BBC Women's Football Weekly

Ben Haines, Ellen White, Jen Beattie and Emma Sanders host a Christmas special! The team do a mid season review and revisit predictions made at the start of the season and whether they expect much to change. Emma gives an insight into what recruitment we could see in the January transfer market, plus a look at the WSL2 with play-off spots up for grabs. Bristol City manager Charlotte Healy and Newcastle boss Tanya Oxtoby join the pod and share how they are working to get promoted to the WSL. Tanya also shares how important pigs in blanket are to her team! And who will be crowned the Women’s Football Weekly friends quiz champion?     Timecodes: 01:30 Predictions from start of the season 05:50 Spurs the surprise 07:30 Liverpool and West Ham in danger 15:35 Transfers in Jan 21:25 Bristol City’s Charlotte Healy 29:00 Newcastle boss Tanya Oxtoby   37:30 Friends festive quiz!

Ben Haines, Ellen White and Jen Beattie react to the Champions League draw with Arsenal and Manchester United both in the play-offs in February. United will face Atletico Madrid, Arsenal play Leuven with Chelsea coming up against whoever wins out of those two sides. Elsewhere West Ham manager Rehanne Skinner has been sacked with her side second from bottom in the WSL. Senior Women’s Football reporter Emma Sanders joins the team to discuss the decision with the club winning just one WSL match in 11 games.

Ben Haines, Ellen White and Jen Beattie look at the bottom of the table and why Ellen and Jen think Liverpool have a better chance of staying in the WSL than West Ham. Who will be more attractive to players in the January transfer window, Liverpool or West Ham? It was a goal fest at Spurs United with United coming from 3-0 down to draw 3-3. Ellen and Jen question the late substitutions from Spurs that invited pressure from Marc Skinners side. It’s the final group phases of the Champions League with Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United all in action. And the team chat the title race as we enter the winter break and how Bunny Shaw is looking unstoppable having reached a record of 103 goals in 120 appearances for City. Timecodes: 01:30 Relegation battle 03:50 Will Liverpool be ok? 07:30 Red card controversy 11:35 Olsson on form 14:25 January Liverpool or West Ham? 18:00 Manchester United v Spurs 23:30 Champions League group phase 28:30 Bunny Shaw 103 goals in 120 appearances

Ahead of the third round of the Women's FA Cup, Senior Women's Football reporter Emma Sanders met up with Nat Lowe, captain of Altrincham FC, the lowest-ranked side left in the competition who play York City Ladies on Sunday 14th December. Nat is a former professional golfer who quit football due to the lack of opportunities when she was a teenager. She tells Emma all about her fascinating journey back to playing football, her favourite golf courses and what it means to make it to this stage of the competition.

Ben Haines, Ellen White and Jen Beattie discuss Chelsea's unbeaten run ending after 585 days! Has this result been coming and why are Sonia Bompastor's side struggling for form? On the flipside Manchester City are now six points clear at the top, is this their title to lose? It's sad news for Spurs' Jess Naz who is another player to sustain an ACL injury. And it's getting very close for those Champions League spots as we head into the last week of the WSL before Christmas.    Timecodes: 02:30 Chelsea's run is over!  06:00 Issues in previous games for Chelsea  11:30 Millie on the bench 14:40 Man City title to lose? 23:25 Jess Naz ACL 26:00 Leah Williamson backCoverage of Manchester City against Aston Villa on Sports Extra, Sunday 14th December, kick-off 11:55.