BBC Women's Football Weekly

Ellen White, Jen Beattie and Ben Haines are together for the final time this season to react to the June international break which saw England miss out on automatic qualification for the 2027 Women's World Cup. Ellen and Jen reflect on that one crucial defeat to world champions Spain in Mallorca, which ultimately cost the Lionesses top spot in League A3, and evaluate the new European qualifying pr...

Ben Haines and Em Sanders are back at St. George’s Park for the final time this season as England prepare for their next World Cup qualifying games, knowing they can seal a place at next summer's World Cup finals in Brazil if they avoid defeat against Spain on Friday. Whilst Em was on press conference duties, Ben had the chance to sit down with two of the Lionesses rising stars, Aston Villa midfie...

Ellen White and Jen Beattie are in the driving seat for an international break takeover with Ben on England duty at St. George's Park! They look ahead to England's crucial World Cup qualifiers, with the Lionesses knowing that they can seal a place in Brazil next summer if they avoid defeat against Spain on Friday. Plus, they look ahead to Scotland's double-header against Israel, which will be play...

All eyes will be on Wembley this Sunday as Brighton & Hove Albium take on Manchester City in the final of the Women's FA Cup. The fixture brings a close to the domestic season and our reporters Em Sanders and Maz Farookhi have been chatting to members of both squads ahead of the showpiece event. Maz caught up with Brighton and Nigeria goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie to chat about her first season...

Ellen White, Jen Beattie and Ben Haines unpack another week of huge headlines in the world of women’s football! The team start with the news that Manchester City striker Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw has signed a new four-year contract with the club, just days after it looked like she would be leaving the Women's Super League champions this summer. It was a weekend of finals as Charlton Athletic gained pro...

The Women's Super League season has been wrapped up and Ellen White, Jen Beattie and Ben Haines are here to unpack it all. They start by looking at some of the players who were key to Manchester City's first title in a decade, plus reflect on an emotional final day of the WSL as we watched some iconic figures represent their clubs for one last time. The 2025-26 WSL Football Awards also took place...

Aston Villa midfielder Lucy Staniforth has announced her retirement from football at the end of the season and sits down with Em Sanders to discuss her decision at why she is 'at ease' with her career. The 33-year-old began her career at Sunderland in 2008 and has gone on to represent seven clubs, the most of any player in the Women's Super League. Staniforth also earned 17 caps for England and wa...

Ellen White, Jen Beattie and Ben Haines reflect on a busy weekend of football from European exits to the finale of the WSL 2 season. Arsenal’s hopes of defending their European title ended on Saturday as they were beaten by Lyon. The team react to a standout display from Melchie Dumournay and Arsenal’s European campaign as a whole. Barcelona also became the first club to reach six consecutive UWCL...

Ahead of a crucial Champions League semi-final with Bayern Munich, Klara Bühl sits down with Ben Haines to chat life on and off the pitch. The German winger is the undisputed assist Queen in Europe this season and chats to Ben about finding the joy in football, how coaches get the best out of her and her football inspirations growing up. Klara also talks about her rapid rise after making her senio...

One day on from announcing her retirement, Chelsea and Lionesses legend Millie Bright sits down with Jo Currie to discuss her decision. A Euros winner in 2022, the 32-year-old has now left Chelsea after 294 appearances, eight Women's Super League titles, six FA Cups and four League Cups. Millie chats to Jo about being both ‘physically and mentally’ ready to say goodbye to football and how she has...

Ahead of the Women’s Champions League semi-finals, Guillem Balagué sits down with Spain and Arsenal midfielder Mariona Caldentey, who is personally going for a fourth consecutive UWCL title, and a fifth overall! Mariona gives us an insight into her childhood on the island of Mallorca, moving to Barcelona at the age of 18 and how she’s adapted since moving to Arsenal July in 2024. Plus, the pair lo...

Ellen, Jen and Ben are back together after their very own international breaks to react to the latest round of World Cup qualifying games and look ahead to a huge weekend of fixtures in the WSL and Champions League. The team reflect on the April international window which saw England go four wins from four and keep automatic qualification for next year's World Cup in their hands. Ellen and Jen dis...

Ben Haines is joined by former England forward Fran Kirby and BBC commentator Vicki Sparks at Wembley stadium as the Lionesses claimed a significant 1-0 victory over rivals Spain and took control of their 2027 Women's World Cup qualifying group. Fran and Vicki react to the latest instalment of this growing rivalry which ended with England securing a crucial three points. It was a resilient perform...

Ben Haines and Em Sanders are back at St. George’s Park and this time they have agent Ellen White with them to look ahead to the biggest game of their World Cup qualifying game so far. England manager Sarina Wiegman joins Ellen and Ben to discuss facing Spain, again! As the Lionesses approach their milestone 500th game, we ask what game stands out to her, chat Alessia Russo’s form and what she wan...

Ben Haines and Ellen White are joined by Em Sanders at St. George's Park for a mini debrief episode after a busy week of Champions League and FA Cup quarter-final action. From three English teams down to one, Arsenal are the last ones standing in Europe with Chelsea and Manchester United losing out in at the quarter-final stage. Em and Ellen react to Sonia Bompastor's post-match interview and Manc...

Jen Beattie gets to know Scotland head coach Melissa Andreatta who was appointed a year ago. Mel talks about her coaching journey in Australia, her style and ambitions of getting Scotland back to a major tournament. Scotland have World Cup qualifiers coming up against Belgium followed by Israel in June with the prospect of play-offs later this year. Mel also talks about the progress of player path...

Emma Sanders takes an in depth look at the race for promotion to the WSL and those clubs in among it. Birmingham City sit top with head coach Amy Merricks telling Emma the club is ready to be back in the top flight. Charlton sit second with a very impressive season led by Karen Hills. Danish striker Amalie Thestrup gives an insight into how important culture is at the club and one of the reasons f...

Ben Haines, Ellen White and Emma Sanders react to Sarina Wiegman's latest England squad ahead of World Cup qualifiers against Spain and Iceland. 17 year old Erica Meg Parkinson, who plays club football in Portugal gets a first senior call up having come through the youth system. Emma gives her insight into who Erica is and her background. Where do Chelsea need to be better against Arsenal in the s...

Ahead of a huge Champions League quarter-final second leg against Manchester United, Ben has travelled to FC Bayern Campus to catch up with two FC Bayern Frauen stars who will be very familiar names, and voices, to WSL fans! Swedish defender Magdalena Eriksson chats to Ben about why Munich felt like home very quickly, her Champions League ambitions with the club and as the former Chelsea captain,...

Everton and Netherlands striker Katja Snoeijs has opened up to BBC Sport's Emma Middleton about her endometriosis diagnosis. Katja was diagnosed at the end of last year and decided to talk publicly which also ties in with March being Endometriosis Awareness Month. Katja explains how her diagnosis came about and how she pushed through the pain as a professional athlete.

Ben Haines, Ellen White and Jen Beattie discuss the Champions League quarter-finals with Arsenal and Chelsea coming up against each other in Europe for the very first time. Ellen goes into why it's so important to go into the second leg ahead and why the first may be a cagey affair. Jen and Ellen discuss Alessia Russo's best position and why Jen thinks Renee Slegers is so good at managing her squa...

Ellen White is down at Belvoir Drive, the home of Leicester City Women, for a special edition of the podcast ahead of a crucial end of season run-in for the club. Ellen is reunited with her old gaffer, Rick Passmoor, to chat 'unfinished business' in the WSL and how he hopes the experience of his five January signings can help the club on and off the pitch as they battle to avoid the bottom spot co...

BBC Sports Katie Gornall has done a deep dive into how Newcastle United are plotting a course to the WSL as they push for a play-off place. Katie has been catching with Newcastle midfielder Jordan Nobbs, manager Tanya Oxtoby, director of women's football Grace Williams and former player Rachel Furness. Grace and Tanya share the ambitions of the club and what has changed since the takeover as they...

Ben Haines, Ellen White and Jen Beattie talk how Chelsea are able to dominate in the big matches as they claim another League Cup victory over Manchester United. Why are Manchester United not able to match Chelsea on the big occasions and what did Marc Skinner mean by 'rubbish goals'? Jen and Ellen talk strikers with Beata Olsson scoring her sixth WSL goal of the season for Liverpool. And some big...

In a candid and important conversation, Lioness legend Ellen White sits down with Manchester United’s Celin Bizet Dønnum to discuss motherhood in women's football. From considering the right time to start a family, navigating training while pregnant and her plans to return to training after birth, Celin shares her story proving that you can ‘live out two dreams at the same time’. TIMECODES: 00:45...