The final whistle blows, we have made the difficult decision to end How's Your Touch after 8 years of covering Scottish Women's Football.
Thank you for supporting us on this journey.
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It's that time of year again, the Scotsman have published their SWPL top 30 list curated by a panel of 10 judges from players to managers to experts (and us!)
You can read the whole thing โฌ๏ธ
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Merry Christmas folks ๐๐
2025, over and out! ๐
That's us signing off after another great year of Scottish women's football. We hope you all have a great Christmas and New Year, and we'll see you all in January ๐
And 24 more hours after that... Hibernian have today announced that Joelle Murray will be promoted to Head Coach, supported by assistant manager Stewart Hall.
May the Murray-ball era commence!
Grant Scott leaves Hibernian for Celtic as Sadiku exits stage left. A Christmas present for some, a lump of coal for others. The start of a winter break that looks like it will be full of drama.
Read all about it ๐
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Merry Christmas Jo Love, last minute winners don't come much better than that ๐
๐น Partick Thistle
On Sunday Montrose's season took another impressive turn as they upset the title holders at Links Park.
We sat down exclusively with manager Craig Feroz to chat about the game, his footballing philosophy, and the fight for top six.
Read it now ๐
howsyourtouch.substack.com/p/making-wavesโฆ
Exclusive: A conversation with Hibernian icon Rachael Boyle.
We sat down with the Hibernian captain to chat about her career, maternity, ACL injury, and a 2025 that Hibees will not forget in a hurryโฆ
Read it all ๐
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The @SWPL has broken up for an international break with everyone in the top flight having played everyone once, and SWPL 2 only one game behind.
Here are three learnings we've picked out from the action so far ๐
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photo of Charlotte Newsham warming up with a teammate with text "Charlotte Newsham's Charlton are unbeaten in their last 16 WSL 2 games"
DWWWDWDDWDWWWDWW ๐คฏ
graphic with "in case you missed it" text and some rainbow hearts
photo of Georgia Brown high fiving fans with text "Georgia Brown has received her first SWNT call up"
photo of Jane Ross and the SWPL Cup trophy with text "A 'Swiss style' league phase will be introduced for the 2026/27 SWPL Cup"
photo of Joelle Murray posing with an Athletic Club top with text "Joelle Murray was named Athletic Club's 2025 'One Club Woman'", a circle in the top right contains a photo of Georgia Hunter with the text "Geo Hunter has returned to football after 501 days"
A cup format shake-up, a new face in the Scotland squad, and milestone moments for three centre backs.
Here are the headlines that you may have missed ๐๏ธ
On Sunday we made the trip to Hamilton to get a look behind the scenes of an SWPL matchday, and find out what is going on as they take on the challenge of the top flight.
Read all about it on our Substack ๐
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Five of the week. J. Beesley (SPA). L. Rodgers (CEL); C. Gover (MON); S. Mรครคtรค (GCFC), S. Timlin (GAR); C. Gray (KIL)
Another game week in the best league in the world, another set of incredible performances make up our #5OTW!
Lisa Rodgers pulled out all the stops to earn the โญ this week, making an incredible 8 saves for Celtic.
David Elliot was appointed as Thistle manager early in the summer, now 5 games in we have seen his vision for the team (in between the experiments).
We've taken a look at the tactics so far as Thistle aim to return to the top six.
Read all about it๐
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5 of the week graphic. I. Robinson (QPFC). E. Halliday (HAM); R. Douglas (SPA); T. Bowie* (HIB); A. Robinson (KIL); B. Hay (RAN)
Happy #5OTW day! Another round of fantastic SWPL action gone, and here is the five of the week to celebrate.
Tegan Bowie recorded three assists as she ran riot down Hibernian's let hand side, earning the ๐ this week!
WSL, WSL 2, and Liga F have kicked off for the 2025/26 season
...and for those of you who can't get enough football
WSL have introduced minimum salaries in WSL and WSL2
The million pound transfer mark has been broken, thrice
Scotland U-23s are set to take part in a European friendly tournament
European football, derby weekend, transfer drama... it's been a busy time recently. Here are some things you might have missed ๐ฎ
3 games into Crichton's tenure at Rangers have given us some insight into her tactical mind and how she plans to lead title hopefuls to glory.
We've taken a look at the tactics so far, and what the Hearts game in particular revealed.
Read all about it๐
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5OTW Lineup. Manager: S. Booth (ABDN). R. Cameron (MOT); K. Frew (DUTD); M. Cross (CEL), S. Rutherford (QPFC); D. Brown (LIV).
Another week of incredible action in SWPL, here's the 5OTW to celebrate the top performers of the last week.
A โญ๏ธ performance from Morgan Cross helped Celtic to a big win as they set the early pace in the title race.
Hibernian and Glasgow City have been representing the SWPL in European action this week with the #UWCL qualifying mini-tournaments distracting from regular programming.
Find out how they got on, and what happens now here ๐
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Admin made the graphic before rushing off to get cake so please excuse the date being wrong... for clarity it is the 29th of August to the 31st :)
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It's admin's birthday today and to celebrate we have FREE UK SHIPPING on everything in our store this weekend PLUS a brand new design ๐
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Glasgow City vs Austria Wien | 18:00 | Kronen Zeitung (free, may require a VPN) ๐๐ krone.at/video-tv-pro...
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5OTW: Manager - G. Scott (HIB). A. Yates (SPA); A. Cusack (QPFC); K. McDonald-Nguah โญ (MON); S. Noonan (CEL), M. Anderson (GAR)
A full weekend of SWPL action complete, now we're here with the 5OTW to celebrate the best of the best.
Kaela McDonald-Nguah was in unbelievable form, contributing to all four Montrose goals, earning the โญ honours this week.
5 of the Week 18/08/25: B. Rennie (BTFC), J. Ferguson (PTFC), R. Livingstone (HIB), S. Stout (KIL), K. Wilkinson (RAN). E. Sadiku (CEL).
The SWPL is back, and what a way to return!
Screamers, big tackles, gravity-defying saves, it had the lot. We're here with the 5OTW to celebrate the top performers.
Jenna Ferguson takes the ๐ after her last minute, last ditch, block led to Partick Thistle picking up a dramatic win.
Graphic showing How's Your Touch predictions for the 25/26 SWPL season. SWPL Champions; Hibernian (Peter) / Rangers (Matt UWCL; Glasgow City (Peter & Matt) Top Six; Motherwell (Peter) / Aberdeen (Matt) Player of the Year; McAlonie (Peter) / McLaughlin (Matt) SWPL 2 title; Kilmarnock (Peter) / Spartans (Matt) Playoffs; Spartans, Dundee United, Gartcairn (Peter) / Kilmarnock, Queen's Park, Boroughmuir Thistle (Matt) Player of the Year; Robinson (Peter & Matt)
This week on the pod, we got out our tea leaves/tarot cards/other fortune telling methods to predict this season's SWPL winners ๐ฎ
Are you brave enough to throw your predictions in the mix?
