About this episode

Flo Lloyd-Hughes and guests discuss the opening weekend of the WSL season, including investigations and team performances.

Flo Lloyd-Hughes is joined by The Observer’s Jessy Parker Humphreys and Kathryn Batte from The Telegraph, to breakdown the opening weekend of the WSL season. We discuss the investigation into Crystal Palace’s rule break against Everton, before diving into the pressure already on Sonia Bompastor at Chelsea. We then touch on London City’s WSL opener against United and what happened across the rest of the league. Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes Guests: Jessy Parker Humphreys & Kathryn Batte Producer: Katie Baxter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Flo Lloyd-Hughes

Guests: Jessy Parker Humphreys, Kathryn Batte

Topics covered

• WSL season
• Crystal Palace investigation
• Chelsea pressure
• London City opener
• soccer analysis

Keywords

• WSL
• Crystal Palace
• Chelsea
• London City
• soccer
• Jessy Parker Humphreys
• Kathryn Batte

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Observer, The Telegraph, Crystal Palace, Everton, Chelsea, London City, Manchester United

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