Former Everton Manager Willie Kirk joins Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay to take you through the weekend's WSL matches and all the other action, featuring a chat with the player responsible for Champions Chelsea's defeat, Reading goalscorer Deanne Rose.Plus, are we for or against Sam Kerr shoving the pitch invader? Should Lydia Bedford have played that high line against Arsenal? And is Rachel Williams as terrifying as Willie thinks?RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - Moments of the WSL with NOW! (3.30)PART 2a - Reading 1 - 0 Chelsea (7.30)PART 2b - Deanne Rose interview (13.30)PART 3a - Arsenal 4 - 0 Leicester City (20.15)PART 3b - Brighton 0 - 2 Manchester United (27.15)PART 3c - Birmingham City 2 - 3 Manchester City (31.00)PART 3d - Aston Villa 1 - 2 Tottenham (36.45)PART 3e - Everton 1 - 1 West Ham (38.30)PART 4 - Pitch invaders, FA Cup and Afghanistan evacuation (43.30)PART 5 - Coming up (50.15) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For In The Boardroom, a brand new podcast series from The Athletic, Jacqui Oatley speaks to influential people who operate at senior levels in football about their experiences of working in the game.It may be the head of a supporters’ trust taking over a club in crisis or a director changing the way their club addresses inequality. In The Boardroom will bring an in-depth and nuanced insight from behind the scenes.In this first episode, we’re speaking to Clare Wheatley, Arsenal's Head Of Women's Football.Clare joined Arsenal as a player back in 1995, the start of a 26-year association.Arsenal are the most successful club in English women’s football history, having won 15 league titles, 14 FA Cups and remain the only British club to have been European champions, that was during their quadruple season of 2007.In The Boardroom from The Athletic is presented by Jacqui Oatley and is produced by Steve Hankey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chelsea centurion Claire Rafferty and sports broadcaster Anne-Marie Batson join Kait Borsay to chat about Chelsea's purr-fect FA Cup final and what's to come in the WSL.Chelsea's Millie Bright tells us how she's feeling off the back of that FA Cup win and captaining England to a 20-0 victory.Plus Flo Lloyd-Hughes talks rainbow laces and queer power couples, and we are joined by Rich Laverty, the mind behind the top 100 female footballers of 2021 that's being released this week.RUNNING ORDERPART 1a - FA Cup final (2.45)PART 1b - Millie Bright interview (19.00)PART 2 - Queer power couples (26.30)PART 3 - Other results and news (33.45)PART 4 - Top 100 footballers (35.30)PART 5 - WSL Christmas countdown (41.15) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Faye White, former captain of the Lionesses and Arsenal joins Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay to chat about who should be England captain, whether the Ballon D'Or got it right and who's going to win the upcoming FA Cup final.Plus, did you know women's football was banned in England from 1921-71? With the 100 year anniversary of that ban coming up we caught up with Gail Newsham, who played during that time and is an expert on the Dick Kerr Ladies who drew crowds of 50,000 before the 1921, along with Patricia Gregory, who was instrumental in ending the ban.RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - England 1 - 0 Austria (2.30)PART 2 - Ballon D'Or (13.45)PART 3 - Other news... Leicester City's manager, Kit Graham and Formiga (17.45)PART 4 - The ban on women's football with Gail Newsham and Patricia Gregory (23.30)PART 5 - 50 years of the FA Cup and the FA Cup final coming up (47.45) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kait Borsay is joined by former Lioness, Sue Smith, and women's football correspondent for Goal, Amee Ruszkai, to chat through the weekend's WSL action, awards season and the internationals coming up.Should Arsenal have been given a second penalty instead of a free kick? Can Man City actually challenge for the third Champions League spot now? Who should win the upcoming Ballon D'or?Plus we hear from West Ham and Scotland's Lisa Evans who's preparing to face the Barcelona greats in the Spanish team!RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - Moments of the WSL with NOW! (3.00)PART 2a - Manchester United 0 - 2 Arsenal (5.00)PART 2b - Manchester City 5 - 0 Aston Villa (11.00)PART 3a - Reading 2 - 0 Brighton (17.45)PART 3b - West Ham 1 - 0 Tottenham (20.30)PART 3c - Chelsea 5 - 0 Birmingham City (23.15)PART 3d - Leicester City 0 - 1 Everton (28.45)PART 3e - Pick your top player from each WSL team and round-up of other results (31.30)PART 4 - Awards season (33.30)PART 5 - Upcoming internationals ft. Lisa Evans interview (38.00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay are joined by former Lioness centurion and Sporting Director of Angel City from Aston Villa, Eni Aluko. They take you through the Women's Football Weekend WSL games and chat about what needs to change in women's football right now.Is Kait a secret Man City fan? Is there still a need for the Women's Football Weekend? For how long can we take money as an excuse for not getting things like VAR? And are women's football salaries growing too quickly?All that plus an exclusive interview from Simone Magill!RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - Angel City and Women's Football Weekend (1.00)PART 2 - Moments of the WSL with NOW! (12.00)PART 3a - Tottenham 1 - 1 Arsenal (14.45)PART 3b - Manchester City 0 - 4 Chelsea (22.45)PART 4a - Brighton 1 - 0 Leicester City (33.00)PART 4b - Everton 1 - 1 Manchester United (38.15)PART 4c - Simone Magill interview (43.45)PART 4d - Birmingham City 0 - 1 Aston Villa (50.15)PART 4e - West Ham 2 - 2 Reading (53.00)PART 5 - Growing the women's game (55.00)PART 6 - Coming up (1.09.30) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay are joined by former Arsenal, Chelsea and England legend Katie Chapman to chat about all the WSL action as the league returns.What did Marc Skinner's hair have to do with Manchester United's result? How close are Brighton and Spurs to that third Champions League spot? And when will Leicester get their first WSL point?We also caught up with Manchester United's goal scorer Alessia Russo!Plus, if you're after more on the Arsenal vs West Ham game, do check out our bonus episode.RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - Moments of the WSL with NOW! (3.30)PART 2a - Tottenham 1 -1 Manchester United (8.00)PART 2b - Alessia Russo interview (15.15)PART 3 - Everton 0 - 1 Brighton (20.15)PART 4a - Leicester City 1 - 4 Manchester City (24.15)PART 4b - Aston Villa 0 - 1 Chelsea (29.45)PART 4c - Birmingham City 0 - 3 Reading (31.00)PART 5 - Other news, FSA survey on female fan experience and where are the women on Arsenal's new board? (34.30)PART 6 - Coming up ... it's Women's Football Weekend! (42.30) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Lynsey Hooper for a special episode from Meadow Park and get geared up for Women's Football Weekend as we bring you all the reaction from Arsenal 4-0 West Ham.Hear from Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall, player of the match Kim Little and from commentator extraordinaire Jacqui Oatley as they talk through all the big moments as Arsenal's 100% record continues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper are joined by former Spurs legend Jenna Schillaci to talk through the FA Cup semi-finals, Lionesses and WSL action coming up.This week: Does Gareth Taylor need to take more responsibility for the role his tactics had to play in their loss to Chelsea? Is there a place for 10-0 scorelines in the women's game now? And what do we think of Everton's new manager Jean-Luc Vasseur?All that plus an exclusive interview with Reading's Natasha Dowie.RUNNING ORDERPART 1a - FA Cup semi-final: Manchester City 0 - 3 Chelsea (03.00)PART 1b - FA Cup semi-final: Arsenal 3 - 0 Brighton (11.30)PART 2 - The internationals... England 10 - 0 Latvia and Euro 2022 draw (17.45)PART 3a - Everton's new manager (24.30)PART 3b - WSL preview ft. exclusive interview with Reading's Natasha Dowie (28.00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kait Borsay is joined by former Lioness and football legend Kelly Smith, alongside BBC football reporter Emma Sanders to discuss the Lionesses' performance against Northern Ireland and look ahead to the weekend's FA Cup semi-finals.All that plus exclusive interviews by producer Sophie Penney with Black icons of the game Hope Powell, Kerry Davis and Anita Asante.Which of their incredible achievements are they most proud of? How can a better pathway for Black players be built? And what more can be done to make young people aware of the talent that paved the way for them?RUNNING ORDERPART 1 - Lionesses v Northern Ireland (3.45)PART 2a - Black History Month interview with Hope Powell and Kerry Davis (15.45)PART 2b - Black History Month interview with Anita Asante (33.15)PART 3 - Other news ... Breast cancer awareness, Kelly Smith on the biennial World Cup (49.30)PART 4 - Coming up this week... World Cup qualifiers, Euro 2022 draw and FA Cup semi-finals (54.45) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices