Powell relishes return to football after recovering that sparkle

Ambition mission: Hope Powell wants to manage Brighton in WSL 1 (Photo: Sent Her Forward)

Hope Powell has seen it all before. As England manager for what now seems an unimaginable 15 years, she led the country she once played for to unprecedented heights, twice winning the Cyprus Cup but more significantly, reaching the European Championship final and the World Cup quarter-finals twice, all while helping to knock the neglected England Women’s set-up into shape.

Brighton targeting Super League 1 licence – Hope Powell

Hope Powell is aiming for the top tier of English women’s club football after a successful career as England manager (Photo: Sent Her Forward)

Brighton are targeting WSL 1 football next season before their maiden Super League campaign has really got going.

And it may not be their on-field performances that get them there.

Lewes make it four wins in a row as they take Sussex bragging rights

Katie McIntyre was a giant for Lewes in midfield and scored the winning goal (Photo: John Holden)

Chichester City 1 (Tucker 19)
Lewes 2 (McIntyre 35; Carter 53)

Lewes’s red-hot winning streak continued as Rebecca Carter’s third goal in four games helped them to yet another single-goal Premier League victory that lifts them to the giddy heights of second.

Brighton start Super League adventure without Hope but with plenty of optimism

Sent Her Forward 2017 preview: Part two – Brighton

Brighton pulled off a coup with the signing of Nigeria international striker Ini Umotong (Photo: Stuart Butcher/BHAFC)

It’s here at last. Brighton finally make their Super League bow, almost 18 months after clinching their place with a play-off victory over Sporting Club Albion after winning the Premier League Southern title.

Lane heads Lewes heroes as they destroy Palace’s unbeaten record

Danni Lane scored with a header moments after hitting the bar with a similar effort (Photo: James Boyes)

Lewes 1 (Lane 77)
Crystal Palace 0

Magnificent Lewes turned themselves into unlikely early Premier League title contenders after inflicting a first defeat of the season on high-flying Crystal Palace.

Super League teams stock up for another voyage into the unknown

Sent Her Forward 2017-18 preview: Part one – The pick of FAWSL 2

Like so many WSL 2 clubs, Watford have brought in a host of new faces (Photo: Neale Blackburn)

Two Super League debutants join the second tier of England’s élite set-up for what promises to be a historic – and fascinating – season.

Sussex County League backs down over results

Youth team results are back little more than a week after they were banned from Full-Time

The Sussex County League has reversed its decision to ban the publication of youth-team results on the official FA website after a wave of protests from club officials and players.

That old familiar feeling as friends reunited cancel each other out

Portsmouth succumbed to a late goal for the second game in succession (Photo: James Boyes)

Lewes 1 (Carter 87)
Portsmouth 0

Familiarity  may breed contempt, but it can also breed football stalemates – and that was the perhaps inevitable outcome at the Dripping Pan today as a host of former team-mates marked each other out of a disappointingly scrappy game.

Sussex County League bans youth results from official website

The sight that greeted fans of girls’ football in Sussex on Sunday

The Sussex County Women and Girls League has stunned players and officials by banning publication of youth team results on Full Time, its official internet outlet.

Newcomers Varndeanians take the points in gritty display

Burgess Hill Town 1 (Ashby 89)
AFC Varndeanians 2 (Perilli-Gardener 51, 53)

They’re one of Sussex’s newest teams – or maybe they’re not. They’re certainly in a new division. But AFC Varndeanians are certainly not in the mood to play the part of nervous debutants on the bigger stage.