Women’s Super League

JONAS EIDEVALL would have preferred his Arsenal contract announcement had followed a win rather than a defeat at the Emirates. The Gunners chief’s new deal was revealed yesterday four days after his side’s season-opening loss to Liverpool.
Jonas Eidevall is expecting Arsenal to play with the ‘right amount of energy’ against Manchester UnitedCredit: Getty
The Gunners’ boss is targeting a win against the Red Devils a day after extending his reign as Arsenal Women’s bossCredit: Getty
Alessia Russo is set to face her old club for the first time since her summer move to ArsenalCredit: Getty
It also comes four weeks after the team were knocked out of the Champions League. 
However Eidevall, who sealed a three-year deal to remain as Arsenal Women’s head coach, has backed his side to bounce back when they face Manchester United this evening. 
He said: “We would much rather have won the last game and announced the contract, of course. 
“But I also think it’s very much about the long term vision that we have, and that we share, that’s the important thing. 
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“Each one of us wants to push and to get the short term results right. 
“I feel very much supported by the club. I have always felt that. 
“And I hope they feel the same for me, that they feel a lot of trust in me in being the right person to drive this forward.”
Arsenal’s season-opening loss on Sunday means the team have lost their last three Women’ Super League matches.
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However two of these games includes their final two fixtures of last season. 
They were also beaten home and away by the Red Devils with Gunners summer signing Alessia Russo netting the winners in both games. 
But Eidevall is confident his team will show a different energy and attitude following their loss to Liverpool last time out. 
The Gunners boss added: “We didn’t play with the right amount of energy and attitude and that can never happen. 
“And that hasn’t happened to us in a long time. One thing this team has been excellent with is playing with the right amount of energy. 
“Football can be like that, sometimes you can forget the basics or you don’t get them right on the day.
“But life is about how you respond in those moments. 
“You’re defined by how you react to those situations. This is what this week (in training) has been about and this is what Friday is about.”
Tonight’s game, which will see Alessia Russo face her former side, comes five days on from Emma Hayes’ call for the use of VAR-lite in the WSL.
The Chelsea boss, 46, was reacting to officials failing to spot Guro Reiten’s shot crossing the goal line against Tottenham on Sunday.
The Blues chief, whose team trialled the system in a pre-season friendly with Roma, called the absence of VAR and goal-line technology in the WSL “embarrassing”.
Eidevall added: “If we’re talking about VAR, then that has to be with highest quality as well. 
“It can’t be operated in like a low budget camera system that will only see a limited number of angles or with a limited number of referees with limited amount of training.
“We see in the men’s game, even when it’s operating on a high level, still the mistakes happen. 
Eidevall thinks VAR would only be worth deploying in the women’s game if it’s a high quality versionCredit: Getty
“So then we can understand that a more low budget system will generate even more mistakes.
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“The quality of the implementation of these things is really important.
“So let’s take the time and make sure that you have consistent levels in the competitions.” More

TOTTENHAM striker Bethany England led a very different life before becoming a professional footballer.The 29-year-old Lioness worked in a chip shop in the early stages of her career while juggling A-Levels and playing for Doncaster Belles.
Tottenham star Bethany England worked in a chip shop before becoming a professional footballerCredit: PA
England (C) had a job outside of football while playing for Doncaster Belles as a teenagerCredit: Getty
In 2011, England established herself as one to watch in the inaugural Women’s Super League season.
At the age of just 17 she became a first team regular at the highest level of women’s football in England.
However, she was being paid just £150-a-month – an amount that barely covered the cost of fuel when driving to and from training and games several times a week.
The striker subsequently had to find an extra job and she went on to work in a local chip shop for over three years.
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England worked two nights a week at the Wellington Street chippy in Barnsley alongside her twin sister, Laura.
And the former Chelsea star has revealed that she barely had time to sleep between shifts and football matches on the weekends.
She told England Football: “I ended up working for three-and-a-half years in a chippy, doing night shifts on a Friday and Saturday.
“It would start at around 10pm and finish at 5am to 6am. I would then have a couple of hours sleep and go straight to my football game, and then do the night shift whilst I was at college.
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The striker featured for the Lionesses during the Women’s World Cup this summerCredit: Getty
She also helped England to Euro 2022 glory last yearCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
“You’d be surprised how many people want fish and chips after a night out! It’s not for me.
“But it paid me through college, it paid for my driving lessons and everything. So, it got me where I needed to be.
“I’ve done all sorts. I’ve worked in a bakery, a factory, I’ve worked at M&S and I’ve worked in an Indian.”
The striker added: “As a Yorkshire girl, I love gravy but from a chippy, I actually prefer curry.
“I did either service or frying. At Easter time, we used to fry Creme Eggs. You couldn’t get battered Mars Bars and Snickers but we used to batter Creme Eggs. It sounds nasty, but you’d be surprised. It’s alright.”
Following her spell with Doncaster Belles, England went on to join Chelsea in 2016.
She spent seven years with the Blues before joining Tottenham at the beginning of this year.
And last month she was named as the club’s captain.
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England was a member of the Lionesses squad that won Euro 2022 last July.
She also featured in England’s run to the Women’s World Cup final this summer.
England was named Spurs captain last monthCredit: Getty More