The Football League returns and crisis at Morecambe – Football Weekly Extra podcast
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Sanny Rudravajhala and George Elek to preview the return of league football this weekend
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On the podcast today; the Football League is back with League One and League Two kicking off this weekend. While most fans are concerned about their summer signings there are two clubs in real peril: Sheffield Wednesday look set to start the season in the Championship without a manager, a full playing squad or even a complete stadium – can they find a buyer? Meanwhile, Morecambe seem like they have found a buyer but can’t sell – what’s going on there?
Flopped launch and new squad building: Boston and Denver’s journey to the NWSL | Moving the Goalposts
Our newsletter takes a look at how the two expansion teams are taking different approaches as they prepare to enter the ever-so competitive league next year
On 13 March , the NWSL will commence its 14th regular season as the pre-eminent league in the United States. For the first time in its history, it will do so with 16 teams. That is double the number from the inaugural season in 2013 and a rapid rise from the nine teams that played out the 2020 campaign.
There is an inevitable aura of excitement surrounding the latest expansion as new opportunities for fans and players acceleratein an aspirational league. Halfway through the NWSL’s 13th regular season – which resumes this weekend after a prolonged summer pause – how are the expansion clubs, new and old, holding up?