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An unfiltered, fun look at the world of football, with a focus on the women's game, featuring commentator Flo Lloyd-Hughes, and a rotating group of friends.
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Jessy Parker Humphreys and Becky Taylor-Gill to chat through the Subway Cup semi-finals. There was drama at Meadow Park as Liv Smith got sent off and Manchester United made it through to their first ever League Cup final. We also discuss the confirmed format changes for next season, and Chelsea scamming a win against Manchester City.
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Jessy Parker Humphreys & Becky Taylor-Gill
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes & Katie Baxter
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Gilly Flaherty and Jessy Parker Humphreys to chat through the fourth round of the Women’s FA Cup. Where were all the upsets? And why weren’t more games streamed online?
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Gilly Flaherty & Jessy Parker Humphreys
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes & Katie Baxter
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Jessy Parker Humphreys and Becky Taylor-Gill to chat through the first round of WSL fixtures after the winter break.
Arsenal’s 0-0 draw with Manchester United was overshadowed by goalkeeper-timeout discourse, is it time to bring in a new rule to stop the cynical stoppages? We also touch on the news around Renee Slegers’ new contract and Jodie Taylor’s new role at the club. We also dive into all the big stories from across the rest of the WSL.
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Jessy Parker Humphreys and Becky Taylor-Gill for a special show and tell episode. We discuss some of the big stories from over the winter break including a manager sacking and a recent women’s football “royal wedding”.
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes returns as quiz master for a look back at the highs, lows and Counter Pressed herstory of 2025.
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Jessy Parker Humphreys and Becky Taylor-Gill to discuss the last night of action in the Women’s Champions League league phase. Which teams dropped out? Who made it through to the quarter-finals and who was a complete flop?
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Jessy Parker Humphreys & Becky Taylor-Gill
Producers: Katie Baxter & Flo Lloyd-Hughes
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Gilly Flaherty and Jessy Parker Humprehys to chat through Manchester United’s dramatic 3-3 draw with Spurs. How did Tottenham let a 3-0 lead disappear? We then get into Bunny Shaw’s unstoppable performance against Aston Villa, four goals, and now 103 goals for City in 120 games. How long before she chases down Viv Miedema’s WSL record? Is she the best we’ve ever seen in the league?
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Gilly Flaherty & Jessy Parker Humprehys
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes & Katie Baxter
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Jessy Parker Humphreys and special guest Tim Stillman from Arseblog to discuss this week’s European fixtures. All three English teams are through to the knockout stages, what do we make of their Champions League performances so far? We then dive into an Arsenal focus with Tim and answer some listener questions.
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Jessy Parker Humphreys & Tim Stillman
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes & Katie Baxter
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Jessy Parker Humphreys and Becky Taylor-Gill to discuss the end of Chelsea’s 34-game unbeaten run in the WSL. After 585 days Chelsea have finally lost a game, we discuss that defeat to Everton, Arsenal’s late win over Liverpool and some mid-table movements.
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Jessy Parker Humphreys & Becky Taylor-Gill
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes & Katie Baxter
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Jessy Parker Humphreys and Becky Taylor-Gill to chat through the final international games of the year, including England’s 2-0 win over Ghana. We then dive into our listener mailbag as we chat through some of your football questions and silly requests.
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Jessy Parker Humphreys & Becky Taylor-Gill
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes & Katie Baxter
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Gilly Flaherty and Jessy Parker Humphreys to discuss England’s 8-0 win against China at Wembley. We also touch on the Nations League final, England’s Under 23s and chat about some other big stories in the international break.
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Gilly Flaherty & Jessy Parker Humphreys
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes & Katie Baxter
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Gilly Flaherty and Jessy Parker Humphreys to recap last week’s Champions League drama. We also dive into the NWSL Championship after Gotham were crowned champions again. We then look ahead to the international break and chat about more talent coming through from England’s Under 23s.
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Gilly Flaherty & Jessy Parker Humphreys
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes & Katie Baxter
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes, Gilly Flaherty and Jessy Parker Humphreys are joined by Nikki Doucet, chief executive of WSL Football. We chat to Nikki about her journey to the role, the big changes that have come this season in the WSL and WSL 2 and the league’s plan for investment. We also touch on 12pm kick offs, media rights, AI and VAR.
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Gilly Flaherty, Jessy Parker Humphreys & Nikki Doucet
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes & Katie Baxter
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Gilly Flaherty and Jessy Parker Humphreys to chat through a great weekend for Manchester City as they extend their lead at the top of the WSL table. City dismantled Manchester United in the derby while both Arsenal and Chelsea dropped points.
Guests: Gilly Flaherty & Jessy Parker Humphreys
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes & Katie Baxter
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Guests: Jessy Parker Humphreys, Becky Taylor-Gill
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes & Katie Baxter
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Kate Longhurst and Jessy Parker Humphreys to chat through a weekend full of drama. There were controversial calls in Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea, but is it really time for VAR in the WSL? We also touch on Manchester United’s defeat to Aston Villa and Manchester City going top of the league.
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Kate Longhurst & Jessy Parker Humphreys
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes & Katie Baxter
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Jessy Parker Humphreys and Becky Taylor-Gill to dive into Mary Earps’ autobiography and its controversial contents. We unpack the trend of leadership books in sport and whether it was the right time for Earps to publish her autobiography.
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Jessy Parker Humphreys, Becky Taylor-Gill
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes, Katie Baxter
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Gilly Flaherty and Jessy Parker Humphreys to unpack the drama from the release of Mary Earps’ tell all book. Earps faced criticism after extracts were published in The Guardian detailing her disagreement with Sarina Wiegman over Hannah Hampton taking England’s number one goalkeeper spot. What has the reaction been and will Earps recover from this? We then dive into some football, discussing Chelsea’s win against London City Lionesses and Aston Villa’s progress.
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Jessy Parker-Humphreys, Gilly Flaherty
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes, Katie Baxter
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Kate Longhurst and Jessy Parker-Humphreys to discuss England’s disappointing 2–1 defeat in a friendly against Brazil. We examine Sarina Wiegman’s lack of experimentation and question whether we’ll see more changes in the upcoming game against Australia. The discussion then turns to Jess Fishlock’s remarkable career as she says goodbye to international football.
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Kate Longhurst, Jessy Parker-Humphreys
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes & Katie Baxter
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Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by Jessy Parker Humphreys and Becky Taylor-Gill for a brand new show format as we pick our combined best eleven players in Europe for a new intercontinental competition - think Ryder Cup and Laver Cup. The rules are they have to be current players and you can only pick two max per nation.
Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes
Guests: Jessy Parker Humphreys, Becky Taylor-Gill
Producers: Flo Lloyd-Hughes, Katie Baxter
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I seriously need to stop hearing excuses for WSL sides when it comes to tiredness and minutes played. Liga F teams/Spanish players have a far bigger claim to those excuses, and look at their results.
As someone who has no idea what this is about, this is a fascinating listen. I feel like I'm the mystery solver, just trying to piece this thing together.