A blog of two halves

Teams in first and last place meet up this weekend as Chelsea Women head up the M1 to Leicester.

Manager Emma Hayes warned that while the Spanish side were relative newcomers, they had knocked Man City out of the competition in the last two seasons.

It never rains but it pours...

Chelsea Women go into the international break with smiles on their faces after a 3-1 away win against Man United last Sunday

She’s back! Thirty seconds before the Villa game kicked off at the weekend, Emma Hayes appeared quietly and took a seat at the back of Kingsmeadow's west stand.

Chelsea's eight-goal demolition of Albanian champions Vllaznia at Kingsmeadow under the floodlights on Wednesday night was the perfect pick-me-up for recuperating Blues manager Emma Hayes.

Chelsea are now level with Real Madrid at the top of their Women’s Champions League group.

Chelsea manager Emma Hayes is taking a break from football to recover from an emergency operation.

Chelsea Women are going to have another try at arranging a big-stage event on 20 November.

Yet another penalty clinched three points for the Blues, with Maren Mjelde securing a 2-0 win over arch-rivals Man City.