Description

Australia's longest-running women's football podcast (est. April 2019). 

History: Heather Garriock, Matildas Cap 108

Matildas Debut: 1999 (played for the national team until 2011)

Grassroots Club: Leppington Lions (Macarthur)

Appearances: 130 (20 goals)

Position: Midfielder

• Olympic Games (2000, 2004)
• FIFA Women's World Cup (2003, 2007, 2011)
• 2010-2011 W-League Goal of the Year Award
• 2002-2003 Julie Dolan Medalist
• Inducted into Football Australia Hall of Fame earlier this year
• Canberra United Coach
• Football Australia Non Executive Director
• CEO Australian Taekwondo

Listen in for the full interview with Heather.

Hot Topics & News

• World-leading football identity Ebru Köksal, CFA, appointed to board of Australian Professional Leagues | Football Australia
• Tameka Yallop departs West Ham for SK Brann Kvinner (Norway)
• Emma Checker to Umeå IK FF (Sweden)
• Polly Doran to Crystal Palace
• 2026 Asian Cup - Four member associations have signalled their intention to bid with the final decision expected in 2023

Matildas

• AFF U18 Women's Championship - Junior Matildas are the Champions, defeating Vietnam 2-0 in the final
• U20 WWC: Game 1 Australia v Chile Thursday August 11th @ 12pm

Dub News & Signings

• Brisbane Roar renew Shea Connors
• Wellington Phoenix - Isabel Gomez recommits to the Nix
• Western United announce Alana Černe as first signing

Around the World

UK

• FA WSL - Starts September 11th
• Scottish WPL (1 of 22) - Season Dates: August 7th 2022 - March 13th 2023

Results
Celtic FC (Jacynta Galabadaarachchi) 9-0 Hibernian - Jacynta started, played 55 minutes and scored a hat trick!
Glasgow City (Aoife Colvill) 7-0 Spartans

Europe

• France - D1F (22 rounds): Season Dates: September 10th 2022 - June 10th 2023
• Italy - Serie A (18 rounds tbc) Season Dates:   August 27th 2022 - February 25th 2023
• Serbian Women’s Super League -
  ZFK Spartak Subotica (Vesna Milivojević) start their season on 21 August with a UWCL qualifier against either Brann (Norway) or ALG Spor (Turkey)


Nordic

• Norway – Toppserien Round 15
• Sweden – Damallsvenkan Round 16 starts next weekend
• Denmark - Elitedivisionen Round 1


US – NWSL: Regular season finishes October 3rd 2022

State Football

ACT, NSW, QLD, VIC

Queens of the Week

Eric - 1) Former Western Sydney Wanderers and Blacktown Spartans player Alix Roberts got married on the weekend 2) Glasgow City's Irish forward Clare Shine had a perfect start to the SWPL season, scoring a hat trick in City's 7-0 win over Spartans

Steffen - The Tarantos... tuned into the Nike FC Cup final to get a first look at Grace Taranto and Holly Murray, to find there were three Tarantos across both squads!

... plus listen in for QotW from Molly and Maj