The COYGIG Pod Ep. 179 | Arsenal lose Champions League battle | Birmingham, Palace secure promotion

About this episode

The episode discusses Arsenal's exit from the Champions League and the promotion of Birmingham and Crystal Palace to the Women's Super League.

Lyon proved why they are one of the great European sides with a confident display against Arsenal which saw last season's champions drop out of the Champions League while Birmingham and Crystal Palace both secured their place in the Women's Super League after an exciting final day of the WSL2. Kathleen McNamee is joined by Karen Duggan and Scarlett Herron to look at a packed weekend of football and transfer news as some of the WSL's big names announced their intentions for the coming season. The COYGIG Pod with Cadbury, a proud sponsor of the Republic of Ireland football teams. 

People in this episode

Host: Kathleen McNamee

Guests: Karen Duggan, Scarlett Herron

Topics covered

• Champions League
• Women's Super League
• football
• transfers
• promotion
• European football

Keywords

• Arsenal
• Lyon
• Birmingham
• Crystal Palace
• Champions League
• Women's Super League
• football
• transfers

Sponsors

Cadbury

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arsenal, Lyon, Birmingham, Crystal Palace, Republic of Ireland

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