Women’s Football Weekly: FA Cup final preview and England trio return

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Ellen White, Jen Beattie and Ben Haines react to history made being made by Sonia Bompastor’s Chelsea as they became the first the first WSL side to finish a 22-game season unbeaten. Ellen and Jen also talk Chloe Kelly’s recent form as Arsenal sealed second place in the league.

We hear from Sarina Wiegman as the Lionesses are handed a big Euros boost with the return of Lauren Hemp, Georgia Stanway and Alex Greenwood for their upcoming Nations League games.

Plus, Manchester United duo Maya Le Tissier and Elisabeth Terland join the pod ahead of the FA Cup final this weekend where they will aim to defend their title.

TIMECODES: 01:30 - Chelsea beat Liverpool so seal an invincible season. 05:00 - Arsenal seal second place in a seven-goal thriller against Manchester United. 07:25 - Chloe Kelly’s form at Arsenal. 12:15 - Sarina Wiegman on her 27-player England squad for the two games Nations League games against Portugal and Spain. 14:40 - Ellen and Jen react to the latest Lionesses squad. 20:20 - Maya Le Tissier and Elisabeth Terland join the pod to talk about defending their FA Cup title. 30:40 - Ellen and Jen on their FA Cup experiences. 37:18 - Nathalie Bjorn on Chelsea’s hopes to complete a domestic treble.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Giovanna Fletcher and I am a runner, which feels odd as I still find getting
0:07.1	out the door quite a challenge, but I'd love to help you become a runner too. My new Coucher 5K
0:12.9	podcast from BBC Sounds has inspirational guests like Lindsay Burrow, Joe Wiley and Charlie Marlow.
0:18.4	I'm really trying to reframe my brain.
0:21.2	This is my time and I get to do this.
0:23.7	And hopefully I can motivate you to go from Couch to 5K.
0:27.6	You never really regret a run.
0:29.3	Might do at the time.
0:31.3	The Couch to 5K podcast.
0:33.6	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:36.1	BBC Sounds.
0:39.5	Music, radio, podcasts.
0:47.6	On the Football Daily, the women's football weekly, with Ben Haynes, Ellen White and Jen Beatty.
0:51.7	Welcome along to the Women's Football Weekly.
0:55.3	The WSales done and dusted for another season. More history made by Sonia Bonpestores Chelsea as they become the first WSL side to finish a 22 game season
1:01.6	unbeaten. We'll get into what happened on the final day, Serena Vigman's latest England squad,
1:06.6	and look ahead to the FA Cup final with Man United Joe, Mayo Letitia and Elizabeth Turland.
1:12.5	But first, alongside me every week, as always.
1:15.5	Hello, Ellen. Hello, Jen. How are we both?
1:17.4	Hello, good. Happy birthday, Jen.
1:20.4	Very big week for you too. Birthday week for both of you.
1:24.5	Birthday week. We're me babies.
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