Match reports
Saltmarsh win the Women’s Cup on penalties
One hundred and twenty minutes, ten penalties and a goalkeeper who scored one and saved the last.
Kingsbridge
Ellie Bramwell
Features and women’s football. Believes every ground has a story.
Features
Inside the academy that built half of the league
One coach, a pitch behind a supermarket and six starters in the Northern League last Saturday.
Features
Ten grounds worth the trip this season
The walk, the pie, the view and the man at gate 2. Ten Saturdays, whoever wins.
Match reports
Ironworks 3-0 Saltmarsh: revenge, and a record crowd
Three goals, a clean sheet and 1,840 people at Foundry Lane. Ironworks did not let the champions play.
Features
The kit man: twenty-six years, never a missed home game
Twenty-two shirts, forty-four socks and a can of the same drink on every seat. Saturdays with Derek Pollard.
Opinion
Pay the women’s players properly
Not professional salaries. Match fees, travel and boots. The money exists, and the clubs that pay are winning.
Features
From six girls in a car park to eighty players
One stubborn twelve-year-old, a few parents who learned to coach, and a club that finally listened.
Analysis
The Women’s League season preview: can anyone stop Saltmarsh?
Eight clubs, four players to watch and our prediction for the table.
Features
A year in the life of a groundsman
Seeding in May, stripes in August, frost sheets in January. Fourteen years and six postponed games.