With the Chelsea women’s football team taking to the pitch for the first match in December, it is likely that they will follow suit to add another three points to their tally. winning run in which he looks to have set a record-breaking time. Only eight games in, the gap between the Blues and the rest of the Women’s Super League (WSL) is already widening. The defending champions are also looking good for the match. Nabu I won five titles in a row (and seven of the last 10).
Invincible? This team proves that dominance isn’t just a goal – it’s their flag. Chelsea’s women’s soccer team sits five points ahead of Manchester City and if they win their next two matches – against Brighton and Leicester City – they will win Arsenal’s record holders at the start of the next season. In Europe, the team has already secured its place in the thesis Women’s Champions League quarter-final.
After the loss Iconic coach Emma Hayeswho stepped down after 12 years and eight WSL titles as United women’s coach, the Blues’ new manager, Sonia Bompastor, has already made a name for herself as the first manager to win all eight of her first league titles. . If the team were to break several plates, it could be a seismic attack.
With the concept of the league, four clubs – Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool – have all won WSL titles. Although Arsenal have three titles, Liverpool two and Manchester one, they fall short of Chelsea’s eight. The rest of the treaty of exile seems to have been cut off.
A major issue is the growing disparity across the WSL. The top four revenue generating clubs – Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United. 66% completed total revenue from the league in the 2022/23 season.
Unsurprisingly, the leaders of the WSL largely imitated the the men’s league’s Big Sixperhaps partly because Arsenal, Chelsea, and more recently both Manchester clubs, have placed the majority of women’s football behind the established league.
This summer the WSL and women’s championships were taken over by a new company, the Professional League Limited (.WPLL), financed mainly by a £20m loan from the Premier League. 23 each clubs — 12 in the WSL and 11 in the Championship — owns the stick. For the game must be alive in order to be successful.
What does less cash mean for clubs? Will he ever be able to close the gap? Chelsea’s sale The club’s parent company this summer hints at plans for further investment, potentially strengthening their leadership. The fiendishly The complex rules governing the economic fair game often make it difficult to see what is going on with the economy.
Money changes the women’s game. Deloitte reports Arsenal and Chelsea’s 2022-23 revenue saw £10.9m and £8.8m respectively, run by the Champions League. Chelsea’s accounts benefited from 40,000 fans at Stamford Bridge for their Champions League clash with Barcelona. The real question: is this growth sustainable, or the new normal?
Chelsea’s dominance is real and the watch should serve as a league call. Without an economic conference, the WSL risks becoming a predictable hierarchy as a competitive showcase for women’s football.