I want to be clear: England as a country? Embarrassing. England as in 26 nice lads playing their silly little game? I would die for them.
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Jessica Eve Kennedy
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Writer. Positively bedevilled with interests, et cetera. Things are getting more and more niche around here. Yes, I do like to tweet about women's football. 
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Women when asked to name women who inspire them vs men when asked to name women who inspire them
The way United have thrown their women’s team under the bus is absolutely disgusting
With Rapinoe retiring, it got me thinking about this goal — one of the most spectacular assists I’ve ever seen. The fact that it levelled the game in the 122nd minute is the most Rapinoe part of it all. The most clutch.
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Filled with West Wing nostalgia after the special, I just rediscovered these pictures and maybe there is no better cast. 🥺
Momentarily thought Chloe Kelly was telling Alessia to shine less 💀
Imagine having the confidence to tell that many queer women that they can’t wear a rainbow armband
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Fifa has confirmed that players at the Women’s World Cup will not be able to wear the rainbow armband in support of LGBTQ+ rights or OneLove armband, but will instead be able to choose from eight alternative options.
Story: @SuzyWrack theguardian.com/football/2023/
Just realised that Arsenal Women averaging an attendance of 15,046 in the WSL last season marks the first time a WSL team has achieved a higher average attendance than a Premier League team in the same season (AFC Bournemouth, who averaged 10,309)
Laura Harvey freeing Christen Press from that whole Houston Dash mess in 2018 and now freeing Tobin Heath from Louisville? She's a real one x
Crystal Dunn knocking out Jill Ellis's team is fun, actually
Esme being like “I’ve got uni deadlines” when she’s in the middle of a World Cup really tickled me
The Yates report has added a particularly awful new dimension to what we already knew regarding Jill Ellis freezing Christen Press out of the national team when she left the NWSL to play in Sweden (after the Red Stars situation)
I have not yet figured out a way to watch this West Wing special but, much like Josh Lyman, I am prepared to break the law for Donna Moss.
Arsenal being desperate to spend money and getting blocked at every turn means they at least know how everyone trying to buy a women’s away shirt feels
My brother just interrogated me about why I watch things I like more than once and I don't know how to explain to this kid that the 33rd viewing of The West Wing or Schitt's Creek is still more enjoyable to me than the first time watching most other things.
I wasn’t expecting these wholesome scenes when I realised I was behind the bench
I'm so weepy watching the body language between Sarina and the team. They just love her!! It's a special moment to witness 🥹
Sweden won both the Women's Euros and Eurovision in 1984. Greece won the 2004 Euros and then 2005 Eurovision, thus holding both titles at the same time briefly. Now Italy have the double in 2021.
What connects them all? Mamma Mia.
It’s her birthday so let’s remember Tobin Heath winning the first NWSL Championship for the Thorns by scoring this insane FK on a broken foot
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Besides Michael Jordan's "flu game", what was another epic performance from sports history by an athlete who was competing while either sick or injured?
WOMEN!!!!!!!
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All of the artists nominated for Best Rock Performance are women, including Fiona Apple and @Phoebe_Bridgers
#GRAMMYs : p4k.in/5ZUoKb0
Lotte Wubben-Moy, start drawing up your next policy change babyyyyy
Okay, I just got sent this pic of a friend of a friend's anniversary cake and, wow, there is no better cake. (📷: McKenzie and Alex) ❤️😭
Do you think Kim K puts FA Player on and yells at the camera operator to wipe the lens just like the rest of us or–
Breaking: Lionesses absolutely incapable of taking a single L
“I think she will be a superstar for them” — Casey Stoney on Tobin Heath signing for Arsenal 🥺
Me: Tobin’s thoughts during this World Cup have been so insightful and interesting
Meanwhile, Tobin:
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Captaining your national team through a major tournament at 25 years old isn’t for everyone, just a special few 🥹 x
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The KNVB have confirmed to me that in the absence of Sari van Veenendaal, Vivianne Miedema will continue to captain the Netherlands against Portugal on Wednesday #NED #NEDPOR #WEuro2022 twitter.com/AsifBurhan/sta
Personally think Christen Press scoring her first ACFC goal in Portland would be delicious 🕯️🕯️🕯️
The season ended but it’s like they all got separation anxiety?? I love them
Rose the physio has played more minutes than Leah tonight 😭
“Heather O’Reilly’s causing problems for Liam Payne” isn’t something I ever expected to hear in football commentary or anywhere else for that matter
I hope they bring Leah out at the first Arsenal home game so that she can take the mic and yell at everyone in the Emirates to buy tickets to the NLD
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This is how it felt to be a fan of Arsenal Women last season
Kim Little winning the NWSL Shield while she’s probably asleep… it’s what she deserves, baby!
Not emotionally stable enough for Leah in Rafa’s shirt 😭
Does Lotte Wubben-Moy have something against Wolfsburg bc she’s so right for that x
I just remembered Manu crying but still going over to sign autographs which might be the most Manu behaviour ever
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A lot of people seem to want more wholesome West Wing content, which I do have buried deep in folders saved from way back when, but instead I bring you... a "kick me" sign that may or may not know about.
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My favourite pic of you guys was always this one 👇❤️
Wally's singing "ooh to be a Gooner" with her whole chest, isn't that enough to bring you peace???
I know COYGIG means “come on you girls in green” but I can’t help reading it as “come on you gunners I guess”
Kind of shit that Busted didn’t warn us about any of this in Year 3000.
It's just objectively hilarious to know that there are 12 players on that pitch right now rooting for Barcelona and 10 rooting for Wolfsburg
Thinking about Maria and how much she would’ve loved this season, how proud she would’ve been to see the way the fanbase has grown so much bigger and louder
Arsenal Women maintaining their whole 21/22 starting XI going into next season feels like such a positive reflection of where the team culture and belief is at rn, that’s making me as happy as the re-signings themselves 🔴⚪️
Lotte doesn't miss
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Vivianne Miedema strike sinks Ajax as Arsenal edge into Women's Champions League group stage. By @SuzyWrack theguardian.com/football/2022/
Thinking about the fact that this was Jordan's last hurrah for Arsenal. She really did win everything domestically.
These twizzles changed the culture and also my life
So nice to see both Jordan Nobbs and Beth England rewarded for taking mid-season leaps away from the teams they love to get those minutes
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What is the greatest "we're going to win moment" in sports history?
Choosing to focus on the detail
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Kim Little will miss the rest of the 22/23 season with a hamstring injury.
Rehabilitation has already started and this process is progressing well.
We're all right behind you, Kimmy 
This was such defamatory speculation from Lori Lindsey. Making vague statements opens everything up to gross assumptions. She either needs to say it with her chest or not say it at all. It feels like the USWNT's retaliatory agenda is being peddled here instead of the truth.
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Perhaps I shouldn’t have said “reported,” and you can blame me for that. The point is I trust Lori and what she says.
As a Jordan Nobbs fan, the things Jordan Nobbs was doing right in front of me tonight make me very excited for a new season of Jordan Nobbs
Katie's impulse to fight is overshadowed by (and often rooted in) her impulse to love and protect, in this essay I will–
Year-end highlight posts don't mean anything if they don't include this, objectively the best 21 seconds of 2018. Thank you for your service, and . 🙏 #virtuemoir #2018peakedinfeb
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This is unhinged, even by Brad and Janel's standards, and I'm obsessed
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The way this was even truer than we already knew
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Pia = Tobin Heath in 30 years
#USWNT #NWSL twitter.com/raidofutebol/s…
You know it’s massive when both Kim and Tobin log on to comment
My brain, apropos of nothing: I wonder which West Wing character gets the most steps in...
Is this not also the plot of Les Mis? t.co/iijEeFkNeK
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Something I will say is that, despite all the injuries, not for one moment this season have I wished I supported any other team — unbelievable resilience and character
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As much as I'm buzzing for tomorrow, I'm also slightly dreading what happens if the Lionesses lose because the English public has proven themselves to be Not Great when it comes to taking Ls
Imagine bringing back Sex and the City at a time when we can have neither sex nor the city.
Remember when we scored one (1) goal against Barcelona??? Iconic of us actually
The Arsenal squad's commitment to showing up for each other – despite their own personal disappointments through injury, not qualifying, going out early – at this Euros has been such a gorgeous display of team unity
Something to remember about Arsenal (Women) this season is how they've responded to pressure. We've had our lows, ofc, and tomorrow is pure stress, but in previous seasons, we wouldn't have been able to turn THREE 1-0 losses around with last-minute equalisers. The fight is there.
I feel like Tobin is doing whatever the football retirement version is of quiet quitting and it’s not like it doesn’t make sense but the lack of closure is displeasing
If Beth Mead does golden boot a year on from not being selected for the Olympics, I reserve the right to cry in public
I wrote about how much have meant to me this season and why I’m so optimistic about this team. It may be total word soup but it’s filled with nothing but love. I haven’t written like this for a while so I hope you’ll give it a read.
Kim Kardashian knowing who Katie McCabe is has broken my brain for today
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donna and charlie would have that malm set up in no time
Tobin talking about the USWNT’s current forward line was so interesting
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Girls don’t want Stella McCartney away kits, they want a Uniqlo x Arsenal collab on theee crossbody bag
I know that ACL moment was rough for everyone but the social team who’d already recorded hours of content with Leah were going thru it
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Gals just wanna be comfy.
@keira_walsh and @leahcwilliamson unbox the new kit! 