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FT: Albion Women 0 Aston Villa Women 1 "Rachel Daly goes down in the box as her shot is blocked, but the ball breaks to Lehmann who fires a low shot first time at goal. The ball bobbles off the surface and through the dive of Melina Loeck on its way into the back of the net." Having seen it...

Well done to Elisabeth Terland who made the top 6 of the Women's Footballer of the Year from the Football Writers' Association...

Half of me thinks it would be prudent to do this. Prevention is better than cure and all that. The other half of me wonders whether that might create or engineer a problem where one doesn't actually exist, for now at least. Regardless, playing the Palace home fixture at the Amex would make...

Fair enough then, but there's been no media mention of any issues, even with thousands at Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs derby games. The only kicking off that's likely to happen will be one side at the start of the 1st half and the other at the start of the 2nd. And the only police kettle needed...

As unsavoury as that isolated incident was, no arrests though. And no violence. No serious comparisons here. Women's tennis has had more stadium incidents than women's football since the 1993 Seles stabbing with male coaches and domineering fathers. It's not hard to see why there isn't any...

Highly improbable. To date, there's never been any issues in the women's game with derby fixtures. With the fanbase primarily consisting of families and women, it's not going to happen. It was more likely to kick off at a REMF game than with Albion v Palace women. :)

Yes, confirmed now. 6,951 at the Amex back in October for the visit of Spurs, so almost 1/3rd down on that. Despite South Today's enthusiasm on the news, they were never likely to break the attendance record with an evening game. Lessons to be learned.

GOAL - Brighton 1-2 Everton Guro Bergsvand own goal (72 mins) What happened there? A mix up in the Brighton defence during an Everton attack leads to the ball being bundled into the back of the Seagulls' net. It was hard to say if it came off keeper Sophie Baggaley or Guro Bergsvand but the...

Will be on the BBC Sport website later. Unlike some other WSL sides, Albion are normally both prompt and transparent with gate numbers.

Sadly that's unlikely in the short term with the top 3-4 sides hoovering up the best talent from the other sides, like Maya Le Tissier. If Albion are serious about becoming one of the top WSL sides, it'll need a fast land grab from TB. It's a perfect time to do it with NewCo taking over the...

FT: 1-4. Barring the stoppage time, City Women controlled the game and didn't need to get into top gear to win. Nowhere near enough cutting edge with Robinson being robbed of the ball on a few occasions by a covering defender. Defensively, Albion Women are still unconvincing playing out from...

1-4. A well-worked consolation goal from Albion Women with their first shot on target that was volleyed in from close range.

0-4. Ball swept home after play down the right. Albion caught ball-watching again.

0-3. Ball swung in from the right, then headed in by Shaw. Albion had been playing better up until that point, but 70 minutes in and still no shots on target tells its own story.

0-2. Albion's defensive frailties exposed again, this time with the ball played wide from the left across the box for a tap in. Nearest defender 3 yards behind. Very poor.

0-1 down. Defense-splitting pass, but weak goalkeeping to let in the shot.

Albion Women v Man City Women now on BBC2 for anyone who hasn't made it to Crawley.

Dave, this is you posting on the BBC Sport website, isn't it? "Your FA player stream must be bad. I was at the game, ref diabolical. On many occasions scouse fained injury, she stopped play, not even making a player go off field near the end?! Been saying how refreshing it is not to see ladies...

Tottenham v Manchester City Liverpool v Leicester City Brighton and Hove Albion v Manchester United Everton v Chelsea At least it's at home this time. Revenge for last year?