Women's Football Weekly: History for Wales but heartbreak for Scotland

Football Daily

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🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Jen Beattie, Ellen White and Ben Haines react to the EURO 2025 play-off finals which saw Wales make history, booking their place at next summer's European Championships in Switzerland, but heartbreak for Scotland as their golden generation miss their golden hour.

The team react to an incredible night in Dublin for Rhian Wilkinson's side and a night of deja vu for Scotland in Finland. Hear from an emotional Claire Emslie and Jen discusses where it went wrong for Scotland and what next for Pedro Martínez Losa and his team.

Ellen chats England's two friendlies against the Olympic champions, the USA, and EURO 2025 hosts, Switzerland. Hear from Grace Clinton and Millie Bright after the Lionesses' last outing of the year, plus the team ask what we have learnt from Sarina Wiegman's 'experimenting'.

Timecodes: 1:05 - A historic night for Wales as they qualify for their first ever major tournament 4:46 - Goals from Hannah Cain and Carrie Jones. 8:18 - Reaction from Wales boss Rhian Wilkinson 10:28 - Heartbreak for Scotland at the hands of Finland again. 16:00 - Should Scotland have made changes sooner? 18:57 - Reaction from Claire Emslie 21:40 - What next for Scotland and Pedro Martínez Losa? 24:19 - EURO 2025 play-off round up. 25:20 - England v Switzerland and Sarina Wiegman’s experimenting 27:25 - Reaction from Grace Clinton and Millie Bright 30:30 - England v USA, thoughts on the change of formation.

BBC Sounds / 5 Live Premier League commentaries this week:

Wed 4 Dec, 19:30 – Newcastle v Liverpool – 5 Sports Extra Wed 4 Dec, 19:30 – Man City v Nottingham Forest – BBC Sport website Wed 4 Dec, 19:30 – Southampton v Chelsea – BBC Sport website Wed 4 Dec, 19:30 – Everton v Wolves – BBC Sport website Wed 4 Dec, 20:15 – Arsenal v Man Utd – 5 Live Wed 4 Dec, 20:15 – Aston Villa v Brentford – BBC Sport website Thu 5 Dec, 19:30 – Fulham v Brighton – 5 Sports Extra Thu 5 Dec, 20:15 – Bournemouth v Tottenham – 5 Live

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Andrew Hunter Murray, host of The Naked Week, a brand new comedy where you'll
0:06.5	probably find this kind of thing.
0:08.2	Nigel Farage, got into a punch-up with a wumble.
0:10.1	On the moon.
0:10.8	Don't be ridiculous, Duncan, there are no wumbles on the moon.
0:13.4	And this sort of thing.
0:14.6	You, Les, it's made Sadiq Khan, London's most unpopular mayor since Dick Whittington
0:18.7	charged his cat 12 quid to enter its own litter tray.
0:22.7	So join me as we go behind the headlines with unexpected guests and much satirical silliness.
0:27.9	The Naked Week. Listen on BBC Sounds. Music, radio podcasts.
0:36.2	On the Football Daily, the women's football Weekly with Ben Haynes, Ellen White and
0:42.3	and Jen Beattie.
0:44.1	Hello everybody and welcome to this week's Women's Football Weekly.
0:48.0	Ellen White with me as always and finally in person, Jen Beattie.
0:51.8	Hi, Jen Beattie.
0:52.3	I'm so exciting. This is in person. Ellen, we miss you though.
0:55.0	In person.
0:55.3	I wish we could have all been together.
0:56.9	Next time.
0:57.5	Next time.
0:58.2	You guys just crack on.
1:01.7	Ellen, you're not allowed and you've got a bit of a sniffles.
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