More England catastrophising & Carla Ward's Ireland are off the mark!

Upfront - A Women's Football Podcast

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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

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Chloe’s back from Miami and joins Rach in the studio - sadly with no piña colada in hand - to break down England’s underwhelming, but not disastrous, 1-1 draw against Portugal in their Nations League opener.

Elsewhere, Carla Ward got her first - albeit scrappy - win with Ireland so Rach is of course buzzing about that, and then we look to Scotland who didn’t quite kickstart their new era in the same fashion.

Plus, just last week, Luis Rubiales was convicted of sexual assault for kissing Jenni Hermoso after the 2023 World Cup final without her consent. We unpack why that case and all the publicity around Hermoso points to much wider societal issues.

Didn't catch last week's episode with Ireland and Man United defender Aoife Mannion? Listen here.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Up Front. I'm Chloe Morgan.
0:05.0	And I'm Regula Sullivan.
0:06.0	Don't worry guys. Order has been restored. I am back. I can see I was actually greeted
0:14.0	with a fanfare at the door. There was red carpet. It was absolutely unbelievable. And we have
0:20.0	got such a lot to get stuck into today.
0:22.5	Up first, the lionesses, of course.
0:24.9	They put in a underwhelming performance against Portugal on Friday and walked away with just the one point.
0:30.7	So it's actually time to start worrying now.
0:33.0	100%.
0:33.7	Panic alarms, fire alarms.
0:36.6	Elsewhere in the Nacians League, Carla Ward got off to a winning start with Ireland,
0:40.4	and Rachel is beaming right now, of course.
0:42.8	Put that smile away.
0:43.9	But it wasn't quite the perfect start for Scotland in their first game since Pedro Martinez
0:48.1	Losses sacking.
0:49.7	And after the trial of Louis Rubeiars finally ended with a conviction,
0:52.7	we'll be taking a look at why that case and all the publicity around Jenny Homozo points to much bigger societal issues.
1:04.7	Pretty big pod there, Rach. Chonky. Lot to cover. Welcome back. Yeah, I was going to say,
1:09.4	like it feels like Miami is like softball free to.
1:12.2	100%.
1:13.2	Like a distant memory of being on the beach, sipping peanut caledas, living my best life,
1:18.5	getting this glorious tan.
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