Hello again! We're back with a special podcast ahead of the final weekend of the Barclays FA Women's Super League season! And what drama it is, its going down to the wire, it might even go down to goal difference?! Plus, instant reaction to the FA Cup Final, as Manchester United win their first major silverware against Tottenham Hotspur. That Ella …

The title race is heating up, we’re down to the semi-finals of the FA Cup & less than two weeks away from the Continental Cup Final! Alongside reviewing the WSL gameweek, we’ve also got a feature on the FA Women's National League Cup Final, an interview with Amber-Keegan Stobbs (captain of Newcastle United) and Grace Gillard (captain of Hashtag Uni…

We're back for 2024! Two WSL gameweeks of the year are down, so lets review how clubs have started the second half of the season! Viv scores her first goal back, Lauren James is on fire, City keep winning and United are, well, United. Plus, crucial wins for Leicester City and West Ham United. https://twogirlstalkballs.com/…

It's that time again, our Christmas Plonkcast! It's our final podcast of 2023 and a chance to provide a festival review of the WSL season so far. Which manager is in our Christmas stocking? Who's been the most helpful elf? Who's our Christmas pudding and who's been our Christmas cracker? Proudly sponsored by FotMob…

With another international break coming, the WSL reminded us what we'll be missing - 26 goals across 6 games! Even better, 2 were from the returning Beth Mead. Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City continue their free-scoring ways, Liverpool and Man U get back on track and the league's mid/lower league teams are consistently inconsistent. Plus, we t…

A bonus LIVE episode for you. Live from the National Football Museum for the 2023 Football Writing Festival, recorded the day before Manchester United v Manchester City at Old Trafford. We talk Manchester Derby, Emma Hayes upcoming WSL departure and our view on the season so far! Thanks to NFM and the festival organisers. Proudly sponsored by FotMo…

One month into the 2023/24 Barclays Women's Super League and the Nations League has butted in! At least it gives us a chance to take stock of the first 4 gameweeks. We talk through the first month of the season; who has surprised, who has underwhelmed and who can stop Willie Kirk's Leicester City? It's been a slow start for Arsenal, Villa and one o…

Finally, our first love the WSL is back! We talk through the summer business of all 12 clubs, grade each on their transfers and throw out some early league predictions. Plus, Booze from a Boot is no more. What can we replace it with? Drop us a message and let us know. Sponsored by FotMob https://twogirlstalkballs.com/…

It's taken us a few days to recover from that final. What a tournament though! We review England v Spain in the World Cup Final, discuss tactics, the standout performances and the controversy. Plus, we talk through the full tournament, our favourite games and players from a memorable tournament. Supported by our pals at FotMob…

We're still floating on the cloud of that semi-final. We're on the ceiling pals. We react to England v Australia and Spain v Sweden with a midsummer plonkcast. We wax lyrical about Sarina, the Matildas, Todmorden Market and our gal Lauren Hemp. Plus, the Finals preview and lots of daftness and excitement along the way. Come on England!!! Supported …

We’re through those nervy quarter-finals, and we've only just got our breath back. All 4 games couldn’t have been much tighter; an extra-time battle between Spain & Netherlands, a nervy finish in Sweden v Japan, a long penalty shootout between Australia & France and a comeback England win against Colombia. We review it all and preview the scary sem…

The Round of 16 didn’t disappoint, unless you’re a WoSo fan. Commiserations to the U.S who will be sipping tea all the way home against a seismic penalty shootout against Sweden. England on the other hand undeservedly snuck through against an impressive Nigeria side. Upsets, penalties, VAR drama and 19 goals across 8 games. We’ve lots to catch you …

We're down to final round of group fixtures and its getting exciting! We've had some cracking upsets this past week - Nigeria beating Australia, Colombia out battling Germany, Norway remembering to score against The Philippines. We discuss England's win against Denmark, preview China and talk through the rest of the groups as they stand (at time of…

The World Cup has kicked off and we've not been short of incidents, VAR action or dodgy penalties! We talk through a disjointed Lionesses performance, praise Haiti's future stars, and preview the big tie up next against Denmark. Plus, schools out for Tam and it's top marks Germany & Japan, steady Cs for Australia & Spain and 'must try harder' for F…

We've made it, 4 years on from the beginnings of our podcast (then called Two Girls World Cup!) we're back with another World Cup, down under! There's a lot ot get through, so here's part two of our WWC previews. In this we look at Groups E-H. What chance do we give defending champions USA, beaten finalists Netherlands, Brazil, France, Sweden and t…

We've made it, 4 years on from the start of the podcast (then called Two Girls World Cup!) we're back with another World Cup! There's a lot ot get through, so here's part one of two WWC previews. In this we look at Groups A-D. What chance do we give Norway, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Japan, England, Denmark, China and more? Sponsored by FotMob…

Emma Hayes' described it as Chelsea's 'hardest year'. They were pushed close by an impressive Manchester United, but Chelsea come out victorious to win a fourth consecutive Women's Super League! We review the final rounds of the WSL title race and basement battle in a end of season mini-Plonkcast. Chelsea made it a League & Cup double but credit to…

What did we miss? We react to a HUGE week in the Women's Super League and Champions League! Arsenal, with even more injuries, put in a brave performance away at Wolfsburg and Chelsea stay in the tie against Barcelona. Closer to home, it was comeback szn in the WSL with Liverpool and Everton both coming from behind to win, Spurs securing a vital poi…

England back-to-back Arnold Clark champs, Jonas avoiding all the black cats in leading Arsenal to their first trophy of the Eideball era and can we say Manchester United are WSL title contenders yet? We run through the midweek WSL results, review a stellar Continental Cup Final and chat through the relegation battle; all whilst enjoying a glass of …

Oh Ella, don't get yourself suspended for the potential match of the season lass. After dropping points against Everton, we’ll be covering Manchester United at Spurs, the tie of the weekend Manchester City v Arsenal and, of course, the battle of the bottom and the resurgent Willie and Leicester City! Plus, Arnold Clark is BACK and a discussion topi…

A new Beth England, looking for another goal! Its the most wonderful time of the year, the FA Cup fourth round. Just the 77 goals across 16 games - great value for money, unless you support one of the teams on the receiving end. We talk through the highlights from a busy FA Cup weekend, shout out Spurs, Arsenal and Sunderland. Plus, our thoughts on…

It's the most wonderful time of the year, our Christmas Plonkcast! It's our final podcast of 2022 and a chance to provide a festival review of the WSL season so far. Which manager is in our Christmas stocking? Who's been the most helpful elf? Who's our Christmas pudding and who's been our Christmas cracker? Proudly sponsored by FotMob…

Love a bumper WSL weekend us, 25 goals and almost 90 thousand fans attending 5 games - beautiful! We react to an all-time classic between Arsenal & Manchester United, celebrate Emma Hayes returning for a convincing Chelsea win and sing the praises of Julie Blakstad. Plus, Rachel Daly goal machine, inconsistency queens Liverpool & Brighton and was t…

Champions League upsets, the World Cup draw and a busy WSL weekend - we've got a lot to cover in Tamsin's Hen Podcast! We react to the 2023 World Cup Draw, Aussie East Coast road trip anyone? Plus, Arsenal & Chelsea pull of European upsets, West Ham & Everton continue their early season form and Tam's wedding planning. Proudly sponsored by FotMob h…

Two gameweeks in and we've already been treated to some crackers; the storylines, the goals, the personalities. This already feels like a pretty special WSL season. We talk through early WSL form and focus on Chelsea v Manchester City and the two big weekend derbies. Arsenal turned in a 4-0 win in the North London Derby, worthy of a record WSL crow…

The Barclays FAWSL is back! Summer loving (with Sarina) had us a blast but its back to our bread 'n butter - the Women's Super League. We treat you to a full league preview, all 12 clubs feature and we dish out our predictions for the Top 3 and that dreaded relegation place. Plus, transfers, booze from a booze updates and our ShePlays Fantasy Footb…

One week on, we try and process all the excitement, nerves and euphoria of the past month and last Sunday's Lionesses Euro 2022 win! The build up, the atmosphere, the pre-match drama, the ups and downs of the game, the celebrations, the drinks, the parade and the relief. We salute this England team, applaud an impressive final opponent in Germany a…

It was always going to happen wasn't it. After two cracking semi-finals, the stage is set. The two outstanding Euro 2022 teams face each other this Sunday at Wembley. On Tuesday, Sarina's Lionesses turned in the most convincing semi-final performance of any England team EVER. Not to be outdone, a clinical Germany brought some rare excitement to Mil…

Those quarter-finals were pretty eventful weren't they. We react to all the excitement and nerves of England v Spain, the heroics of France v Netherlands, the missed chances of Germany v Austria and the atmosphere of Sweden v Belgium (the game wasn't much to write home about!). The surprises, the celebrations and the anxiety of Tuesday night where …

The group stages have come to a close and Sarina and the Lionesses are 'walking on the sunshine' after a perfect end to Group A and (hopefully) the end to the recent heatwave! So far, England and Germany have impressed, Austria and Belgium have surprised and will the real Spain, Sweden, Netherlands and France show themselves? We talk through each o…

We can barely cope with all this excitement! Two rounds of the group stage down and we've been darting around the North trying to catch as many games as possible, time to take stock with a podcast. We talk through the state of play, surprise teams, bad predictions and just how excited we can allow ourselves to get about Sarina 'Masterchef' Wiegman …

We've made it to our final Euro 2022 group preview! You're almost fully clued up for the tournament. For Group D we're joined by freelance football journalist Lucia Pirola to cover Italy, Fótbolti.net writer Guðmundur Ásgeirsson talks Iceland, Footofeminin's Sylvain Jamet rates France's chances and where are the Belgian Women's Football journalists…

Euro 2022 is almost here!! To get you clued up and excited for the Women's Euros we've 4 special episodes for you, each previewing a group from this summer's tournament. Next is Group C and joining us are Rivkah op het Veld from NOS Sport to talk the defending champions The Netherlands, Fotbollskanalen's Mia Eriksson on Sweden, K Media's Ludovic Ch…

Euro 2022 is almost here!! To get you clued up and excited for the Women's Euros we've 4 special episodes for you, each previewing a group from this summer's tournament. Next is the 'Group of Death' - the stacked Group B and we're joined by 4 experts to give up the inside track on their country's chances. Amalie Bremer host of Danish Radio 4 and Kv…

Euro 2022 is almost here!! To get you clued up and excited for the Women's Euros we've 4 special episodes for you, each previewing a group from this summer's tournament. First up is Group A and we're joined by 3 experts to give up the inside track on their country's chances. Andreas Hagen from NRK talks us through Norway's chances, Anna Konovalova …

What a fantastic cup final, an FA Cup Final for the ages, Chelsea and Manchester City love a classic don't they. A quick mini episode featuring a clip from our weekend's Twitter Space with Fern Whelan & Willie Kirk and an audio diary from our day at Wembley! Proudly sponsored by FotMobPor Two Girls Talk Balls

What a finale to the WSL season. After weeks of excitement, the last day did not disappoint! Manchester United put up a fight but Chelsea turn it on second half and our crowned WSL champions again. That being said, Arsenal, Manchester City & United fans can all take positives from the season and we're already thinking how competitive 2022/23 could …

It's the business end of the season and we've no nails left to bite! Birmingham City show real resillience but go down 1-0 to Chelsea and look doomed for the drop. Chelsea win was big after Arsenal's hammering of Aston Villa and City show the form that looks to have snatched them third place. Elsewhere, what an attendance in Newcastle, what a turna…

What a relief, the Barclays WSL returns. Chelsea and Zećira say relax with a crafty 3-1 win against Spurs in the Booze from a Boot derby! Arsenal make light work of Everton, Manchester City continue to impress and Birmingham City get those Foxes twitching. Plus, Charlotte praises Gareth Taylor, Tam's exciting Saturday (please gamble responsibility)…

Manchester City v Chelsea cup finals are like buses, you wait ages for one and two turn up at once! Following their recent Continental Cup battle we're going to be treated to another Blues showdown, with Taylor and Hayes facing off again in next month's FA Cup Final. We give you a quick runthrough from this weekend's cup semi-finals. Plus, we celeb…

We made it, a century of Two Girls Talk Balls podcasts. A huge thank you to everyone who has listened, shared, reviewed and supported the pod over the past 2 1/2 years. From recording at Reform Radio in Manchester to remote recording, juggling with jobs (and the arrival of a baby!) your continued support has meant the world. We react to another wee…

A WSL weekend short on matches but full of incident. A joint WSL record away win for Emma Hayes' resurgent Chelsea, a BIG first for Manchester United as they win infront of 20 thousand at Old Trafford and Reading & Brighton continue our theory that they can't win on the same weekend! Plus, Petz at Home, covid cancellations and we rank all 9 of Chel…

Up for the Cup? We react to a rather one-sided set of FA Cup Quarter Final fixtures. Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal all impress whilst third tier Ipswich Town put up a fight against West Ham. Plus, live reaction to the Semi-Final draw and do we need more giantkillings and competitive cup fixtures? Proudly sponsored by FotMob…

Back to a full round of fixtures in the WSL and we had some crackers! Sam Kerr grabs the headlines and Emma Hayes delivers an iconic image as Chelsea hit late against Villa. Arsenal keep up their title charge with a first half blitz against Brighton. Zelem's corners faced off against Chambers Entertainers down in Reading and City grind out a 1-0 aw…

Continental Cup delight for Caroline Weir & co as Manchester City pull off an upset against Chelsea at Plough Lane! We cover the goals and big talking points from the first silverware of the 2021/22 season. Plus, more WSL Top 4 action with handy wins for Manchester United and Arsenal, can Katie Zelem stop scoring from corners and is it possible for…

The hits keep coming in the FAWSL! Another top 4 double bill, with London and Manchester derbies at the right end of the table! Elsewhere we had convincing wins for Spurs, Brighton and Leicester but what happened to Reading, West Ham and Reading after they excellent recent form. Plus, Valentines Day surprises and the Arnold Clark Cup. https://twogi…

Another quality weekend in the Barclays FAWSL! The top 4 and bottom 2 facing off against each other in the same weekend, ohhh the storylines. Manchester United go close to a big win against Arsenal but Stina scores late again. Chelsea keep a battling Manchester City at arms length with another goal for Guro. Plus, Kelly Entertainers roll on, West H…

The magic of the (sometimes hard to access) FA Cup! We try our best to run through our favourite moments from the 16 matches! Guro Reiten impresses, Liverpool and Matt Beard continue to dominate, and London City Lionesses didn't get overawed, and show some fight against Arsenal. Plus, the January transfer window slams shut but which teams did the b…

Battles and storylines everywhere in the WSL! This weekend featured the first full gameweek of 2022 and lots of chopping 'n changing, but we ended up pretty much as we were. We took in the tasty final fixture on Sunday, with front row seats of Jonas, Leah and Katie McCabe antics away at Manchester City! City led with a controversial goal but Taylor…

Another WSL weekend that wasn't short on shocks! In the battle to decide the one true English Second City, both Manchester sides (City & United) convincingly beat both Birmingham clubs (Blues & Villa) and that race for third place heats up. Plus, Lionesses fans must be happy seeing those performances from Galton and Stanway! Leicester City continue…