Full Time Europe: A show about women's football The Athletic

Katie Whyatt, Carl Anka and Charlotte Hapur are with Sophie Penney to react to Manchester United knocking holders Chelsea out of the FA Cup to reach the final at Wembley, and Tottenham’s extra time winner to join them.
How did United start the game so fast? Is Emma Hayes’ final season unravelling? And what will Spurs do without Grace Clinton in the final? 
Plus, we chat to Anne Grimes and Helen Tither about the Corinthians Ladies Football Club, who won 50 trophies in over 20 years during the FA ban on women’s football. 
HOST: Sophie Penney 
WITH: Katie Whyatt, Carl Anka, Charlotte Harpur, Anne Grimes and Helen Tither 
PRODUCER: Sophie Penney 
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Abi Paterson
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Michael Cox and Charlotte Harpur are with Sophie Penney to talk about Rachel Daly, after she announced her retirement from international football. 
Plus, what did we make of England’s performances in their first Euro 2025 qualification games? Is Lucy Bronze’s defending up to scratch? Are we expecting too much of them?
And Man United offer a contract extension to manager Marc Skinner. Fresh off breaking the story, Charlotte tells us more.
HOST: Sophie Penney 
WITH: Charlotte Harpur and Michael Cox
PRODUCER: Sophie Penney 
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Abi Paterson
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Art de Roche and Jessy Parker Humphreys join Sophie Penney after Arsenal won the League Cup in a dramatic final where Chelsea manager Emma Hayes pushed Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall and Frida Leonhardsen Maanum collapsed. Thankfully Frida is now in a stable condition. 

So, what’s the beef between the managers? How did Maanum’s collapse affect the players? And what won it in the end for Arsenal? 

Plus, ex-England captain Steph Houghton is retiring so we chat about her skills on the pitch and her contribution to the women’s game.

Host: Sophie Penney
Guests: Jessy Parker Humphreys and Art de Roche 
Producer: Sophie Penney
Executive Producer: Abi Paterson
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Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw breaks down some of her top goals with Charlotte Harpur after breaking the Manchester City women's goalscoring record. 
What was she thinking in that moment? What are her favourite moves? What’s her relationship like with her teammates like Chloe Kelly and Alex Greenwood? 
And Raphael Honigstein is with Sophie Penney to digest Bayern’s massive 4-0 win over rivals Wolfsburg to all-but seal the Bundesliga title. 
Host: Sophie Penney
Guests: Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw, Charlotte Harpur and Raphael Honigstein
Producer: Sophie Penney
Executive Producer: Abi Paterson
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Chelsea knock Arsenal out of the title race in pursuit of their quadruple. How did Emma Hayes outthink Jonas Eidevall so emphatically? And what will happen when these two meet again in the League Cup final?
Plus with two stories surrounding player-coach relationships this year already, questions have arisen about player-coach relationships and safeguarding in women's football. So when Hayes responded to include player-player relationships, that had has us asking whether the environment women's sport is enough for people to be their full self.

Host: Abi Paterson
Guests: Jessy Parker Humphreys, Charlotte Harpur, and Art de Roche
Producers: Jay Beale and Abi Paterson
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Charlotte Harpur and Dan Sheldon are with Sophie Penney to bring you all the behind the scenes details from The Athletic’s special report into Manchester United.

How close did they come to keeping Alessia Russo? Could Mary Earps leave in the summer too? What changes will INEOS bring? 

Plus Italian journalist Lucia Pirola joins us after Juventus manager Joe Montemurro stepped down.

And we’ve got an NWSL preview with Meg Linehan from the USA. 

Producer: Sophie Penney
Executive Producer: Abi Paterson
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