The Lionesses - England Football Team

[juice]

Great goal that

[SydneyBridge]

Playing well
World cup starts in July, we must be one of the favourites

[rjfp1962]

Brazil keeping many players back defending... England manage to split them to get the goal though.

So close to a second goal.. Go girls

[rjfp1962]

1-1
To be fair, Brazil deserve it.
Penalties as there is no extra-time being played...!

[juice]

Wow, superb !!

[rjfp1962]

Great job girls... Maximum pressure, but win 4-2 on penalties

Very apt for Chloe Kelly hitting the winner

[UTH]

Leah Williamson out of the world cup with ACL.
I feel her pain as I'm seeing the surgeon next week about mine, which has most likely ended my field hockey career

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65349115

[rjfp1962]

The team has been announced for this years World Cup Tournament.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65761103

Also, with only 50 days until it begins, no agreement on television rights in Europe is in place...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65764408

[RosscoPCole]

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if the Lionesses has 3 Lionesses on their shirts instead of 3 lions. The Dutch women have a lioness on their shirt and the guys have a lion, why doesn’t the England team do something similar? Would be such an amazing statement.

[rjfp1962]

RosscoPCole said:

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if the Lionesses has 3 Lionesses on their shirts instead of 3 lions. The Dutch women have a lioness on their shirt and the guys have a lion, why doesn’t the England team do something similar? Would be such an amazing statement.

That's a good point, and would indeed be an amazing statement..

[TwigtheWonderkid]

rjfp1962 said:

RosscoPCole said:

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if the Lionesses has 3 Lionesses on their shirts instead of 3 lions. The Dutch women have a lioness on their shirt and the guys have a lion, why doesn’t the England team do something similar? Would be such an amazing statement.

That's a good point, and would indeed be an amazing statement..

It won't happen, because 3 lions is the badge of English football and they are an England team. I think it's good that they have the same kit and badge as the men, as it shows the importance of the women's team. The lionesses proudly wear the badge of English football, 3 lions. It's fine. The sex of the animal on the badge isn't important. We are ENGLAND!

The Welsh have a dragon, which isn't male or female, because it doesn't even exist!

[Russ35]

TV coverage of the World Cup has been agreed, the games will be split between BBC and ITV with both showing the final.

Kick of Times in the UK range from 2am till 1:30pm

England's group games are

Sat 22/07/23 @ 10:30am V Haiti in Brisbane
Fri 28/07/23 @ 9:30am V Denmark in Sydney
Tue 1/08/23 @ midday V China in Adelaide

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Russ35 said:

TV coverage of the World Cup has been agreed, the games will be split between BBC and ITV with both showing the final.

Kick of Times in the UK range from 2am till 1:30pm

England's group games are

Sat 22/07/23 @ 10:30am V Haiti in Brisbane
Fri 28/07/23 @ 9:30am V Denmark in Sydney
Tue 1/08/23 @ midday V China in Adelaide

Thanks for this. Those timings aren't too bad at all. C'mon England.

[rjfp1962]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Russ35 said:

TV coverage of the World Cup has been agreed, the games will be split between BBC and ITV with both showing the final.

Kick of Times in the UK range from 2am till 1:30pm

England's group games are

Sat 22/07/23 @ 10:30am V Haiti in Brisbane
Fri 28/07/23 @ 9:30am V Denmark in Sydney
Tue 1/08/23 @ midday V China in Adelaide

Thanks for this. Those timings aren't too bad at all. C'mon England.

+1.. Come on you Lionesses..

[rjfp1962]

The Lionesses last home warm-up before going to the World Cup.

Taking on Portugal at the MK Stadium... Just about to kick off. ITV1..

Edited by rjfp1962 on Saturday 1st July 16:05

[pocketspring]

rjfp1962 said:

The Lionesses last warm-up before going to the World Cup.

Taking on Portugal at the MK Stadium... Just about to kick off. ITV1..

Nice. I'm at work but will watch the game later on catch up. Quite enjoy the women's footy and ruggers.

[Panamax]

A little OT but this has been troubling me for a while,

Batsman => Batter

Chairman => Chair

Actress => Actor

Waitress => Server

Female footballer = Lioness ?????

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Panamax said:

A little OT but this has been troubling me for a while,

Batsman => Batter

Chairman => Chair

Actress => Actor

Waitress => Server

Female footballer = Lioness ?????

Actress and waitress are still in everyday use. The problem with batsman and chairman is that batswoman and chairwoman never really caught on, so people were referring to females in those roles by the male term....."she's a great batsman" or "they have a female chairman".

Lioness is very much like actress, a word in everyday usage that doesn't sound odd.

[rjfp1962]

0-0 draw Lionesses should have had it won in the 2nd half, but failed to take their chances.
Think Portugal with go home quite happy.....!

[rjfp1962]

England start their World Cup tournament against Haiti today. Live on ITV1 - Kick off 10:30am

Must be worth a watch on this wet summer day in England