Transfer Check

A page listing the transfers completed before the issue went to press, in a busy autumn with more moves expected in December and January. She Kicks explains that many FAWSL players were on three-year contracts starting and finishing in different months at different clubs, which staggers the announcements, and that Manchester City and Chelsea’s ambition has upped the ante. Manchester City take Karen Bardsley from Lincoln and both Toni Duggan and Jill Scott from Everton. Chelsea sign Laura Bassett and Rachel Williams from Birmingham City. Reading recruit heavily, taking Helen Ward from Chelsea, Leigh Nicol from Arsenal, Connie Short from Bristol Academy and others. Kim Little leaves Arsenal for Seattle Reign and Anita Asante moves from Goteborg to Malmo, with further moves involving Yeovil Town, Millwall Lionesses and Watford.