Chelsea are WSL champions (again), Man United make the Champions League & London City Lionesses get promoted!

Upfront - A Women's Football Podcast

Stak Production

Soccer, Womens World Cup, Girls Football, Lionesses, Womens Sports, Female Sports, Chloe Kelly, Womens England Football, Leah Williamson, Womens Soccer, Nwsl, Keira Walsh, Womens Football, England Womens, Sports

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

First things first… in case you missed it, Rach got an assist in the WSL this weekend!

But in other news, Chelsea clinched their sixth straight WSL title with two games to spare, on a random Wednesday night at Leigh Sports Village of all places! But can they go the whole season unbeaten? Clo and Rach dive into just that.

Elsewhere, the Manchester Derby lived up to its name as United bagged themselves a place in the Champions League next season - surely Jim Ratcliffe knows about that, right?! Plus, London City Lionesses have become the WSL newbies after their spicy final-day match against Birmingham City. But will they be able to stay up?

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0:00.0	Welcome to Up Front. I'm Chloe Morgan and I'm Rachel Sullivan.
0:06.3	On today's show, Chelsea are WSL champions. Man United have secured a top three finish and
0:12.8	London City Lionesses are the newbies on the block. We'll be reflecting on Chelsea's first season
0:18.1	under Sonio Bonpastor, who's guided them to their six consecutive
0:21.5	WSL title.
0:22.7	Then we'll be diving into that mad Manchester Derby where a draw was enough for United
0:27.2	to secure a Champions League spot for next season.
0:30.7	Finally, we'll be taking a look at how the first fully independent club will fare in the
0:34.8	WSL next season.
0:36.3	Hang around for that.
0:44.7	Right, Rach, a really chunky little weekend to get stuck into across the WSL and the championship.
0:50.6	But before we get diving into those games, what's your moment of the weekend?
0:55.0	I'm going to give it to the game I was at, which was West Ham versus Aston Villa.
0:58.6	It was a very, very exciting end-to-end, high-scoring game, where I feel like I kind of had a bit of an assist for a goal.
1:08.1	You got an assist? A little bit. Go on, talk me through that. So, ball came flying
1:11.5	on my head. Yeah, right? Intentionally. No dodging it. Yeah. I like punched it back to, I think it was
1:16.6	a Newt Denton, who immediately took the throw in, threw it to Gory. She sent it across and
1:22.0	whoecke scored. And I was like, mate, I literally played a hand on that. You actually got the assist? I think so. I'd give it to me.
1:28.1	That's absolutely wild. I mean, I was three passes back, but like I feel like I was involved
1:31.3	in the movement, you know? You were technically the ball girl.
1:34.6	That's absolutely, I mean, congratulations. Thank you.
1:37.4	I never thought I'd get that in the WSL.
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