What has happened at Reading?

Upfront - A Women's Football Podcast

Stak Production

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

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

While some of football’s biggest names are being chased by elite clubs in Europe and beyond this summer, one story has shown the stark economic reality of women’s football: Reading FC Women. At the end of June, they notified the FA that they would not be able to compete in the Championship this season because of insufficient funds; now, they are re-entering the pyramid in the fifth tier. This week, they released 16 players.

Chloe and Rachel sit down with the journalist who broke the story - Tom Garry of The Guardian - to find out what’s happened, hear about the real-world consequences, and discuss what this disaster says about the women’s football ecosystem.

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0:30.3	Welcome back to up front. I'm Chloe Morgan and I'm Rachel
0:37.0	Sullivan. At the end of June Redding told the FA that they weren't able to
0:40.7	compete in the championship next season after a takeover bid fell
0:44.2	through at the final hurdle.
0:46.2	In 2020, Redding were a top half WSL team and had reached the FA Cup semifinal the season
0:51.2	before.
0:52.2	Fast forward four years and they didn't have
0:53.7	enough money to even begin a new championship season. The Women's Football Board
0:57.8	have accepted their application to re-enter the pyramid at the fifth tier and on
1:01.2	Tuesday they released 16 players. Today we're joined by
1:05.1	Guardian journalist Tom Garrett who broke the news last month.
1:12.3	Tom thank you so much for joining us. Welcome back to the pod.
1:15.8	Oh, pleasure to see you. Thanks for having me.
1:18.4	We've just been introduced to your lovely, lovely dog moments before we started recording so a massive thank you to him
1:24.6	for also joining us in the background Tom could you give us a little bit of an
1:29.2	update on on the later situation with Redim? Yeah sadly now the you know the painful
1:34.0	reality now arrives because so many of the staff are now gradually being served with
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