{"id":43001,"date":"2025-11-25T22:02:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T22:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=43001"},"modified":"2025-11-25T22:02:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T22:02:45","slug":"cdxev7nvel5oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/25\/cdxev7nvel5oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s League Cup: WSL Football asked to provide draw footage because of concerns over process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">WSL Football has been asked to provide footage of Tuesday&#8217;s Women&#8217;s League Cup quarter-final and semi-final draw because of concerns over the process.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The draw took place live on WSL Football&#8217;s TikTok page and was conducted by social media influencer GK Barry and Portsmouth midfielder Ella Rutherford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Questions were asked after it appeared a ball was pulled out then dropped back in the bag by accident, and was then taken out again to be used as part of the draw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The adjudicator present confirmed the ball, which revealed one of the home sides in the first semi-final fixture, was the same number as the one first pulled out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">WSL Football confirms that had it not been the same number pulled out a second time, the draw would have been restarted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One of the clubs involved in the draw told BBC Sport it had requested to view the footage. It is not currently available to watch back on social media or WSL Football&#8217;s official YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Meanwhile, BBC Sport understands WSL Football has apologised to Tottenham after a comment made by GK Barry during the draw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While pulling out a ball with Tottenham&#8217;s name on it, GK Barry asked: &#8220;What do we think of Tottenham?&#8221; &#8211; referring to an anti-Spurs chant sometimes sung by Arsenal fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The comment raised questions about the draw&#8217;s professionalism, and WSL Football is said to have made it clear the comment was not appropriate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The quarter-final matches will be played across the weekend of 19-21 December, while the semi-finals will be played on 21-22 January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Womens #League #Cup #WSL #Football #asked #provide #draw #footage #concerns #process<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WSL Football has been asked to provide footage of Tuesday&#8217;s Women&#8217;s League Cup quarter-final and semi-final draw because of concerns&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43003,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43001\/revisions\/43003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}