Women's World Cup 2023

**Lord Snooty** · 18-07-2023, 21:09

The Women's World Cup starts on Thursday in Aukland with the Group A game at Eden Park between New Zealand and Norway.

England are in Group D alongside Haiti, Denmark and China. And it's against the Haititians that the Lionesses start on Saturday at Lang Park in Brisbane with a 19:30 kick off time, which is half past nine in the morning here, ten hours behind. The match is live on ITV1. TV coverage being shared between ITV and the BBC.

England squad:

1 GK Mary Earps - Manchester United
2 DF Lucy Bronze - Barcelona
3 DF Niamh Charles - Chelsea
4 MF Keira Walsh - Barcelona
5 DF Alex Greenwood - Manchester City
6 DF Millie Bright (captain) - Chelsea
7 FW Lauren James - Chelsea
8 MF Georgia Stanway - Bayern Munich
9 FW Rachel Daly - Aston Villa
10 MF Ella Toone - Manchester United
11 FW Lauren Hemp - Manchester City
12 MF Jordan Nobbs - Aston Villa
13 GK Hannah Hampton - Aston Villa
14 DF Lotte Wubben-Moy - Arsenal
15 DF Esme Morgan - Manchester City
16 DF Jess Carter - Chelsea
17 MF Laura Coombs - Manchester City
18 FW Chloe Kelly - Manchester City
19 FW Bethany England - Tottenham Hotspur
20 MF Katie Zelem - Manchester United
21 GK Ellie Roebuck - Manchester City
22 FW Katie Robinson - Brighton & Hove Albion
23 FW Alessia Russo - Manchester United

Want to read more? It's all here on Wikipedia........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_...kout_stage

England are second favourites to win the tournament, behind the USA, with Spain and Germany close behind. Co hosts Australia are next, with France just behind. Co hosts New Zealand are unfancied at 250/1 with the bookies.

**Ska'dForLife-WBA** · 18-07-2023, 22:56

The thing with women's football which always catches me out is that I tend to estimate the strength or weakness of different countries based entirely on the men's game, and so often it's totally counter-intuitive. You see Argentina up against the likes of Mongolia, back what you assume is the winning horse, then suddenly the commentator pipes up with "how long can these plucky Argentinian underdogs, who'd never seen a football until last Thursday, hang on against the mighty world-conquering Genghisettes?"

With that in mind, I'll work on the assumption that England vs Haiti is going to be a white-knuckle ride.

**Lord Snooty** · (This post was last modified: 20-07-2023, 14:08 by Lord Snooty.)

First shock of the tournament in the very first match with the Footy Ferns beating Norway 1-0 for New Zealand's first ever World Cup win.

The Norwegians left pining for the fjords.

The second shock could be on the cards as well with Ireland holding the Aussies at 0-0 at half time.

Shock avoided. 1-0 to the Matilda's.

**Ska'dForLife-WBA** · 22-07-2023, 05:44

Slightly unorthodox attacking formation for the USA against Vietnam.

**Lord Snooty** · 22-07-2023, 11:15

England v Haiti:

1 Earps
2 Bronze
6 Bright
16 Carter
5 Greenwood
8 Stanway
4 Walsh
10 Toone
23 Russo
18 Kelly
11 Hemp

Subs
3 Charles
7 James
9 Daly
12 Nobbs
13 Hampton
14 Wubben-Moy
15 Morgan
17 Coombs
19 England
20 Zelem
21 Roebuck
22 Robinson

**Lord Snooty** · 22-07-2023, 12:26

Well these Haitians are no mugs. Making it very difficult for England.

Ht 1-0 to England.

**Lord Snooty** · 22-07-2023, 13:31

1-0 win, but nothing very impressive.

**St Charles Owl** · 22-07-2023, 13:43

Expect the statement that its the win and points that are important, and while that is absolutely correct in a World Cup that performance was a bit disppointing.

**Lord Snooty** · 28-07-2023, 10:17

England v Denmark:

1 Earps
2 Bronze
6 Bright
5 Greenwood
9 Daly
8 Stanway
4 Walsh
10 Toone
18 Kelly
23 Russo
7 James

Subs
3 Charles
11 Hemp
12 Nobbs
13 Hampton
14 Wubben-Moy
15 Morgan
16 Carter
17 Coombs
19 England
20 Zelem
21 Roebuck
22 Robinson

ritchiebaby · 28-07-2023, 23:45

Another 1-0 win for England, but they're still not convincing. Still, 1-0 wins for the rest of the tournament will be good enough.