Attendance record in the women’s league: the ground filled three hours early
Tickets went in two hours and the club asked for permission to add temporary seating.
The gates were closed three hours before kick-off. Tickets had sold out in two hours; the club applied for permission to put up a temporary stand, but the answer did not arrive in time.
The ground cannot hold this level of interest. The board is discussing a mid-season move to a larger stadium, and the supporters’ group is against it.
The pitch backs up the statistics without quite explaining them. In-game decisions are still the variable that matters most.
The stadium problem
The coaching staff put the rotation down to the fixture list. On squad depth they avoid saying anything firm.
Expectations among supporters have gone up. That is the familiar side effect of a good start.
The rest of the season
January will probably settle it. Until then this is how the table should be read.
A decision is due in October. Both options carry a cost: a full house in a small ground, or empty corners in a big one.
PremiumDeadline-day deal collapses in the final hours and both clubs have gone quiet
The agreement looked done, then the meeting broke up two hours before midnight.
Five games in: the side climbing the table is not the one anybody tipped
Put in the bottom half by the summer predictions, they have taken eleven points from five.
The draw is out and the tennis tournament has a heavyweight first round
Two seeds meet in the opening round of the main draw.