TELEGRAPH WOMEN'S SPORT: 2025 was a great year for women’s football – what’s next?
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The Telegraph
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode of the Telegraph Women's Sport Podcast, we take a deep dive into women’s football.
The Telegraph’s women’s football reporter Kathryn Batte is joined by former internationals, for England and Scotland respectively, Izzy Christiansen and Rachel Corsie as well as commentator Ellen Ellard to reflect on a huge year for the sport and look ahead to the future. From the Lionesses to Arsenal’s Champions League win to VAR, they have all bases covered.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:05.0 | The Telegraph Women's Sports podcast is sponsored by Barclays. |
| 0:10.0 | At Barclays, we've backed football for 25 years, |
| 0:14.0 | celebrating the moments that move the game forward and the people who make them possible. |
| 0:19.0 | From the thrill of match day to creating more chances for women and girls to play. |
| 0:24.6 | Our support runs through the whole game, right up to the Barclays Women's Super League and the Premier League. |
| 0:30.9 | Barclays, supporting football for 25 years. |
| 0:36.9 | Music years. So hello and welcome to this special episode of the Telegraph Women's Sport |
| 0:46.4 | podcast. I'm Catherine Batty, the Telegraph Women's Football Reporter, and I'm joined by three |
| 0:51.0 | brilliant guests to discuss a memorable year of women's football and look ahead to what's next for the sport. |
| 0:56.8 | Our first guest is former England international Izzy Christensen. |
| 1:00.9 | Izzy has established herself as a leading football pundit across both the men's and women's game. |
| 1:06.1 | She won the Women's Super League with Manchester City and the women's champions league with Leon. |
| 1:10.6 | And since retiring in 2023, she has completed her coaching badges and is now part of the staff with England's under 23s. |
| 1:17.1 | I'm also joined by Rachel Corsey. |
| 1:19.8 | Rachel played more than 150 times for Scotland and captained them at their first Women's World Cup in 2019. |
| 1:26.3 | Her football and career started at Aberdeen |
| 1:28.2 | and she went on to play in the United States, Australia and England, most recently with |
| 1:32.7 | Aston Villa, as she retired at the end of last season and like Izzy is now one of the leading |
| 1:37.2 | pundits in the women's game. Our final guest is a voice that will be familiar to many people. |
| 1:43.3 | Commentator Ellen Ellard is the voice of Sky Sports, Barclays, Women's Super League coverage. |
| 1:47.9 | Ellen was also part of the broadcast team at this year's Euros |
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