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Use this thread for general daily football discussion.
This thread can also be used to discuss Transfer rumours and to post Tier 4 sources.
Nice piece on fan culture in the WSL, led by Arsenal of course 👍
https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2023/nov/07/the-atmosphere-means-everything-the-growth-of-womens-football-fan-culture
Are no other club trying to move to a bigger ground? I know we’re massive, but…
obviously there’s the few WSL sides that already use their main ground as well
@Astrealix the challenge is finding land with enough room for a stadium in the area the club is based, and has decent public transit. Arsenal got lucky with Ashburton Grove.
I mean, yeah, but most clubs don’t play at their main ground anyway. Obviously Man U moving to Old Trafford would be suicide, but surely Chelsea could pack Stamford Bridge, or Liverpool a decent chunk of Anfield or something… (definitely more the former)
@Astrealix yeah, I’m surprised Chelsea don’t play more games there. Wonder if that’s by choice because they don’t want to play in a half-empty stadium.
Surely they could pack it if we can, the Bridge isn’t exactly the biggest ground in the world…
@Astrealix far as I can tell, their record attendance there was 38,000, but not clear how many of those were paid.
(edit) averages were much lower: https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/chelsea-women/attendances/2022-2023
I guess you probably do need the sorta drumrolling campaign we had for the Liverpool game to actually pack a stadium of that size still. Makes sense in all honesty, but hopefully it’ll get better soon enough.
Just checked, Chelsea are also playing games at the Bridge, though I can’t figure out whether they are planning on moving there long-term from a cursory search.
Love to see it :)
Been meaning to try catch the Arsenal WSL games, but I’ve barely been able to keep track of the mens side atm
I forgot who shared it but there’s a calendar from the club that you can use to keep track
Thanks! I’ll try remember to suss it out