Why Always She? - A Women’s Football Podcast

Charli and Matt try to unpick England's bizarre victory over Sweden. What is "Proper England"? How brilliant is Lucy Bronze? Can Charli regain her love for this team before the semi-final? 

Slightly dazed from a week of drinking and the St Gallen heat, Charli and Matt rattle through the final group games and quickly preview the remaining games in Group D. It's very much pick your poison time for England who - should they get through - will face the daunting prospect of either Sweden or Germany in the quarter finals. Germany looked the ones to beat going into the tournament, but Sweden have emerged as serious prospect. 

In their first "report" from Switzerland, Charli and Matt (having calmed down about it now) dissect England's first group game and what they expect to see next from Wiegman's side. They also touch on the experience of watching Spain vs Belgium in a thundery Thun and the excitement happening in the other groups. 

Charli and Matt give you a whistle stop tour of the first 3 match days of Euro 2025. What did we learn? Which players stood out? Where does this leave the rest of the group games? 

Days away from the tournament, Charli and Matt try not to melt in the heat wave and give their suitably hot takes about England. What did we learn about Sarina's team selection in the send-off game against Jamaica? Who should play in the 10? Will England get grouped? And what does the future look like beyond this Euros? 

Charli and Matt kick off their Euros prep with some predictions - outlandish, safe, pessimistic - you decide. Who'll surprise us all? Which group will bring the drama? And who will lift the trophy?
Stay tuned to see how Matt manages to shoehorn Claire Wheeler into an episode about The Euros. 
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In this quick solo pod, Charli gives you a calm and sane temperature check on England and our rivals for the Euros after a slightly tumultuous Nations League window on and off the pitch.

If you're an Arsenal fan and/or don't care about Mary Earps or the Lionesses, skip to 20 mins 27 secs! Charli and Matt try and unpack the shock announcement that Mary Earps has retired from international football, reflect on her career and not just what this means for England, but for Mary Earps the person. They then touch on Arsenal's heroic win against Barcelona to become Champions of Europe, and what this means for them going into next season. Charli may or may not accidentally turn this into a 15 minute monologue about Stina Blackstenius. 

It's the delayed 50th episode spectacular! Matt, Charli and a very special guest pick their WSL teams of the season. But it wouldn't be Why Always She if it wasn't unnecessarily complicated; there can only be a maximum of 2 players from each team. Stick around until the end for a Mastermind-style quiz with two very specialist subjects. 

Charli and Matt finally indulge themselves in a (even more so than usual) chill and free flowing chat about Leicester and their 24/25 season. Foxes fans; this one's for you especially, but everyone else is more than welcome to listen in and learn more about this season's perennial underdogs.