Women's Football Weekly: Girma to Chelsea & Spurs with Robert Vilahamn
Football Daily
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🗓️ 28 January 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Ellen White, Jen Beattie and Ben Haines talk the record signing of US defender Naomi Girma who has joined Chelsea from San Diego Wave for £900,000. Is there any stopping Chelsea who go seven points clear at the top of the table and what does this mean for the rest of the WSL.
Ben caught up with Spurs boss Robert Vilahamn who gave an insight into recruitment and how he would like to see more female coaches coming through.
Plus the team talk strikers and Vivianne Miedema on firing form once again.
00:20 Intro 02:00 Was it a penalty for Chelsea? 04:00 McCabe red card 08:30 Naomi Girma signing 15:15 The gap 18:00 Chloe Kelly & Transfers 20:15 Robert Vilahamn 34:30 Strikers
BBC Sounds / 5 Live European commentaries this week:
Wednesday 29th January CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Manchester City v Club Brugge 2000 KO – 5 Live CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Aston Villa v Celtic 2000 KO – Sports Extra
Thursday 30th January EUROPA LEAGUE: FCSB v Manchester United 2000 KO – 5 Live
Saturday 1st February PREMIER LEAGUE: Bournemouth v Liverpool 1500 KO – 5 Live PREMIER LEAGUE: Wolves v Aston Villa 1730 KO – Starts on Sports Extra and moves to 5 Live for Second Half
Sunday 2ND February WOMEN'S SUPER LEAGUE: Manchester City v Arsenal 1200 KO – Sports Extra PREMIER LEAGUE: Manchester United v Crystal Palace 1400 KO – 5 Live PREMIER LEAGUE: Brentford v Spurs 1400 KO – Sports Extra PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal v Man City 1630 KO – 5 Live WOMEN'S SUPER LEAGUE: Tottenham v Manchester United 1845 KO – Sports Extra
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| 0:00.0 | Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful British manager of all time. |
| 0:05.0 | Nobody is above him or this football club. |
| 0:08.0 | So how did an apprentice toolmaker from Glasgow become one of the most iconic figures in sporting history? |
| 0:15.0 | His strength of character, his determination, the fight on him. |
| 0:18.0 | He can be persuasive, he can be charming. He can be frightening. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm Kelly Cates, |
| 0:22.5 | and this is sporting giants, Sir Alex Ferguson. |
| 0:25.8 | I didn't want to feel. |
| 0:26.9 | I couldn't feel. |
| 0:27.8 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:31.8 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:36.4 | On the Football Daily, the women's football Weekly, with Ben Haynes, Ellen White and Jen Beatty. |
| 0:44.0 | A big weekend in the WSL on a world record transfer. |
| 0:47.9 | Lots to get into in this week's Women's Football Weekly in the company, as always, of Ellen White and Jen Bity. |
| 0:54.3 | Elle's, a bit of a treat for you this weekend. Lots of fantastic strikers on show. |
| 0:58.1 | I know. It's nice to talk about strikers, isn't it? |
| 1:00.4 | Never get a chance to do it on here. |
| 1:02.3 | Anyway, how are you guys? You good? |
| 1:03.8 | Yeah, good. How are you, Jen? First week is a retired professional footballer. I know, yeah, it feels good. I'm all good. Thank you. Happy to be back on the pod. |
| 1:12.0 | Have you done any of the things you said you were going to do? Have you done yoga? Have you done |
| 1:16.3 | that hot yoga or what is the other one that you said you were going to be in on? |
| 1:20.3 | I'm all in on the Pilates front. It's unbelievable. I'm genuinely, I'd wish I'd done it while I was still playing, but I'm obsessed. |
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