Weird Women's Super League fixture list

killerandflash

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35876556

This season they've increased the number of teams to 9, an ODD number, so every week one team won't be playing! Manchester City are the team that misses out in the final week... imagine the PL or Championship with one team finishing a week early...

ricky_otto

Not much different from the championship. I can think of one team that doesn't always turn up every week.

LoOkOuT

ODD as in weird, or ODD as in unique?

killerandflash

LoOkOuT said:

ODD as in weird, or ODD as in unique?

Both!

I can't think of any other football league with an odd number of teams

ForeverAddickted

Used to happen in the Rugby when it was the Five Nations prior to Italy joining.

I guess it'll just reignite the old question... Would you prefer the game in hand (Which this technically is) or the points on board

rina

Didn't the old first division used to have teams finishing on different days or am I remembering that wrong? I may just be thinking of the Liverpool arsenal decider which was played late because of hillsborough

killerandflash

rina said:

Didn't the old first division used to have teams finishing on different days or am I remembering that wrong? I may just be thinking of the Liverpool arsenal decider which was played late because of hillsborough

It did, I think when games got rearranged (due to cup ties or weather) they could be played after the normal last game of the season

Of course it CAN be done, but it really takes away the excitement of the last day, at both ends of the table

MountsfieldPark

killerandflash said:

LoOkOuT said:

ODD as in weird, or ODD as in unique?

Both!

I can't think of any other football league with an odd number of teams

Belgian tier 2 this year has 17.

Mind you, next year it will only have 8 (unless they change the plans again).

shirty5

1987/1988 The Old First Division. 21 Teams including Charlton.

JustFloydRoad

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/celtic-rangers-talks-shock-move-english-scottish-border-wsl/blt0d71eb5acf431292

This isn't really a Charlton's Women news story (though it does seem fair our ladies might be in the wsl after celtic and rangers)

sam3110

Would be worse than when they asked about joining the mens English League IMO, they've only been going for 3 seasons up there and there's more worthy teams in the Championship. Also a closed league would suck, as it would vastly limit the amount of players that can turn professional, the natural growth of the women's game means most of the championship and even some of the northern and southern division can and will be professional players. If you "close the shop", no team outside of the WSL will bother being fully professional as there's no upside to doing so

JustFloydRoad

Does anyone know why only one up one down, and no play offs (they seem to work in the Men's game- kinda odd they don't have them in the Women's game)?