Underwhelming England head to Serbia + dream debuts in the WSL

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

Soccer, Unknown, Soccer,, Sports, Football

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Jimbo's got Matt Davies-Adams, Michael Cox and Tom Williams alongside him to run the rule over a busy weekend of international qualifiers and WSL action.

England's 2-0 victory over Andorra at Villa Park was perhaps predictably drab, but it was goals galore elsewhere and records broken for the likes of Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands - not to mention emotional scenes in Buenos Aires after Lionel Messi's last match on home soil with Argentina.

There's a chance to reflect on the news that broke late on Thursday that Daniel Levy is to leave Tottenham after nearly 25 years as the league’s longest-serving executive chairman.

And the brand new WSL season got underway in some style with Chelsea continuing their remarkable unbeaten run, Olivia Smith scoring a banger on her Emirates debut - and Ornella Vignola bagging a hat-trick on her debut at Anfield in the Merseyside derby!

We've got epic away days, BBQs, sinkholes and Italy actually looking good in a World Cup qualifier for once...

Produced by Charlie Jones and Lucy Oliva.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: World Cup qualifiers round up (00.50)

• PART 2: England 2-0 Andorra (18.30)

• PART 3: Truro City's very, very, very long journey, the magic of non-league and the rest of the qualifying action (27.05)

• PART 4: Fallout from Daniel Levy's shock Tottenham departure (40.10)

• PART 5: A look back on the WSL opening weekend (44.20)

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