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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Alex Brotherton

Postponement of WSL opening weekend threatens momentum women's football worked hard to build

On Friday The Football Association announced that following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, all fixtures across English football due to take place between September 9 and 11 would be postponed.

In keeping with action taken by the Premier League and the Football League, as a mark of respect, The FA decided to postpone fixtures in all its competitions, including the Barclays Women's Super League.

Her Majesty passed peacefully late on Thursday afternoon at Balmoral Castle, Scotland. While attitudes and feelings towards the Royal Family and the concept of monarchy vary greatly across the United Kingdom and the rest of the world, the mass outpouring of grief following her death has made it abundantly clear how much the Queen meant to many millions of people.

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