Brighton showed two sides to their character, shrugging off the twin setbacks of surrendering a two-goal lead and having their goalkeeper sent off to clinch a valuable and significant victory over Durham and give new boss Hope Powell a winning start. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Brighton dominated much of the game, scoring three times for the first time since joining the FAWSL (Photo: Geoff Penn/BHA)
Brighton cruised through their final spring-series match with by far their best performance of the competition, proving to themselves as much as anyone else that they are more than capable of surviving in Super League football, come the start of the season proper in September. Continue reading
Brighton celebrated their first Super League win with a mixture of joy and relief (Photo: Geoff Penn/BHAFC)
A year to the week after Brighton clinched the Premier League championship, they are celebrating their first competitive win as a Super League team – but they were left hanging on after handing Watford an Easter present that very nearly left the Sussex side with egg on their faces. Continue reading
Brighton were promoted to Women’s Super League 2 after winning a play-off against northern champions Sporting Club Albion (Photo: Jane Roberts)
Brighton are about to embark on the biggest season in their history without a permanent manager – and yet the new head of the women’s set-up at the Super League’s newest club says she’s unfazed by the prospect. Continue reading
Danielle Rowe (left) helped Brighton turn the game around with a first-half equaliser and a superb performance (Photo: Geoff Penn/BHAFC)
Several months ahead of Brighton’s debut in the Women’s Super League, their reserve side have begun their own Super League campaign – and they’ve taken it by storm.
After romping to a 7-0 victory at Millwall on the opening day, Amy Merricks’ young side took on the second string of Chelsea – last season’s WSL champions – and aided by their vaunted opponents’ shortage of players, collected another win. Continue reading
