Welcome to Up Front. I'm Chloe Morgan. And I'm Rachel Sullivan. On today's episode, we discussed the Lioness's 8-0 thrashing of China at Wembley, featuring a Georgia Stanner's hat trick. It was a bloody goal fest. Also, there's been a big bid to host the World Cup. Who entered? I wonder. In other tournament news, a plan is now in place to revamp the League Cup after much criticism of the existing format. We assess the proposal, which will see the WSL's Champions League clubs no longer in the competition at all. And finally, we look ahead to the return of WSL football and the resumption of the title race, plus a big,

big listener question all the way from New Zealand. I was going to do the accent then, but I can't. You can't do it. No, it was going to sound like more. It's like, yeah, you just got to clip the vowels. Yeah, go on then. I'm not great of New Zealand accent either, I'm afraid. Really? Because you've got Australian and then it's not Australian and it's just, you know,

having a much more clipped. Like if you say someone's name like Bin or bin, like that kind of, that's a bit New Zealand vibe, but I'm not great at it. I'd need more time. Right. Maybe it's right on me. Right. Before we get started, a reminder that we have a very, very special competition open to all upfront listeners right now.

We are giving away a framed England shirt signed by Luke. a reminder that we have a very, very special competition open to all upfront listeners right now.

We are giving away a framed England shirt signed by Lucy Bronze.

That's right, an England shirt with Lucy Bruns's actual signature in real life.

It could be yours.

All you have to do is click the link in the show notes and complete our short survey.

It's a really simple questionnaire about your listening habits and it will take you no time at all to complete it. Once you've submitted, you'll be automatically entered into the

prize pot. So go ahead, click the link in the show notes and put your name in the hat.

Right. Mate, it's been a lovely little weekend, just focusing on like a couple of games,

really. The biggest one,

obviously being at Wembo, but before we get aptly stuck into what went down on Wembley way

in that kind of goal spectacular on Saturday night, what's your moment of the weekend?

The moment of the weekend for me happened at Wembley and that was seeing Fran Kirby get her flowers which

was very nice literally figuratively and literally and there was a lovely um little video montage played

on the screens as well which would bring a tear to anybody's eye and so that was really nice to see

and great to see her come out and get the applause and get her shirt and everything else. And she also brought out the Euro's trophy for all to not see because it was done in the dark. So that was also nice pretty much. But yeah, it was lovely to see her get her moment because she's left a big mark and a big hole in that England team. It is massive. Like the legacy that she's left, like it just, when they were doing the montage, it was, like you said, quite emotional to kind of like see what she'd done. Like you know she's a legend. But I think like when you track back her career and all the clubs that and the accolades and achievements and trophies. Remember ready her breaking through. Literally. There's a goal she scored against Arsenal in, I can't remember if it was the league or the league cop,

and she picked up the ball with her back to goal,

I'd say about like just inside Arsenal, in the circle in the half, right? Picked it up with the defender behind her. Literally just turned the defender like she wasn't there and ran the line to the pitch and scored. And I remember thinking like she's going to be big. You know, she had the kind of the Bieber haircut.

Yeah, yeah, I remember that.

Very like Ash Neville type of vibes. Yeah, yeah. And then going to the 2015 World Cup being included in that squad and being labeled like the mini messy and, you know, so it's, yeah, great, great career she's had. And it was a nice moment at Wembley. Love that. Well, speaking about another person, my moment of the weekend goes to kind of like a long-standing

...