After the FAI’s decision last night to not renew Vera Pauw’s contract as Head Coach of the Women’s National Team Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke will discuss what next for the women’s side and the FAI.

They’ll be chatting about the buildup and the background to why this has been possibly the least surprising decision from Abbotstown in recent years and why, despite the public outcry, it’s best for the game going forward in this country.

They’ll also be looking at the return to League action after the FAI Women’s Cup exploits at the weekend, the performances of the non league sides and the performances of Irish players in foreign leagues in recent days.

With the explosion of players who’ve either moved from the LOIWomen to play in professional leagues abroad and those who have expressed and interest or declared for Ireland in recent years we’ve decided to add a second weekly episode to the podcast looking at the impact Irish players are having in other leagues around the world.

First up, given the week that’s in it for Spain is our sole representative in the Spanish Leagues, former Cork City captain Becky Cassin who has signed for second tier challengers Cacereno. A city side based half way between both Iberian capital cities of Madrid and Lisbon.

The club’s women’s side challenged for promotion last year and made the playoffs and Cassin is aiming on being an extra cog in the wheel for a promotion push this season.

After the departure of Tyler Toland from Levante, Cassin is the sole Irish representative expected to play in the league this season as she finds herself at the club after periods in both France and Denmark since her departure from Cork at the end of 2021.

She joins Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke (The WNL Show) ahead of the World Cup Final to discuss her move, how she’s ended up in Spain, the practical reality of life as a professional athlete in a foreign country without much of the local lingo.

Becky also chats about her new club, the standards being set and their promotion chasing ambitions for this season.

Each week Breifne & Aaron will be joined by a different player from around the globe and you can track each of those players on FinalWhistle.ie at https://www.finalwhistle.ie/soccer/irish-womens-players-abroad/

This week Rachel Graham drops in to chat all things Shels, her trip to Australia for the Women’s World Cup and specifically about the Red’s Hat-trick, a programme giving free access to their next three home games.

The ties in question are against Athlone Town (2nd Oct), Sligo Rovers (18th Oct) and Bohemians (4th Nov) and all that’s required is to complete the form at https://shelbournefc.ie/hattrick to avail of the no-strings offer to experience the current league champions chase down their rivals in a title race.

Rachel also chatted about the merger between Raheny United and Shels and the differences between the two setups, going back to her early days playing in the DWSL in St. Anne’s Park in her teen’s, carrying and putting up the nets before games, all alien activities to the next generation of League of Ireland Women’s players.

Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke (The WNL Show) also take a look at the restarting Women’s Premier Division which comes back into play on Saturday with a full round of fixtures as the final stages of the title race come into play.

With the astonishing finish to the USA v Sweden clash as the scrambling hands of Naeher were unable to keep the ball from crossing the line in the most dramatic VAR intervention of all time, after her attempted save in the penalty shoot out.

Sweden progress to the last 8 as the top two ranked sides are now out of contention for top honours.

Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke who was in the stadium in Melbourne discuss the game, the last few days action and the remaining sides in the competition.

After Ireland’s participation in the FIFA Women’s World Cup officially came to an end against Nigeria yesterday, Breifne Earley and Aaron Clarke will dissect the game and Ireland’s performance across the ill fated group of death which also put paid to Olympic Champions Canada.

They’ll be chatting about the fallout of the very public spat between manager and captain as Vera Pauw delivers her final World Cup press conference and McCabe tweets her intential omerta after her coaches comments.

Also they’ll be discussing the selections, the decisions and the strategy around the Irish squad for the last few weeks and even months as well as the next steps for Pauw, the FAI and the players.

With Ireland’s elimination from the Women’s World Cup already confirmed Breifne and Aaron will discuss their final group game against Nigeria as well as all the other action from the Women’s World Cup over the last few days.

Despite a fabulous performance from the Irish girls, they ended their World Cup hopes in a 2-1 defeat to Olympic Champions Canada in the group of death.

From the stadium after the game, Aaron Clarke joins Breifne Earley to discuss the game and the Irish campaign at this competion.

It’s all about Canada this episode as the Girls in Green prepare to take on the Olympic Champions and give themselves a chance of progression to the last 16 at the World Cup.

Breifne and Aaron preview the Irish girls chances in their crunch clash against one of the best sides in the world as well as taking a look at some of the big news stories coming out of Australia and New Zealand in recent days.

They also cast their eye back over Galway United’s historic victory in the inaugural Avenir Cup Final.

Breifne check in with our roving reporter Aaron Clarke who’s in Brisbane near the Irish camp as Ireland prepare to face Canada in a crunch clash in the Women’s World Cup.

The lads will look back at the Australia defeat and discuss some of the fall out from the game in terms of the coverage, some of the individual performances and what Ireland might need to change ahead of the Canadian game considering the OIympic Champions draw with Nigeria this morning.

FinalWhistle’s Diarmuid Kearney will also be previewing the USA’s opening game in the early hours or tomorrow as they face Vietnam at 2:00 am (Irish Time)

It’s all about the World Cup this week on our first proper World Cup show as Aaron and Breifne talk through the Ireland squad’s chances of pulliing off an upset against the hosts in front of 75,000 people in a packed Stadium Australia in less than 24 hours.

Aaron in Sydney discusses the final press conference and the mood in the city and around the Irish camp ahead of the momentous and historic game tomorrow evening.

The show hears from Heather Payne and Lucy Quinn, recorded prior to their departure down under a week ago.

The lads finally discuss the Avenir Cup Final which takes place on Sunday afternoon between Galway United and Cliftonville in the Showgrounds.