Editor’s Letter: Champion Chelsea, Glasgow City’s 9th title, WSL attendances, full backs, Breast Cancer Care

Editor Jen O’Neill opens issue #31 by congratulating Chelsea for a second successive time, now on the league and cup double and a dominant UEFA Women’s Champions League display that carried them into the last 16. She salutes Glasgow City, beaten by Chelsea in Europe but confirmed as SWPL champions for a ninth year running despite a hard push from Hibernian, and praises Reading and Doncaster Rovers Belles for promotion into FA WSL 1, pointing to Sunderland’s impressive first top-flight season as their inspiration. O’Neill notes FA WSL attendances rising, the SWPL’s rebranded competitions and the FAWPL’s new sleeve patches and TV channel. She explains the issue’s declared obsession with full backs, singling out Becky Easton at 41 and Demi Stokes, pays tribute to retiring players including her own former team-mate Gemma Wilson, and thanks readers for supporting Breast Cancer Care through October’s sales.