We want a full-fledged premier league, which is not played on artificial turf"

FC Twente, PSV, Ajax and now also Feyenoord are doing really well, but the reality is that sometimes games are played on an artificial turf field at an amateur club on a cold Friday evening. For 250 spectators. Stop using that artificial grass anyway. We want a full-fledged premier league, which is not played on artificial turf. Easy.

So I am not in favor of expanding the Premier League. You can already see results of 8-0 or 9-0. That will only get worse if there are more clubs. Because I can't imagine that AZ (as a replacement for VV Alkmaar) and FC Utrecht have direct competitive teams. It would surprise me. Of course it also depends on how much those clubs want to invest. But otherwise they take players away from other clubs, so that the effect remains the same. Where do you suddenly get two complete selections from, while the overall level is already not high enough?

"There is simply not enough talent right now. Let's look at that, instead of trying to expand the Premier League. That's the correct order"

Here in England they have a system that I believe in. All clubs from the three highest divisions are obliged to contribute financially to the development of women's football. Even the clubs that do not have a women's branch of their own. It works twofold: there is money to develop the sport and it encourages clubs to set up a women's branch. This should also get off the ground in the Netherlands.

So that we can really work on a good foundation for women's football in the Netherlands. As a result, girls will eventually have the same facilities and opportunities as boys in the training of a professional club. Don't get me wrong: I really understand that something like this can't be done with the snap of a finger. But we have to think this way when it comes to the development of women's football.

I am concerned about the Premier League. And that is also a theme within Oranje. If we want to continue to perform at the top global level with the national team, a larger pond is needed. There is simply not enough talent right now. Let's look at that, instead of trying to expand the Premier League. That's the correct order.

[leftistfeminista]

A women-only event to explore political sexual violence

Territorio Cine and the Villa Grimaldi Peace Park Corporation invite you to participate in the Film Workshop: Representations around Sexual Political Violence. Aimed at women and dissidents + 18 years

This is an exciting workshop being held at Villa Grimaldi, the very place where women political prisoners were actually tortured. This event is open only to women and sexual dissidents, so that in a woman-only environment, participants feel more free to share and confront these triggering, traumatic topics. Even though these horrors took place in the past, these crimes were an attack on the dignity of all leftist, feminist, activist, intellectual women and is still worth talking about today.

Film workshop: Representations around sexual political violence

Cinema Territory and the Education Area of ​​the Parque por la Paz Villa Grimaldi Corporation, invite you to be part of this workshop that seeks to promote a space that allows women and dissidents to approach the audiovisual world from their own experience of appreciation and creation. , through addressing sexual political violence (PSV) as a transversal issue. 

Who can participate? Women and dissidents + 18 years

Requirements? No requirements or prior knowledge

When? Week 1: Tuesday, November 7 and Wednesday, November 8 Week 2: Tuesday, November 14 and Wednesday, November 15 Week 3: Tuesday, November 21

Hours: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Where? Villa Grimaldi Peace Park Corporation , located at Av. José Arrieta 8401, Peñalolén.

Through this workshop, we seek to activate, through audiovisual practices, memories, feelings, knowledge and links related to sexual political violence. Each session will be accompanied by the viewing of a short film plus a practical exercise, which will encourage dialogue and critical reflection regarding these and other urgent and contingent topics that arise, establishing links and trajectories with intimate and collective experiences. 

With this, the workshop aims to enable participants to create their own works, through various artistic techniques, audiovisual media and archival material such as photographs, videos, letters, radio broadcasts, stories, poems, collage, among others. These approaches will allow us to redefine and address sexual political violence from a collective, collaborative and territorial perspective.  

[calciopics]

UEFA Women’s Champions League 2022/23 - Final - Barcelona 3-2 Wolfsburg

PSV Stadion - Eindhoven 03.06.2023

Ewa Pajor 3'

Alexandra Popp 37

Patri Guijarro 48', 50'

Fridolina Rolfö 70'

[girlbob-boypants]

No idea why there's so many women with this body model in psv but I fully support it

Seriously this model has some of the most variations in skin tone/fashion in game that I've seen so far it's really cool

[holyiker-blog1]

EA FC 25 TOTW 7: A Disappointing Lineup in Ultimate Team Packs

The EA FC 25 TOTW 7 squad is currently live in Ultimate Team packs, but it has been met with disappointment from players, marking it as one of the weakest Team of the Week (TOTW) lineups seen so far. This decline in quality follows a promising start to the EA FC 25 season, where players were excited about big card releases.

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The Current State of TOTW

Despite a strong debut for EA FC 25 Ultimate Team, the quality of the TOTW promos has significantly diminished in recent weeks. The latest TOTW 7 squad exemplifies this drop, with only a handful of notable players making the cut. In contrast, TOTW 6 featured players like Harry Kane and Josko Gvardiol, which raised expectations that have now been unfulfilled.

In EA FC 24, the TOTW promo received a refresh in TOTW 8 where the minimum rating was increased from 80 to 83, and this is definitely needed now, with 16 of the 23 players in EA FC 25 TOTW 7 rated 83 or lower. Apart from Openda and Martinez, EA Sports has also included players from Man City Women, Al Ittihad, Inter Miami, Juventus, and more.

The EA FC 25 TOTW 7 squad is available in Ultimate Team packs now until Wednesday, November 6 at 6pm GMT / 1pm EST / 10am PST, where it will be replaced by TOTW 8, which will hopefully include a rating refresh.

EA FC 25 TOTW 7 Squad Revealed

Man City Women's Jill Roord is the highest-rated player in EA FC 25 TOTW 7, with the Dutch midfielder rated 87 overall. Martinez, N'Golo Kante, and Openda are all rated 86 overall, while other standouts include Ademola Lookman and Maxence Lacroix, with the defender boasting 90 pace.

Here's the official EA FC 25 TOTW 7 squad in full:

CM: Jill Roord (Manchester City Women) - 87 OVR

CB: Inigo Martinez (Barcelona) - 86 OVR (Featured TOTW)

CDM: N'Golo Kante (Al Ittihad) - 86 OVR

ST: Lois Openda (RB Leipzig) - 86 OVR

ST: Lynn Williams (NJ/NY Gothams) - 85 OVR

CAM: Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) - 84 OVR

RM: Bryan Mbuemo (Brentford) - 83 OVR

GK: Lucas Chevalier (Lille) - 83 OVR

LB: Jordi Alba (Inter Miami) - 83 OVR

RM: Dodi Lukebakio (Sevilla) - 82 OVR

CAM: Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps) - 82 OVR

ST: Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) - 81 OVR

CB: Maxence Lacroix (Crystal Palace) - 81 OVR

CAM: Kerem Akturkoglu (Benfica) - 81 OVR

LM: Kenan Yildiz (Juventus) - 80 OVR

ST: El Bilal Toure (Stuttgart) - 80 OVR

CM: Andrey Santos (Strausborg) - 80 OVR

ST: Ricardo Pepi (PSV) - 80 OVR

ST: Samu Omorodion (Porto) - 80 OVR

CAM: Julian Justvan (Nurnberg) - 80 OVR

RW: Xherdan Shaqiri (Basel) - 80 OVR

CB: Tarciane (Houston Dynamo Women) - 80 OVR

EA has improved the rating of the Featured TOTW in TOTW 7, with Martinez rated 86 overall instead of 84. Joining the TOTW 7 squad in Ultimate Team packs will be the Trailblazers Team 1 squad, with Team 2 of the promo set to take its place on Friday, November 1.

FAQ

1. What is EA FC 25 TOTW?

TOTW stands for Team of the Week, featuring players who performed exceptionally well in real-world matches.

2. Why is TOTW 7 considered weak?

TOTW 7 is criticized for its low ratings, with a significant number of players rated 83 or lower, making it one of the least impressive lineups.

3. When will TOTW 8 be released?

TOTW 8 is expected to be available starting November 6.

4. How can I buy FC 25 coins?

You can purchase FC 25 coins from platforms like LootBar, which offers a secure and efficient buying experience.You can also directly purchase TOTW FC 25 players on LootBar. We will list the players in LootBar after the official launch of Total Rush. Buy your favorite players to crush your opponents!

5. Who are the standout players in TOTW 7?

Key players include Jill Roord, Inigo Martinez, N'Golo Kante, and Lois Openda.

6. What changes were made to TOTW ratings in previous editions?

In EA FC 24, the minimum rating for TOTW cards was raised from 80 to 83, which players hope will be mirrored in future updates.

Conclusion

In summary, EA FC 25 TOTW 7 has been met with disappointment due to its lackluster player ratings and limited standout performances. As the community looks forward to TOTW 8, there is hope for a much-needed refresh that will restore excitement to the promo.

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[kyokuma]

AMOS Women's French Cup 2024

2024-8-22 vs PSV

[vlieshoutamber]

Mooie avond voor Julie Biesmans (PSV) en Tessa Wullaert (Fortuna Sittard). Biesmans speelde haar 100e interland voor de Belgische Red Flames, terwijl Wullaert tekende voor haar 70e en 71e internationale treffer.

[rashfordxbruno]

Matchday! United Women are officially back and will begin the second half of the 2023-24 season with a cup encounter against Newcastle United in the Women's FA Cup fourth round.

It is the first time these two sides have met, and with a passionate fan base backing each team, it is set to be an electric encounter.

We come into today's game from a 2-1 league loss against Liverpool in our final game of 2023 and also played a mid-season friendly against PSV in Malta a week ago - which was eventually won by the Reds.

Today's opponents Newcastle became a full-time professional side prior to the 2023/24 campaign, and have not looked back since. The north-east club are storming the FA Premier Division North, with 10 wins and one draw in their 11 league outings, sitting five points clear at the top ahead of the restart.

They come into Sunday’s game in high-flying form, on the back of 10 consecutive victories. Becky Langley’s side put five past FA Cup third round opponents Stoke City in early December, before sticking 11 past Fylde and seven past Halifax either side of the new year.

The Magpies are not someone to be written off, but I expect us to seal a controlled and professional win.

Let's begin our cup campaign up and running. Come on United! 🔴

[redeyedroid]

A lot of the great rivalries in sport aren’t really. We create narratives and imagine storylines that don’t really fit the reality. Serena beat Maria Sharapova twenty times and lost twice, but their contrived rivalry has it’s own Wikipedia page. Tennis’s Big Four was really Federer, Nadal and Djokovic far ahead of Andy Murray, who was just as far ahead of everyone else (unless we’re talking Olympic gold medals, of which Murray has twice as many as the other three combined.) Stephen Hendry crushed Jimmy White in snooker final after snooker final. Nikki Lauda won twenty-five Grands Prix and three Formula 1 titles; James Hunt ten and one. There’s a decent movie about them that makes it look more even than it was. At the end of fourteen of the last twenty series, Australia’s men have held the Ashes and England's women haven't done much better (though, to be fair here, there's a galaxy of more stories to it than that). And so on. Equals that go through long phases of being very unequal. Or never were. 

But there are some rivalries between objective unequals that don’t play out the way they should.  

First played in 1872, the oldest fixture in international football is England versus Scotland. England have won the World Cup (which – in my Scottish opinion - really should come with an asterisk or two attached). They were beaten finalists at the last Euros (to be Scottish about it again, they do best when they rig the draw so they can play all their matches at home, at Wembley). They aim at finals, semi-finals. Grudge matches against Germany and Argentina and big ones against France or Brazil. 

Scotland have never played a knock-out match at a tournament. Our men have only qualified for one in the last quarter-century (though, unlike our neighbours, who have decades of penalty pain to look back on, we are perfect in shootouts.) Only one Scot, Kim Little, has ever scored the winning goal in a full international against Brazil. Our men have never beaten them. On the global stage, most often we lose and most often we fail, because that is what we have always done.  

Our players are collectively not as good as England’s. Even our good players are undervalued. Andy Robertson, probably the best left-back in world football over the past five years, cost Liverpool £8m. The most expensive transfer involving a Scot was the £27m Arsenal paid Celtic for Kieran Tierney. Chelsea paid PSV £30m recently for an uncapped English player called Nomi Madueke. Nobody would be surprised if it turned out he's actually a Football Manager regen. Prising the equally uncapped and not very good Englishman Aaron Wan-Bissaka from Crystal Palace cost Manchester United £50m.

Before she moved to Real Madrid, the absurdly good playmaking midfielder, Caroline Weir would regularly – casually - dominate matches in the WSL for Manchester City, racking up a collection of goals that by rights, should have won her at least one Puskas Award. 

(I didn't fuck up the links. The last two are different goals.) 

But it would feel like precious little footage of her, or Kim Little, or Erin Cuthbert would make it into promos or prematch coverage that preferred to feature far less talented English players..  

England: a team world famous multi-millionaires playing the biggest matches on the biggest stages.

Scotland: not often – if ever – that. 

And yet, 150 years of history gives an all-time record in men's football of 48 England wins, 41 Scotland wins, and 24 draws. 195 goals for England. 171 for Scotland. The last game, played at Wembley in 2021 during the pandemic-delayed Euro 2020 ended 0-0, with Scotland having the best of it. 

I think – and I probably am very wrong - this is because there’s a difference in how the match is perceived these days. As the gap in talent has grown in one direction, the gap in attitude has grown in the opposite.

Before that match in 2021, Rio Ferdinand was on English coverage saying, "It’s a huge game. I can’t wait. Nothing to fear, and we will go down and get our seat and watch it. Looking forward to it. England are going to win. I can’t see anything else, I’m telling you. I’ve never been this confident about a game in a major championship." 

Meanwhile, on the Scottish feed, they were showing this: 

We used to play annually, but those days are gone and it feels like the English have moved on, that the fixture stil matters to them only because of history and because the Gammonscenti among them are upset that a lot of Scots want independence and the breakup of the United Kingdom. But, on the whole, they aim higher and a game against Scotland doesn’t live in their heads the way it does for Scotland.

For Scotland, there is only England. When we don’t play them, we live in perpetual annoyance at anglocentric TV coverage during tournaments we aren’t even at. When we do make it, we get more annoyed, because – fairly or not – we feel we’re treated as afterthoughts by broadcasters that ostensibly cover the whole UK. And so, England must lose. Preferably to us, but anyone is acceptable. We’re fuelled by grievances real and imagined; schadenfreude; a desire to see the ruin of our enemies; and a weird sporting inferiority complex that affects the whole country.

(And, let’s be honest, that fucking song was tedious when it was released in 1996, long before it was shorn of all nuance by the hordes of pink-faced cretins who only know three words of it).

If England were playing the Fascist Red Spiders From Mars, most Scottish football fans would be sitting there, rooting desperately for the Fascist Red Spiders. 

It matters to England because it matters to Scotland, but they underestimate how much it matters to us. Because, pathetically, we have nothing else. 

On September 12 the men’s teams will play a friendly at Hampden in Glasgow to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Scottish Football Association. On the 22nd, the women’s teams play in the Nation’s League. England should win both. They are better teams with better players. And it’ll hurt if they do. But it won’t be because the Scots haven’t performed, haven’t given their best. Somewhere in their preparation, someone will have pointed out that “It’s fuckin' England. Let’s get intae these cunts” and they'll come out looking like they’re about to chib someone. 

(No, really. Set Robertson to malky!) 

If England show up thinking that it’s a foregone conclusion, or that they can roll substitutions, or that they need to avoid injury ahead of their Champions League game next week, they’ll find themselves in trouble. They have more than enough class to win, but the Scots have the fight. 

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Women's Champions League final: Barcelona vs. Wolfsburg with plenty at stake : News 1

Both teams in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final have something to prove. Barcelona was eyeing back-to-back titles last year before being upended by Lyon. Two-time champion Wolfsburg has lost the last three times it made it this far. They will meet Saturday at PSV Stadium in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. It’s the third final in a row for Barcelona and fourth in the past five years. The…

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RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2022/23

Winners:

🏅James Tavernier Sam English Bowl for Top Goalscorer

🏅 Antonio Čolak Men’s Goal of the Season (v PSV Eindhoven on 24th August 2022)

🏅 James Tavernier Men’s Player of the Year

🏅 James Tavernier Men’s Players’ Player of the Year

🏅 Jimmy Bell John Greig Achievement Award

🏅 Malik Tillman Young Player of the Year

🏅 Aaron Lyall B-Team Player of the Year

🏅 James Graham B-Team Goal of the Season

🏅 Brogan Hay Women’s Player of the Year

🏅 Sam Kerr Women’s Players’ Player of the Year

🏅 Lizzie Arnot Women’s Goal of the Season

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uefa is saying that tickets for the champions league final are no longer available and IF the remaining tickets become available they’ll go on sale on May 15

do you understand what this means? if there are still empty seats why not just sell those tickets idgi

and i don’t like how they won’t set up a resell platform or how they don’t allow anyone to resell tickets, because there will be so many empty seats in the stadium now 🙄 also sucks for people who did want to come but couldn’t get tickets and then they have to look at all those empty seats on tv in June oh and i also don’t understand why it has to be in the PSV stadium because there are way nicer stadiums in the netherlands 😭 well i’m so sorry this is such a negative message lmao but the way women’s football is treated just annoys me

PSV stadium is just fine imo. Its not the biggest but its a decent size and has good amenities. Picking the Netherlands on that date, Amsterdam is no option with pride on the same day. Still not sure if Eindhoven was the best choice but its easy to get to from either Eindhoven Airport or Schiphol.

The entire ticket sale surrounding this final has been a shitshow. Im so glad I got my tickets early cause its impossible rn without the option for reselling.