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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Southampton midfielder Primus signs new deal
Southampton midfielder Atlanta Primus has signed a new one-year contract with the club ahead of the 2025/2026 season. The Saints announced the news via a post on their official club website earlier today. The 28-year-old midfielder joined Southampton in summer 2023 after opting to leave former club London City Lionesses at the end of her contract. The Saints acquired her services after she starred for the Jamaican national team at the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023. Primus was very much the standout performer for The Reggae Girlz as they battled bravely at the tournament. Primus made 19 appearances in all competitions for Southampton in her first season at St Mary's Stadium. She then joined The Saints' Barclays WSL2 rivals Charlton Athletic on loan for the whole of last season. Some may have wondered whether Primus' time as a Saint was over, however, the player has agreed to sign a new one-year contract and begin the new era under recently-appointed head coach Simon Parker. After signing on again at St Mary's Stadium, Primus said 'I'm really happy to have re-signed, it's an exciting time ahead and I'm really looking forward to the new season.' Further Southampton squad news will be announced in due course.
BBC News
5 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Hibs title winner Ferguson relishing Southampton challenge
Winger Abbie Ferguson has joined WSL2 side Southampton after leaving Scottish champions 20-year-old Scotland youth international scored four goals and recorded five assists in 27 appearances last term as she helped Hibs lift the SWPL title for the first time in 18 who started out with Celtic before spending two years at Hibs, said: "I've played in Scotland throughout my career, so I wanted to make the move [to England]."Hopefully it will help me develop as a footballer and mature as a person - I'm really looking forward to the challenge."
The Guardian
5 days ago
- Business
- The Guardian
WSL to establish regular Sunday noon slot next season for live games on Sky Sports
Sky Sports is intending to schedule the majority of its live Women's Super League matches at noon on Sundays in the new season, the Guardian understands, as the division seeks to establish a new regular slot. The fixtures for the 2025-26 WSL and WSL 2 campaigns will be released on Friday and, although the broadcast pickswill not be made until a later date, according to sources the previous, regular 6.45pm UK time slot on Sunday evenings will be ditched, after extensive feedback from fans and clubs, in favour of lunchtime games instead. It is also understood there is a desire to trial more Friday night kick-offs regularly throughout the campaign, as the broadcaster and the league's operators, WSL Football, and the member clubs try to test and learn what slots work best to maximise both in-person attendances and television audiences simultaneously. The most common slot, however, will be Sunday midday after widespread consultations. The league will also be hoping to capitalise on a boost in interest in the women's game after the England team's run to their third consecutive major tournament final, in which the Lionesses will meet the world champions, Spain, in Basel on Sunday. The new WSL campaign will be the first of a new, five-year broadcast deal shared between Sky Sports and the BBC, which was agreed last October, but it is understood Sky will be showing 90% of the live matches. The value of the deal is undisclosed but the Guardian reported last autumn that the rights fee is worth approximately £65m across the duration of the five seasons, plus production costs, taking the broadcasters' total investment in the women's game to comfortably over £100m. Traditionally, the majority of WSL matches have been scheduled for 2pm on Sunday afternoons but there is believed to be a desire to switch most live games to midday to create a regular slot and develop an 'around the grounds' narrative during matches, akin to the feel of a Saturday 3pm fixture list in English men's football. Sign up to Moving the Goalposts No topic is too small or too big for us to cover as we deliver a twice-weekly roundup of the wonderful world of women's football after newsletter promotion On Thursday, WSL Football confirmed a trial that allows fans to drink alcohol while in the stands is being expanded to include 14 WSL and WSL 2 clubs from the new season, including all of the top-flight's 'big four' teams. That follows a four-club trial that began in the second half of last season, enabling fans to drink from the stands at the second-tier clubs Birmingham City, Bristol City, Newcastle United and Southampton, in which 19 league fixtures were included. No safety incidents were reported from any of those games. A subsequent fan survey found that 66% were in support of the trial being permanently implemented, the league has said.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Nottingham Forest sign WSL2 title-winner Brougham
Nottingham Forest have completed the signing of former London City Lionesses centre-back Georgia Brougham on a free transfer. The Tricky Trees announced the news via a post on their official club website late last night. The 29-year-old joins Nottingham Forest after leaving former club London City Lionesses earlier this summer. The player has signed a two-year deal at The City Ground. Brougham spent two seasons with London City Lionesses and was a regular in the side. She helped the club win the Barclays WSL2 title last season. The player has also turned out for Manchester City, Everton, Birmingham City and Leicester City in her career to date. She was a member of the Everton side that were crowned FA Women's Super League 2 Spring Series winners back in 2017. After joining Nottingham Forest, Brougham said 'I'm delighted to be here. After speaking to everyone involved, hearing the ambitions of the Club, it's exciting to be a part of this team. 'I'm looking forward to integrating with the team and just seeing how far we can go, anything's possible with the way the Club are backing the women's team.' Brougham is Nottingham Forest's fourth signing of the summer transfer window. The club are expected to add further Barclays WSL2 experience to their ranks in the coming weeks.
Irish Examiner
7 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Ireland defender Jessie Stapleton set for Nottingham Forest loan after West Ham extend contract
Jessie Stapleton will spend the upcoming season on loan at WSL 2 newcomers Nottingham Forest after West Ham United agreed to extend her contract. The Ireland international is firmly part of the Hammers' plans but, at just 20, another loan move is considered optimal by manager Rehanne Skinner at this stage of the defender's career. Stapleton has developed into a mainstay of Carla Ward's Ireland team, winning her 17th cap last month against USA, and will benefit from regular gametime. Hammers recruited the Dubliner from then double-holders Shelbourne after she turned 18 in July 2023, opting to loan her to Reading and then Sunderland last season. Forest are an emerging force in the burgeoning English system, funding a full-time set-up from this time last year that delivered an immediate dividend of the Northern title over an unbeaten campaign. They play all their home games at the main City Ground stadium. West Ham, who finished ninth in last season's top-flight, have extended Stapleton's contract until 2028.
