Full Time Europe: A show about women's football

Art de Roche and Jessy Parker Humphreys join Sophie Penney after Arsenal won the League Cup in a dramatic final where Chelsea manager Emma Hayes pushed Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall and Frida Leonhardsen Maanum collapsed. Thankfully Frida is now in a stable condition. 

So, what’s the beef between the managers? How did Maanum’s collapse affect the players? And what won it in the end for Arsenal? 

Plus, ex-England captain Steph Houghton is retiring so we chat about her skills on the pitch and her contribution to the women’s game.

Host: Sophie Penney

Guests: Jessy Parker Humphreys and Art de Roche 

Producer: Sophie Penney

Executive Producer: Abi Paterson

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Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw breaks down some of her top goals with Charlotte Harpur after breaking the Manchester City women's goalscoring record. 

What was she thinking in that moment? What are her favourite moves? What’s her relationship like with her teammates like Chloe Kelly and Alex Greenwood? 

And Raphael Honigstein is with Sophie Penney to digest Bayern’s massive 4-0 win over rivals Wolfsburg to all-but seal the Bundesliga title. 

Host: Sophie Penney

Guests: Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw, Charlotte Harpur and Raphael Honigstein

Producer: Sophie Penney

Executive Producer: Abi Paterson

Get in touch: [email protected] 

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Chelsea knock Arsenal out of the title race in pursuit of their quadruple. How did Emma Hayes outthink Jonas Eidevall so emphatically? And what will happen when these two meet again in the League Cup final?

Plus with two stories surrounding player-coach relationships this year already, questions have arisen about player-coach relationships and safeguarding in women's football. So when Hayes responded to include player-player relationships, that had has us asking whether the environment women's sport is enough for people to be their full self.

Host: Abi Paterson

Guests: Jessy Parker Humphreys, Charlotte Harpur, and Art de Roche

Producers: Jay Beale and Abi Paterson

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Charlotte Harpur and Dan Sheldon are with Sophie Penney to bring you all the behind the scenes details from The Athletic’s special report into Manchester United.

How close did they come to keeping Alessia Russo? Could Mary Earps leave in the summer too? What changes will INEOS bring? 

Plus Italian journalist Lucia Pirola joins us after Juventus manager Joe Montemurro stepped down.

And we’ve got an NWSL preview with Meg Linehan from the USA. 

Producer: Sophie Penney

Executive Producer: Abi Paterson

Get in touch: [email protected] 

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Art de Roche and Charlotte Harpur join Sophie Penney to chat about the North London derby and how Arsenal are consistently selling out the Emirates. 

And in International Women’s Day week, we discuss getting more male fans into the women’s game after an Athletic survey. That’s with Katie Whyatt and Debs Dilworth, Head of the Women’s Game at the Football Supporters Association. 

Producer: Sophie Penney

Executive Producer: Abi Paterson

Get in touch: [email protected]

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Michael Cox and Laia Cervello Herrero are with Sophie Penney after World Champions Spain won the Nations League and qualified for the Olympics for the first time ever.

Can anyone stop Spain? How do they keep winning after the Rubiales kiss scandal? 

As Germany take the last Olympic spot from The Netherlands, we catch up with Dutch journalist Anne-Marie Postma.

And which young player stood out in England's friendlies?

Producer: Sophie Penney

Executive Producer: Abi Paterson

Get in touch: [email protected] 

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Raphael Honigstein, Michael Cox and Charlotte Harpur are with Sophie Penney after Manchester City blew the WSL title race wide open and German star Lena Oberdorf signed with her club’s biggest rivals. 

Can City ruin Emma Hayes’ fairytale ending at Chelsea? Will Arsenal have a say? Do Manchester United need a change of manager? And why did Wolfsburg let Oberdorf go? 

Plus everything you need to know about the news Charlotte broke on the frontrunner to replace Hayes - Sonia Bompastor.

Producer: Sophie Penney

Executive Producer: Abi Paterson

Get in touch: [email protected] 

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Jessy Parker Humphreys joins Sophie Penney to chat about Lyon almost slipping up to PSG in their first game under new owner Michele Kang.

What went wrong for Lyon in the top of the table tie? What does the new ownership mean for the future of Lyon and the league as a whole? 

Plus, Laia Cervello Herrero tells us why we need to be watching out for young Barcelona star Claudia Pina. 

Producer: Sophie Penney

Executive Producer: Abi Paterson

Get in touch: [email protected] 

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Art de Roche, Chloe Morgan and Charlotte Harpur join Sophie Penney to chat about why Leah Williamson’s first start since tearing her ACL didn’t go to plan and the first WSL manager sacking of the season.

How did Williamson play? How did West Ham stop Arsenal? Was it too soon for Brighton to sack Melissa Phillips? And why aren’t there more female coaches in the WSL? 

Producer: Sophie Penney

Executive Producer: Abi Paterson

Get in touch: [email protected] 

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Sophie Penney is joined by Charlotte Harpur and Felipe Cardenas for a special bonus transfer deadline episode to bring you everything you need to know about Chelsea’s new world record signing Mayra Ramirez. 

What’s her style of play? How will she fit into the Chelsea front line? Why did Chelsea pay a world record fee? And what has the reaction been like in Colombia? 

Producer: Sophie Penney

Executive Producer: Abi Paterson

Get in touch: [email protected]

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