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Yahoo
8 hours ago
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Arsenal Women to play all WSL home matches at Emirates Stadium in 2025-26
Arsenal have confirmed that the women's team will play all 11 of their home Women's Super League (WSL) matches at the Emirates Stadium next season. The side's longstanding home, Meadow Park, will still be used for league-phase fixtures in the Champions League as well as domestic cup games. Should they progress to the knockout rounds of the Champions League, these matches will be played at the Emirates. Advertisement This follows the Emirates hosting eight WSL matches and five in the Champions League in 2024-25, which saw more than 415,000 tickets sold. 'I'm so proud of the journey we've been on with our supporters this season,' head coach Renee Slegers said. 'From Boreham Wood to the Emirates, on the road to every WSL and European destination we visited, and of course all the way to Lisbon, they've shown up and we've fuelled each other to an historic season for our club. 'For us, this is just the beginning, and bringing every WSL match to the Emirates is another step for more supporters to be part of this special journey. We'll come back next season, with fire in our hearts, more determined, more ambitious, and more together than ever.' Arsenal's director of women's football, Clare Wheatley, added: 'Our players and staff know what it means to walk out in front of a packed Emirates Stadium. It brings a sense of pride and belonging to all of us. It fuels a relentless drive to win and is a crucial part of how we create the best conditions for our women's team to succeed. Advertisement 'We felt that winning connection all season, and to share in a Champions League win with our supporters in north London after returning from Lisbon inspired us all to push on.' Arsenal's WSL matches at the Emirates have grown from three in the 2022-23 season, to six in 2023-24, and nine last term. Their average attendance at the ground in each of those campaigns stands at 46,872, 52,027 and 34,110, respectively. Arsenal will introduce a full Emirates Stadium Season Ticket for the women's team for the first time and supporters will also have the option to purchase a Six Game Bundle, allowing them to attend six select WSL matches at a discounted rate. The exact fixtures incorporated into this will be confirmed later this summer, after the 2025-26 WSL fixtures have been released. Advertisement Arsenal beat Barcelona 1-0 to lift the Champions League for the second time in their history last campaign, and will be looking to rival Chelsea for domestic trophies next season. This article originally appeared in The Athletic. Arsenal, UK Women's Football 2025 The Athletic Media Company
New York Times
8 hours ago
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- New York Times
Arsenal Women to play all WSL home matches at Emirates Stadium in 2025-26
Arsenal have confirmed that the women's team will play all 11 of their home Women's Super League (WSL) matches at the Emirates Stadium next season. The side's longstanding home, Meadow Park, will still be used for league-phase fixtures in the Champions League as well as domestic cup games. Should they progress to the knockout rounds of the Champions League, these matches will be played at the Emirates. Advertisement This follows the Emirates hosting eight WSL matches and five in the Champions League in 2024-25, which saw more than 415,000 tickets sold. 'I'm so proud of the journey we've been on with our supporters this season,' head coach Renee Slegers said. 'From Boreham Wood to the Emirates, on the road to every WSL and European destination we visited, and of course all the way to Lisbon, they've shown up and we've fuelled each other to an historic season for our club. 'For us, this is just the beginning, and bringing every WSL match to the Emirates is another step for more supporters to be part of this special journey. We'll come back next season, with fire in our hearts, more determined, more ambitious, and more together than ever.' Arsenal's director of women's football, Clare Wheatley, added: 'Our players and staff know what it means to walk out in front of a packed Emirates Stadium. It brings a sense of pride and belonging to all of us. It fuels a relentless drive to win and is a crucial part of how we create the best conditions for our women's team to succeed. 'We felt that winning connection all season, and to share in a Champions League win with our supporters in north London after returning from Lisbon inspired us all to push on.' Arsenal's WSL matches at the Emirates have grown from three in the 2022-23 season, to six in 2023-24, and nine last term. Their average attendance at the ground in each of those campaigns stands at 46,872, 52,027 and 34,110, respectively. Arsenal will introduce a full Emirates Stadium Season Ticket for the women's team for the first time and supporters will also have the option to purchase a Six Game Bundle, allowing them to attend six select WSL matches at a discounted rate. The exact fixtures incorporated into this will be confirmed later this summer, after the 2025-26 WSL fixtures have been released. Arsenal beat Barcelona 1-0 to lift the Champions League for the second time in their history last campaign, and will be looking to rival Chelsea for domestic trophies next season. ()
Yahoo
25-05-2025
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Inside Arsenal's Champions League party, including a Jess Glynne concert
A congratulatory speech from Josh Kroenke, an impromptu Jess Glynne concert and appearances from an array of beaming club legends featured on a night of jubilant celebration for Arsenal after they won their first women's European title in 18 years in Lisbon. At a private party in Lisbon that continued into early hours of Sunday after the 1-0 win over Barcelona, the club's co-chair Kroenke is understood to have delivered a passionate speech praising the full team effort that had contributed to the long-awaited Women's Champions League triumph, reserving special praisefor the head coach, Renée Slegers, and the head of women's football, Clare Wheatley, former Arsenal players. Advertisement Related: Made at Arsenal, forged with joy: Chloe Kelly the double Euro champion A large number of club legends were in attendance, including the goalscorer in their only previous women's European final, Alex Scott. Other attenders included Arsenal's 1989 title-winning hero Michael Thomas, their 2007 quadruple-winning former women's mamager Vic Akers and several former England players including Lianne Sanderson, Karen Carney and Jordan Nobbs, as well as the former Scotland centre-back Jen Beattie. An equally emotional group of club staff and the squad's loved ones were also present. As the drinks flowed, Glynne – Scott's partner – performed live, to the delight of the attenders, with the Netherlands and Arsenal midfielder Victoria Pelova soon joining in for a duet. Arsenal remain the only British women's club to have lifted the biggest prize in European women's football. The party is expected to continue on Monday with further events planned in London. Advertisement Slegers and the England striker Alessia Russo were among several of the group who could be seen fighting back tears shortly after the final whistle at the Estádio José Alvalade, and Russo told reporters after the game: 'I think everyone was crying. It means so much to us, to all of the people involved in this club, the fans, the backroom staff that you lot don't see, our kitchen staff that we work with every day … That's what we were playing for.' About 5,000 Arsenal fans made the trip and they partied along Lisbon's Pink Street before and after the game.
