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Malawi have made history qualifying for the WAFCON quarter finals in their debut tournament. Credit: Confederation of African Football
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Why Manchester United appointed Eva Olid
Eva Olid has replaced Marc Skinner as Manchester United boss. Credit: Getty Images
A new era begins. Manchester United have appointed Eva Olid as their new head coach just days after Marc Skinner’s departure earlier this week.
Olid, who w...
Exclusive: Women's Football Show not returning to BBC for 2026-27 WSL season
The Women’s Football Show has been airing since 2013. Credit: Getty Images
The Women’s Football Show, the Women’s Super League’s weekly highlights show, will not be returning for the 2026-27 season, The Cutback can reveal.
BBC Sport had...
‘We’re the team that everyone wants to beat’: Manchester City’s Lioness trio are ready to fight for more trophies
Niamh Charles and Lauren Hemp in a Manchester City training session. Credit: Manchester City
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Inside Marc Skinner's United exit: Player frustrations, investment uncertainty, and the end of an era
Skinner's shock exit leaves United without a head coach just four weeks before the start of the WSL season.
It’s a departure that felt both shocking and expected at the same time.
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The Cutback is your essential platform for quality women's football content. We focus on the game, with analysis, data-driven pieces and expert opinion.
Learning about football one dribble at a time.
I'm a football journalist and founder of The Cutback, the first women's football media platform dedicated to in-depth analysis.
Co-founder of How's Your Touch (RIP). Illustrator, designer, lover of a proper 4-4-2, sometimes writer. Purveyor of the SWPL agenda. Used to want to be Rory Delap.
Devotee of the religion of football | Freelance journalist & analyst featured on Al Jazeera, Forbes.com, FourFourTwo, Analytics FC, FotMob, World Soccer, The Blizzard, SCOUTED, The Transfer Flow, FootballTransfers, Between The Posts, Gløry & more
Writing about all things Arsenal Women, and sometimes the men's team too.
Manchester United Women's team writer. I also own the platform AllForUnitedWFC which is a dedicated brand to Man United Women's team.
Theo Lloyd-Hughes is a New Orleans-based football [soccer] journalist and podcaster.
Abigail Segel is an American freelance journalist based in Canada. She is a contributing writer at Defector Media, and an editor for The IX Soccer and the Equalizer. Her work has been published in the Guardian and the Montreal Gazette.
Women’s football partner on The Underrated Scout. Observations, and how I think about the game
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