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We're back! After a pre-season sat on the sofa watching the World Cup, D-M & Nat return to share their thoughts ahead of the brand new WSL season. We discuss transfer outs and transfer ins and look ahead to our first clash of the season against our fellow bottom six contenders, Leicester City. Vixens ‘Til We Die! COYR!Not sure how much longer we'll…

We couldn't let the occasion of Bristol City Women's promotion back to the Women's Super League go by without registering our - very happy! - thoughts about it. Hugest congratulations to the players, coaching and backroom staff. It's an incredible achievement and we're excited for what comes next. In Lauren in trust.So sit back, relax and enjoy our…

What a busy month it has been for Bristol City Women and, so far, we've not covered any of it! D-M & Nat catch their breath and discuss four weeks of football packed with endless incident, on and off the pitch. We talk through a productive January transfer window, which has seen our squad bolstered with three quality players in defence, midfield an…

2-1 down with 5 minutes to play, you say? An injury time comeback with an Abi Harrison wonder-heed winner in the 90+7 minute? Well, we didn't see that coming, but: Coventry Utd came for a battle, and the RHPC regulars were treated to a dramatic start to 2023. D-M and Nat talk through the ebbs and flows of City's 3-2 victory against a dogged - and i…

D-M & Nat get in the festive spirit with a bumper Vixencast that covers everything that has happened since our last episode - way back in mid-November. And oh, what a lot of things have happened!We pay particular attention to our 2-0 home victory in the FA Cup against bette noirs Southampton, and discuss which player has impressed us most in the fi…

There's only a few things that are certain in life. Death, taxes, and Bristol City Women losing at home to Birmingham City Women. D-M and Nat spend the 50th Vixencast grousing about our 1-0 loss to the Blues at Ashton Gate Stadium - a defeat that sees us slip to second place in the Barclays Women's Championship, a point behind London City Lionesses…

It's been a while - three games, in fact. D-M and Nat discuss three, epic, back-to-back City Women league victories. We're starting to pull away from the pack, and currently sit five points clear at the top of the Barclays Women's Championship.In this episode we cover wins against Sheffield United (3-1) & Crystal Palace (3-0), before delving deeply…

D-M and Nat savour the best bits from City's impressive dispatch of Championship rivals Crystal Palace in a sweltering Conti Cup group tie. There were goals, goals, goals (four to be precise) and we could have had a lot more. Abi Harrison's shooting season is off the mark and there were outstanding performance across the pitch. Liv Clark's first st…

Bristol City and Southampton FC share the spoils at Ashton Gate in a tense encounter played before a 3637 strong crowd. Is it time to bring in segregated - or at least designated - seating for home and away fans for games at the Gate? [Spoiler Alert: YES]. We discuss this, along with the finer footballing points from what was probably Bristol's bes…

Bristol City Vixencast is back for the 2022/23 season!D-M & Nat discuss Bristol City Women's unbeaten start to the Barclays Women's Championship campaign. As we sit at the top of the league after three games, we reflect on a series of professional - if not always emphatic - performances. Have we seen the best from the team the season? We don't thin…

D-M, Nat & Shahan discuss City Women's final hurrah of the season, a 2-2 thriller away at Sunderland. We also talk in depth about the season past, and the season to come. We wonder who will come and who will stay; whether we will truly go for promotion to the WSL, knowing that our star players - Abi Harrison & Aimee Palmer - are sure to leave at th…

D-M, Nat & Shahan discuss Bristol City Women's comprehensive slaying by London City Lionesses in the final home game of what has been, overall, a rejuvenating 21/22 season. The Vixens were undone by LCL's sharp attacking prowess and harrying midfield press which pinned us in our half for large portions of the game. City rarely threatened LCL, aside…

Spoils were shared at the RHPC in a 1-1 Easter Sunday battle between our beloved Vixens and Coventry United, who are scrapping hard for their FAWC lives. In an entertaining game filled with incident and action, D-M, Nat & Shahan salute the welcome return of Mel Johnson to the starting XI. Lia Cataldo's hard-working wing back play gets a special men…

Even a record-breaking 5752 Ashton Gate crowd couldn't spoil Liverpool's promotion party last Sunday, as the Scouse Reds beat the West Country Reds in an entertaining 4-2 match. D-M, Nat & Shahan dive into an eventful top of the table clash that sealed Liverpool's return to the top flight of women's football. With so many Vixens in Disguise in the …

'Appy Days! Bristol City Women win again, scoring three goals - again! D-M, Nat & Shahan discuss the latest triumph at the Robins High Performance Centre - a 3-1 dispatch of a struggling Watford side - and last weekend's 3-0 victory away at Lewes, following away wins against Durham & London City Lionesses. We reflect on the Vixens' newfound ability…

Happy 4-0th episode to the Bristol City Vixencast! We are celebrating in style, with a quick off the mark victory against Crystal Palace at a vociferous RHPC. D-M, Nat & Shahan discuss Bristol City's return to pre-Christmas form, with classy goals from Abi Harrison, Chloe Bull and a whipped in windy classic from an Aimee Palmer corner. We reflect o…

D-M, Nat & Shahan are back for 2022, and console each other after a bruising 2-0 defeat against a physical and formidable Charlton Athletic side. Our visitors could well be this season’s bogey team: they beat us in the reverse fixture with a cruel, last-minute winner. They beat us comprehensively today in front a record-breaking crowd of 956 at the…

D-M, Nat & Shahan bring you a special, one-off Vixencast, looking back at City Women's played games in December 2021; the emphatic 5-0 win against Lewes in the Women's FA Cup, & the final Conti Cup group game away at Crystal Palace, which saw Erin Foley make her impressive debut between the sticks. We also look back on the year the team have had, a…

D-M, Nat & Shahan bring you a bumper Vixencast, covering City Women’s victories against Lewes in the Conti-Cup and Watford – our first away win in the league this season! Has 3 become a magic number for Bristol? With 3 points and 3 goals per game in the last 3 games, it may well have. We pick out our favourite moments from an impressive run for the…

Women's Football Weekend served up a treat for City Women fans, old and new. Our team convincingly dispatched of Blackburn Rovers in front of a record crowd at Ashton Gate Stadium. In reality, we could have scored more. Mel Johnson and Ava Kuyken both hit the bar, and countless other chances were foiled by good saves and wasteful finishing. Lauren …

Damn that 3G pitch! What a bad picture. Don't get upset, it's not a major disaster. City Women pick up a sneaky point on the road at Coventry United. D-M, Nat & Shahan reflect on a disjointed contest, full of niggles and awkward bounces. Abi Harrison saves the day yet again, banging home an equaliser after Chloe Bull's looping shot ratcheted off th…

Goals 'n Ghouls! Yes! Bristol City served up a pulsating 5-1 Halloween victory against Sheffield United at the Robins High Performance Centre. The Vixens fell behind early but hit back with two goals in quick succession. Abi Harrison scored with yet another cultured finish and captain Aimee Palmer blasted City ahead. Palmer then bagged her second o…

Ouch! That one hurt, didn't it? D-M, Nat & Shahan pick apart Bristol City's last-minute away defeat to a high-pressing Charlton Athletic side that was full to the brim with Vixens in disguise. Some of those players - notably Ella Rutherford & Megan Wynne - sadly combined to feed Emma Follis for her 92nd minute winner. Boo! But, to be fair, it wasn'…

D-M, Nat & Shahan pick through their absolute joy with City Women's superb 2-1 victory against Championship front-runners Sunderland at an excessively rainy Robins High Performance Centre. We celebrate the wondrous footballing talents of Brooke Aspin; discuss canny formations and the value of playing the right players in the right position; we wond…

D-M, Nat & Shahan mull over a disappointing 2-0 home defeat against a clinical, well organised Durham side. In a game that saw Bristol City out-smarted and out-muscled by the Championship's journeywomen, we talk over wasted set pieces and questionable refereeing decisions. Izzy's Cook's impressive debut, Abi Harrison's relentless toil and Fran Bent…

D-M, Nat & Shahan ruminate on a drama-filled 0-0 away draw with Matt Beard's Liverpool. We talk clean sheets and Fran Bentley brilliance; spicy sending offs; (double) Vixens in disguise; away day adventures and mid-table magic. We reflect on a season that has, so far, brought us a very respectable loss, win and a draw. There's also news of a landma…

Bristol City were hot, hot, hot versus Lewes in our first competitive home game of the season. D-M, Nat & Shahan discuss what we see saw happen at a sweltering Robins High Performance Centre. We ruminate on starting games slowly but always coming back, impact subs, Abi Harrison's equaliser - worthy of her personalised car number plate, Simi Simi Si…

New season, new us! D-M & Nat pick out five talking points from the first game of the 2021/22 season - a 4-3 away defeat to Championship fighters Crystal Palace. We talk majestic Satara Murray, troublesome 4G pitches, tattoo parlours in Bristol, football Super-Nans and Goals, Goals, Goals. Follow us, rate us, subscribe to us: Twitter @BCVixenCast I…

All change at the good ship Bristol City Women for the 2021/22 season! If you're feeling confused about who left (um, that's just about everyone), who stayed & who arrived, the Bristol City Vixencast's 2021/22 Season Preview episode will fill you in! D-M, Nat & Shahan go over everything you need to know as we get ready to launch into the unknown wa…

D-M & Nat rattle through five talking points from new look Bristol City's entertaining 2-2 pre-season encounter with fellow Championship strivers Lewes. We are wowed by Brooke Aspin & the quality of the academy teenage whizz kids, coo with excitement about two excellent Abi Harrison finishes and reflect on the nice vibe at the Robins High Performan…

Woe betide us! Bristol City Women have finally been relegated to the Championship. We had a feeling it was coming, but it took until the last day of the season to happen. D-M, Nat & Shahan talk you through Bristol City's final 90 minutes in the Barclays FA Women's Super League. We also pick apart; in sordid detail; what else has gone wrong this sea…

D-M, Nat & Shahan discuss Bristol City's penultimate game of the season - a disappointing 1-0 home defeat to Manchester United. We reflect on chances missed, a lack of midfield intensity over 90 minutes and an impressive performance from Faye Bryson. There are celebrations, too, for the welcome return of Jess Woolley after 19 months on the sideline…

D-M, Nat & Shahan discuss Bristol City's heart-stopping away draw with fellow strugglers Aston Villa. Super subs Ella Mastrantonio & Faye Bryson came on to save the day, but was it too little, too late? We try to look on the Bryson of life in this episode, but with two tricky games left to play - next week at home to Manchester United, then away at…

D-M, Nat & Shahan discuss yet another 4-0 loss at Twerton Park, this time against the slinky ballers of Arsenal, spearheaded by Vivianne Miedema. Over the years, the Dutch striker has often been a painful thorn in Bristol City's side. Today was no different. Even so, Sophie Baggaley was in fine form to stop her from scoring yet another hat trick ag…

Honours even at Damson Park as Bristol City play out a competitive, 1-1 away draw with Birmingham City. The Vixens keep moving up the table, one hard-fought point at a time. We now sit at the giddy heights of 10th in the Barclays FA WSL. Catch us if you can, Villa and West Ham! D-M, Nat & Shahan chew over all the main talking points from the match,…

D-M, Nat and Shahan dive into another busy week for Bristol City Women; from the 3-0 midweek loss against Champions League contenders Manchester City to the 1-1 draw against relegation playmates Tottenham Hotspur. We discuss the squad changes in both games (and the commentary in them), Ellen Jones living rent free in Sam Mewis' head, wonder where C…

D-M, Nat and Shahan chew over another disappointing, if not entirely unexpected, Chelsea drubbing, in the Continental Cup Final at Vicarage Road. We talk about this now being Chelsea 20-0 Bristol City over three games played this season (unless we get them in the upcoming FA Cup campaign), the largesse of Chelsea sponsor Three’s promotional hampers…

Back from the international break, D-M, Nat and Shahan talk – a lot – about that game at Ashton Gate. It was a bad night for the Royals. Sound familiar? We max out on an extraordinary footballing spectacle, in what is already being described as the best WSL game of the season. Under the floodlights on a feelgood International Women’s Day, Matt Bear…

D-M, Nat & Shahan discuss Bristol City’s somewhat inevitable home defeat to league leaders Chelsea, which shockingly wasn't 4-0, but rather 5-0. We marvel at the poor condition of the Twerton Park pitch and pick out the positives from the Conti Cup Final "dress rehearsal". We focus on the big news affecting City Women this week, mainly Loren Dykes'…

As Bristol City extend their unbeaten run to three, D-M, Nat & Shahan discuss an eventful week that has taken in Continental Cup Semi-Final success and a snowy 1-1 draw away at Matt Beard's old hunting ground, West Ham United. We look forward to another busy week of fixtures: away against Tottenham on Wednesday and back to Twerton Park on Sunday (V…

It's a...It's a...It's a...IT'S A WIN D-M, Nat & Shahan woop for joy at Bristol City's first home win of the 2020/21 Barclays FA WSL season. Indeed, the first league home win since March 2019! That's a LONG time coming. In the battle of the birds (Robins vs Seagulls), the Matt Beard era officially kicked into action. His rejuvenated City players pu…

Happy New Beard! In our first episode of 2021, D-M, Nat & Shahan herald a new footballing dawn for Bristol City with the arrival of Matt Beard, as maternity cover for manager Tanya Oxtoby. A new start, but a familiar story: a 4-0 defeat in the Barclays FA WSL, away to Willie Kirk's Everton. We also discuss Bristol City's 2-1 victory against Aston V…

The final Vixencast of 2020 reflects on Bristol City's 6-1 away defeat to league leaders Manchester United. Despite the result, D-M, Nat & Shahan celebrate the much welcome returns of Aimee Palmer & Chloe Logarzo to the starting XI. Includes references to Casey Stoney Facey, Tobin "Wreath" Heath & tough girl Leah Galton. We also discuss Conti Cup q…

D-M, Nat & Shahan dive into a double helping of dreadful defeats against our closest relegation rivals at Twerton P4rk. Amongst the misery, we boo Rachel Daly* and talk babies, cats & dogs, and the real reason why fans couldn't watch our home games. This episode is all about the fun we’re not having watching Bristol City this season. We promise to …

D-M, Nat & Shahan discuss Bristol City's swaggering (& at times nerve jangling) 1-1 draw with Reading at the Madejski Stadium. We celebrate the counter acting delights of Oxtoby football done well, for example, offering high praise for the head strapped Gemma Evans, combative Yana Daniels, the clinical Emma Bissell, and Naomi Layzell, sitting defia…

Keeping with the international break mood, D-M, Nat & Shahan are joined by Ella "Maestro" Mastrantonio & Michelle Morris, Christina Trajceska, Rose Valente from The Ladies League, the Australian-based women's football fan group. We talk with the Ladies League about women's football in Australia and their excitement about the FIFA Women's World Cup …

D-M, Nat & Shahan discuss Bristol City's thrilling 2-2 draw with a mediocre (but smartly dressed) Tottenham Hotspur side as part of Women's Football Weekend 2020. We delight in Ebony Salmon's stellar finishing and presence in the starting line up for the third game running. We also admire Chloe Logarzo's composure from the penalty spot. This podcas…

Shahan and fellow Bristol City fan/photographer Bill East discuss the 4-2 win against Crystal Palace in the Conti Cup, and the 8-1 loss against Manchester City in the WSL, less than 48 hours later. We discuss both games in detail, and more importantly the decision for the FA to allow the Man City game to go ahead despite Bristol having five players…

A special episode featuring former Vixen Alex Culvin; footballer turned academic. Alex made 14 appearances for Bristol Academy between 2011-12, coming of footballing age during the inaugural FA WSL season. She was part of the team that lost the 2011 FA Cup Final against Arsenal, playing alongside club legends Grace McCatty and Corinne Yorston. In t…

D-M, Nat & Shahan discuss Bristol City's dispiriting 4-0 home defeat to an impressive Birmingham City side. We speculate on what we will do to celebrate when Bristol get their first points of the season and try to understand why Ebony Salmon never plays a full 90 in a FA WSL game. We marvel at Baggers in the My Little Pony kit and reflect on a hide…