Women’s football to lift ban on drinking alcohol while watching matches Sport Business Women’s football is relaxing its rules to let spectators drink alcohol while watching a match – starting later this month. A pilot scheme is being launched in the second-tier Women’s Championship which will see four clubs trial the arrangement for the rest of the season. Drinking alcohol within view of the pitch is banned in [...]
Women’s football scores £100m boost from new Sky and BBC TV deals Sport Business Sky Sports has secured an even bigger share of matches in the Women’s Super League as part of a record new long-term agreement billed as “the most significant broadcast partnership ever for women’s football”. The deal from 2025 until 2030 will see Sky show up to 118 WSL matches, more than three times as many [...]
New era, new challenges as Women’s Super League goes it alone Sport Norbiton might seem an unlikely place for a revolution but nothing less than a new era in the history of the Women’s Super League (WSL) is in the offing at Kingsmeadow today. The season opener between champions Chelsea and Aston Villa will be the first fixture to take place since the WSL flew the Football [...]