Maryam Clark
@mclark98.bsky.social
| Women’s football writer | Formerly The Athletic Sky Sports + Guardian | Mrs Clark 💍 |
It’s my birthday today and I would absolutely love if you told your pals about my women’s football tactical newsletter. It’s completely free, I post weekly, and it’s currently bridging a much-needed gap in the industry substack.com/@maryamnaz5349…
a little girl is saying `` happy birthday to me '' while standing in front of a table .
ALT: a little girl is saying `` happy birthday to me '' while standing in front of a table .
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November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It’s my birthday today and I would absolutely love if you told your pals about my women’s football tactical newsletter. It’s completely free, I post weekly, and it’s currently bridging a much-needed gap in the industry substack.com/@maryamnaz5349…
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👀MUST READ
Profile of Signe Gaupset by @mclark98.bsky.social
More than enough to become (even more) excited about the Norwegian star's Spurs debut. Focuses on both her ability to score and provision of assists - inc, how that might increase Olivia's impact.
maryamnaz.substack.com/p/signe-gaup...
Profile of Signe Gaupset by @mclark98.bsky.social
More than enough to become (even more) excited about the Norwegian star's Spurs debut. Focuses on both her ability to score and provision of assists - inc, how that might increase Olivia's impact.
maryamnaz.substack.com/p/signe-gaup...
Signe Gaupset: Tottenham’s Black Mamba?
Tricks are for kids
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November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
👀MUST READ
Profile of Signe Gaupset by @mclark98.bsky.social
More than enough to become (even more) excited about the Norwegian star's Spurs debut. Focuses on both her ability to score and provision of assists - inc, how that might increase Olivia's impact.
maryamnaz.substack.com/p/signe-gaup...
Profile of Signe Gaupset by @mclark98.bsky.social
More than enough to become (even more) excited about the Norwegian star's Spurs debut. Focuses on both her ability to score and provision of assists - inc, how that might increase Olivia's impact.
maryamnaz.substack.com/p/signe-gaup...
🚨 If you're a Spurs fan who had a shit weekend, this one's for you! 👇
One of Europe's most prodigious mavericks has just put pen to paper for the women's team: Signe Gaupset.
Here's everything you need to know about Tottenham's Black Mamba: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/
One of Europe's most prodigious mavericks has just put pen to paper for the women's team: Signe Gaupset.
Here's everything you need to know about Tottenham's Black Mamba: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🚨 If you're a Spurs fan who had a shit weekend, this one's for you! 👇
One of Europe's most prodigious mavericks has just put pen to paper for the women's team: Signe Gaupset.
Here's everything you need to know about Tottenham's Black Mamba: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/
One of Europe's most prodigious mavericks has just put pen to paper for the women's team: Signe Gaupset.
Here's everything you need to know about Tottenham's Black Mamba: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/
A tactical breakdown of Edna Imade: the 25-year-old forward doing bits with Real Sociedad.
(Disclaimer: Tried SO hard to make this pastel, babyish, sparkly. But then I remembered I like… analysing football. And using data.): open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
(Disclaimer: Tried SO hard to make this pastel, babyish, sparkly. But then I remembered I like… analysing football. And using data.): open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
Edna Re-Made
"It is the obligation of every person born in a safer room to open the door when someone in danger knocks."
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November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A tactical breakdown of Edna Imade: the 25-year-old forward doing bits with Real Sociedad.
(Disclaimer: Tried SO hard to make this pastel, babyish, sparkly. But then I remembered I like… analysing football. And using data.): open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
(Disclaimer: Tried SO hard to make this pastel, babyish, sparkly. But then I remembered I like… analysing football. And using data.): open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
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I helped write this piece on something that I think is important.
Would appreciate you giving it a read, regardless of your viewpoint going in.
maryamnaz.substack.com/p/the-parado...
I helped write this piece on something that I think is important.
Would appreciate you giving it a read, regardless of your viewpoint going in.
maryamnaz.substack.com/p/the-parado...
The paradox of protection
A fast…strong…successful…woman? MUST BE A WITCH!!!!!!!!!
maryamnaz.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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I helped write this piece on something that I think is important.
Would appreciate you giving it a read, regardless of your viewpoint going in.
maryamnaz.substack.com/p/the-parado...
I helped write this piece on something that I think is important.
Would appreciate you giving it a read, regardless of your viewpoint going in.
maryamnaz.substack.com/p/the-parado...
1692: witch hunts. 2025: trans hunts. Different century, same fear of women who don’t fit the script.
Here's my science-backed response to Elizabeth Eddy's "The W in NWSL" essay and why the "W" matters to me: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
Here's my science-backed response to Elizabeth Eddy's "The W in NWSL" essay and why the "W" matters to me: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
a woman in a black dress is saying it 's showtime !
ALT: a woman in a black dress is saying it 's showtime !
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
1692: witch hunts. 2025: trans hunts. Different century, same fear of women who don’t fit the script.
Here's my science-backed response to Elizabeth Eddy's "The W in NWSL" essay and why the "W" matters to me: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
Here's my science-backed response to Elizabeth Eddy's "The W in NWSL" essay and why the "W" matters to me: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
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This from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social is a clear and horrifying explanation of the atrocities underway in El Fasher. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social is a clear and horrifying explanation of the atrocities underway in El Fasher. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
FC Twente's Lynn Groenewegen plays football like John Nash solves maths equations 🧮
Here's a look at her beautiful mind, Eredivisie edition:
open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
Here's a look at her beautiful mind, Eredivisie edition:
open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
November 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
FC Twente's Lynn Groenewegen plays football like John Nash solves maths equations 🧮
Here's a look at her beautiful mind, Eredivisie edition:
open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
Here's a look at her beautiful mind, Eredivisie edition:
open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
6’2 of pure Nordic ice ❄️ 22-year-old Cécilia Rán Rúnarsdóttir’s making waves in the goalkeeping scene.
Here's why Inter Milan's No. 1 is going to be the next big thing: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
Here's why Inter Milan's No. 1 is going to be the next big thing: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
6’2 of pure Nordic ice ❄️ 22-year-old Cécilia Rán Rúnarsdóttir’s making waves in the goalkeeping scene.
Here's why Inter Milan's No. 1 is going to be the next big thing: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
Here's why Inter Milan's No. 1 is going to be the next big thing: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
Depressing reality of women’s football where the resource hasn’t caught up with the physicality of the sport.
Playing with less insight on bone structure, period health, shoddy equipment, ill-fitting shoes, and then being told *YOU’RE* the problem is peak gaslighting.
Playing with less insight on bone structure, period health, shoddy equipment, ill-fitting shoes, and then being told *YOU’RE* the problem is peak gaslighting.
October 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Depressing reality of women’s football where the resource hasn’t caught up with the physicality of the sport.
Playing with less insight on bone structure, period health, shoddy equipment, ill-fitting shoes, and then being told *YOU’RE* the problem is peak gaslighting.
Playing with less insight on bone structure, period health, shoddy equipment, ill-fitting shoes, and then being told *YOU’RE* the problem is peak gaslighting.
Reposted by Maryam Clark
Not sure why the full link didn’t come through on your post, so for other folks: maryamnaz.substack.com/p/to-xg-or-n...
“To xG or not xG?”
That is the question…
maryamnaz.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Not sure why the full link didn’t come through on your post, so for other folks: maryamnaz.substack.com/p/to-xg-or-n...
xG is already misinterpreted in men's football. Now the same issues are appearing in women's football. Are we asking the right questions? 🤔
Let's notice beyond the data 🔬🔍
Link: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
Let's notice beyond the data 🔬🔍
Link: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
October 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
xG is already misinterpreted in men's football. Now the same issues are appearing in women's football. Are we asking the right questions? 🤔
Let's notice beyond the data 🔬🔍
Link: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
Let's notice beyond the data 🔬🔍
Link: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
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“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man
October 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man
Natalia Wróbel 🤝 Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey 🛰️
10 minutes of nothing, then an absolute banger of a scene. A tactical deep-dive into one of the SWPL’s most enigmatic No. 10s: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
10 minutes of nothing, then an absolute banger of a scene. A tactical deep-dive into one of the SWPL’s most enigmatic No. 10s: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
October 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Natalia Wróbel 🤝 Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey 🛰️
10 minutes of nothing, then an absolute banger of a scene. A tactical deep-dive into one of the SWPL’s most enigmatic No. 10s: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
10 minutes of nothing, then an absolute banger of a scene. A tactical deep-dive into one of the SWPL’s most enigmatic No. 10s: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
Reposted by Maryam Clark
September 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Every fairy tale needs a villain. In women's football, it's lazy pundits & misinformed fans fed tired stereotypes.
"Girls are too weak", "they only lump it up top", "the shots are weak". I debunk five tactical myths to set the record straight:
Link: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
"Girls are too weak", "they only lump it up top", "the shots are weak". I debunk five tactical myths to set the record straight:
Link: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
September 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Every fairy tale needs a villain. In women's football, it's lazy pundits & misinformed fans fed tired stereotypes.
"Girls are too weak", "they only lump it up top", "the shots are weak". I debunk five tactical myths to set the record straight:
Link: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
"Girls are too weak", "they only lump it up top", "the shots are weak". I debunk five tactical myths to set the record straight:
Link: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
Asmita Ale is the kind of fullback who’d survive Fletcher’s chair-throwing. Cool under pressure, not afraid to be dissonant 🎶🪑
A tactical breakdown: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
A tactical breakdown: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
September 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Asmita Ale is the kind of fullback who’d survive Fletcher’s chair-throwing. Cool under pressure, not afraid to be dissonant 🎶🪑
A tactical breakdown: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
A tactical breakdown: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
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Insane stat. This is the same team that last year faced 116 shots on target (5.3 per game) and conceded 44 goals.
DEFENSIVE WALL 🛑🧱
#SpursWomen have only faced ONE shot on target so far this season in the #BarclaysWSL
#SpursWomen have only faced ONE shot on target so far this season in the #BarclaysWSL
September 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Insane stat. This is the same team that last year faced 116 shots on target (5.3 per game) and conceded 44 goals.
Spain's LB pipeline goes deeper than you think 🧠
Andrea Medina might just be the next architect of La Roja's defensive takeover.
Let's dive deeper on the 21-year-old tearing up Liga F: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
Andrea Medina might just be the next architect of La Roja's defensive takeover.
Let's dive deeper on the 21-year-old tearing up Liga F: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
September 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Spain's LB pipeline goes deeper than you think 🧠
Andrea Medina might just be the next architect of La Roja's defensive takeover.
Let's dive deeper on the 21-year-old tearing up Liga F: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
Andrea Medina might just be the next architect of La Roja's defensive takeover.
Let's dive deeper on the 21-year-old tearing up Liga F: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
Help Mohammad and his family survive chuffed.org/project/1404...
Help Mohammad and his family survive
My name is Mohammed Jarada, and I am a father to a young daughter in Gaza.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Help Mohammad and his family survive chuffed.org/project/1404...
“There is evil there that does not sleep.” - me after watching Wolfburg's corner tactics.
This week I tackle corners in women's football. I spent a ridiculous amount of time combing through the data. So here it is: Liga F, WSL, Frauen-Bundesliga.
Link open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
This week I tackle corners in women's football. I spent a ridiculous amount of time combing through the data. So here it is: Liga F, WSL, Frauen-Bundesliga.
Link open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
September 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“There is evil there that does not sleep.” - me after watching Wolfburg's corner tactics.
This week I tackle corners in women's football. I spent a ridiculous amount of time combing through the data. So here it is: Liga F, WSL, Frauen-Bundesliga.
Link open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
This week I tackle corners in women's football. I spent a ridiculous amount of time combing through the data. So here it is: Liga F, WSL, Frauen-Bundesliga.
Link open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
Why does one of the Frauen-Bundesliga’s most dangerous attackers struggle to fit in with the national team? 🤔 ⁉️
A deep dive into her club form, tactical friction with Wück’s system, and the “Freig-host” dilemma 👻
Link: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
A deep dive into her club form, tactical friction with Wück’s system, and the “Freig-host” dilemma 👻
Link: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
August 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Why does one of the Frauen-Bundesliga’s most dangerous attackers struggle to fit in with the national team? 🤔 ⁉️
A deep dive into her club form, tactical friction with Wück’s system, and the “Freig-host” dilemma 👻
Link: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
A deep dive into her club form, tactical friction with Wück’s system, and the “Freig-host” dilemma 👻
Link: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
Will Taylor tinker - words on how Liverpool will shape up:
- the good, the okay, the bad 🙈
- tactical rigidity vs adaptability 🤪
- the "Man City" blueprint? 💙
"I said earlier to expect teething pains - think wisdom tooth extraction" - open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
- the good, the okay, the bad 🙈
- tactical rigidity vs adaptability 🤪
- the "Man City" blueprint? 💙
"I said earlier to expect teething pains - think wisdom tooth extraction" - open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
August 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Will Taylor tinker - words on how Liverpool will shape up:
- the good, the okay, the bad 🙈
- tactical rigidity vs adaptability 🤪
- the "Man City" blueprint? 💙
"I said earlier to expect teething pains - think wisdom tooth extraction" - open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
- the good, the okay, the bad 🙈
- tactical rigidity vs adaptability 🤪
- the "Man City" blueprint? 💙
"I said earlier to expect teething pains - think wisdom tooth extraction" - open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
Forgot to post this here:
Juve Women: giants on paper, gaps on the pitch? 🧐
A closer look at Canzi vs Montemurro, lessons from Roma & Napoli, and how even a 3-0 win over Milan says more than you think ✒️🇮🇹🍝
Article here: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
Juve Women: giants on paper, gaps on the pitch? 🧐
A closer look at Canzi vs Montemurro, lessons from Roma & Napoli, and how even a 3-0 win over Milan says more than you think ✒️🇮🇹🍝
Article here: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
August 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Forgot to post this here:
Juve Women: giants on paper, gaps on the pitch? 🧐
A closer look at Canzi vs Montemurro, lessons from Roma & Napoli, and how even a 3-0 win over Milan says more than you think ✒️🇮🇹🍝
Article here: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…
Juve Women: giants on paper, gaps on the pitch? 🧐
A closer look at Canzi vs Montemurro, lessons from Roma & Napoli, and how even a 3-0 win over Milan says more than you think ✒️🇮🇹🍝
Article here: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…