How to Kickstart Your Club’s Female Football Journey – Essex FA

Welcome back to Bring A Loupe, and happy Friday! This column is typically offered with a subhead of “the best watches available for sale on the web.” The problem is, I already covered the “best” vintage watch for sale right now on Tuesday. So, I must direct you back to a story on the Patek Philippe […]

It’s time for Toone. Ella on her England journey and looking to the Euros

The word icon gets thrown around a lot in the watch world. Too much, in fact. But Bulgari’s Serpenti – with its snake’s head design – certainly qualifies as an icon. The Serpenti Tubogas that wraps the wrist (once, twice, or multiple times) as a cuff is one of the hottest “it” watches. The Serpenti […]

Having autism has worked to my advantage in football – Bronze

Lucy Bronze always knew she was different. When she was growing up, the England international, who has won almost every accolade in women’s football, attempted to copy her team-mates’ behaviour in order to fit in. The 2019 Ballon d’Or runner-up has since enjoyed outstanding success both at home and abroad, winning 22 major trophies while […]

Why Small-Sided Football Needs More Visibility in the Women’s Game

Five-a-side football has helped to power a new wave of ballers that are more technical than ever before. Small-sided football – whether it’s in the cages of London or the pre-booked pitches up and down the country – has been a cultural space that hasn’t always had girls and women at its heart. It’s time […]

The NWSL’s Newest Team is Building Their Own Women’s-Specific Stadium

The NWSL’s Denver, Colorado-based expansion team is set to join the league in 2026, but they already have plans in place for their own women’s-specific football stadium. ands. The new club just announced the 14,500-capacity ground as part of the larger ‘Santa Fe Yards’ project in the city, creating a recreational and entertainment district in […]

Conditions hurt Arsenal as Wright says pitch a ‘disgrace’

This dial type is found in both black acrylic bezel-equipped reference 6263s as well as the steel bezel reference 6265. These sister Oyster-case Daytona references were produced from 1969 to 1985 but as we will see, production of Newman dials is limited to the first five or six years, ending around 1974 or 1975. Here, […]