Extra Time with GirlsontheBall
Join Rachel and Sophie for a snappy, informative weekly look at the WSL, Championship, UWCL, Internationals and beyond, keeping listeners on the ball about all the goings on in the world of women’s football. Stay tuned too for some feature episodes and they might even take you on an adventure or two.
Episodes

4 days ago
4 days ago
Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they look back on a weekend of Adobe Women's FA Cup quarter finals. Was the Arenal v Brighton result a cupset? Can Charlton and Birmingham be pleased with their run out? And what can we look forward to in yet another international break?
Music: Jamaica by Alex MakeMusic

Monday Mar 30, 2026
Monday Mar 30, 2026
Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they look back on a delightful day of derbies in the WSL, Chelsea's tight encounter with Aston Villa and how the English teams faired in the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter finals.
Plus how much more exciting can the Barclays WSL2 get?!
Music: Jamaica by Alex MakeMusic

Monday Mar 23, 2026
Monday Mar 23, 2026
Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they look back on a weekend of goals. From Bunny Shaw's hat-trick in Manchester City's 5-2 defeat of Tottenham or Chloe Kelly's hat-trick in Arsenal's 5-0 win over West Ham. Plus how will Chelsea's draw away to London City Lionesses impact their fight for UWCL next season. And what about WSL2 as it draws closer and closer to it's inevitable exciting end...
Music: Jamaica by Alex MakeMusic

Monday Mar 16, 2026
Monday Mar 16, 2026
Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they look back on a jam packed weekend. They discuss Chelsea's win over Manchester United in the Subway League Cup Final and the four Barclays Women's Super League fixtures including Manchester City's draw with Aston Villa and Liverpool's win against bottom of the table Leicester. Plus they run through all the wild goings on in WSL2.

Thursday Mar 12, 2026
Thursday Mar 12, 2026
Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they look ahead to the Subway League Cup Final between Manchester United and Chelsea with input from Melvine Malard. They discuss the teams' recent form, players to watch and what colours they think the ribbons will be on the League Cup.
Plus as the Barclays WSL returns after a long international break, hear from Spurs goalkeeper Lize Kop as she looks ahead to their clash with Everton at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium this weekend.
Music: Jamaica by Alex MakeMusic

Monday Mar 09, 2026
Monday Mar 09, 2026
Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as the look at the main takeaways from a long international break. They discuss:
England's two fixtures against Ukraine and Iceland
Ireland's start to life in League A... again
How the Home Nations faired
And a quick look back at how England's youth teams got on
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Monday Mar 02, 2026
Monday Mar 02, 2026
Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall for the latest episode of Paws in Play as they head out for a walk with Newcastle United and Republic of Ireland defender Aoife Mannion and her dog, Noodle.
In this episode, Aoife opens up about overcoming two ACL injuries, how it impacted her mental health and what more needs to be done to protect players on social media.
Paws in Play is a series dedicated to exploring mental health across the footballing world — from players and managers to those working behind the scenes. Each episode sees Sophie and Rachel take a walk with their guest (and their four-legged friend) to have open, meaningful conversations that deserve to happen more often.
If you need support or would like to speak to someone about any of the topics raised in this series, please visit https://www.mind.org.uk/

Tuesday Feb 24, 2026
Tuesday Feb 24, 2026
Join Sophie and Rachel on the road this weekend as they cover three different Adobe Women's FA Cup fixtures as part of their 6 games in 6 days week. From watching the lowest ranked team left in the competition, Chatham Town, take on Birmingham to a replay of last season's final, it was a proper FA Cup weekend.

Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
Join Sophie and Rachel as they look back at this weekend's Barclays WSL. Manchester City hit Leicester for six and ToTENham bring the goals at Villa Park. They also look at how the play-off spot in WSL2 is heating up and react to the Lionesses first squad announcement of 2026.

Monday Feb 09, 2026
Monday Feb 09, 2026
Join Sophie and Rachel from GirlsontheBall as they look back at the weekend's Barclays Women's Super League action.
- From the Gunners tripping up Man City
- West Ham performing the mother of all comebacks
- And Chelsea getting back to winning ways
There was plenty to talk about. Make sure you subscribe wherever you're listening and follow GirlsontheBall across all platforms.



