Club Fact File - Blackburn Rovers Ladies

Blackburn Rovers kick off the WPL season against Huddersfield Town on Saturday 24^th August (KO: 2pm).  

In what is a brand new feature for my blog, Head Coach Gemma Donnelly kindly answered the following questions about the club.

BLACKBURN ROVERS

1) Club Nickname: Rovers

2) Ground: The WEC Ground, AFC Darwen

3) League Played In: FAWPL (Northern)

4) Head Coach: Gemma Donnelly

5) Captain: Amie Fleming

6) Greatest Club Achievement: Receiving two consecutive team of the round awards in the FA Cup (no other team have achieved this)

7) Interesting Fact: Katie Anderton, who has been a loyal servant to Blackburn Rovers, has scored over 200 competitive league, cup and county cup goals for the club spanning over 7 seasons.

You can find more information about the team including their season fixtures on their website:

Rovers Ladies Website

Champions League Qualifying Round Ends

The Qualifying Rounds of the Champions League have now been completed and the 32 teams have now been decided for the first round.   Teams had been divided into qualifying groups where the winners went through to join the 22 automatic entry teams and then two of the best third place teams also qualified for the draw on the 22nd of August. 

Glasgow City FC (Scotland), Raheny United FC (Ireland), FC Zürich Frauen (Switzerland), MTK Hungária FC (Hungary) , ŽNK Osijek (Croatia), Apollon Ladies FC (Cyprus), KKPK Medyk Konin (Poland) and Clube Atlético Ouriense went through along with the two best runners up who were Lithuanian side Gintra Universitetas and ŽNK Pomurje from Slovenia.

Glasgow City join WSL teams Bristol Academy and Liverpool Ladies, along with Ireland’s WNL champions Raheny United.

The following teams are the 22 automatic entrants:

1	Olympique Lyonnais	France	12	WFC Zvezda-2005	Russia
2	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	13	FC Barcelona	Spain
3	ASD Torres Calcio Femminile	Italy	14	Bristol Academy WFC	England
4	FC Rosengård	Sweden	15	Stabæk Fotball	Norway
5	Fortuna Hjørring	Denmark	16	Liverpool Ladies FC	England
6	FFC Frankfurt	Germany	17	FC Ryazan	Russia
7	NÖSV Neulengbach	Austria	18	FC BIIK-Kazygurt	Kazakhstan
8	Brøndby IF	Denmark	19	Brescia Femminile	Italy
9	AC Sparta Praha	Czech Rep	20	FC Twente '65	Netherlands
10	Linköpings FC	Sweden	21	SK Slavia Praha	Czech Rep
11	Paris Saint-Germain	France	22	Stjarnan	Iceland