Arsenal's farewell day and a Scottish title fight headline mad weekend of football
Arsenal's legends play their final matches, Celtic chase the Scottish title, and the Women's Super League wraps up in one mad football weekend.
It's one of those weekends where you can't watch everything, so you'll probably try anyway and end up refreshing your phone every thirty seconds. The Women's Super League wraps up today with some serious goodbyes, the Scottish Premiership's title race hits its climax, and basically every league across Europe is cramming fixtures in at once.
Start with Arsenal. Beth Mead and Katie McCabe are playing their final matches in red—both club legends heading for the exit this summer. Victoria Pelova and Laia Codina will also say goodbye today, while Naomi Williams and Manuela Zinsberger are packing their bags for new chapters elsewhere. It's the kind of afternoon where you'll see a lot of hugging on the sideline.
Up in Scotland, Celtic and Hearts are both in action at 12:30pm BST, with Rangers heading to Falkirk and Hibernian hosting Motherwell at the same time. The title race is still live, and these final kickoffs will sort out who's lifting the trophy.
South of the border, the WSL's final day is absolutely packed. Chelsea take on Manchester City at 3pm, while West Ham face City again at 1pm (yes, two Manchester City fixtures). Liverpool, Arsenal, and Manchester United are all playing at 1pm too, along with Brighton, Tottenham, Everton, Leicester, London City Lionesses, and Aston Villa. That's nine matches in a two-hour window. Your Twitter feed will be chaos.
Then there's Germany. The Bundesliga's got nine games at 2:30pm BST, from Bayern Munich's clash with Köln to Union Berlin versus Augsburg. St. Pauli, Wolfsburg, Heidenheim, Mainz, Eintracht Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Werder Bremen, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Hamburg, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hoffenheim, Freiburg, and RB Leipzig are all going at it simultaneously. It's the kind of afternoon that makes fantasy football managers weep into their spreadsheets.
Basically, clear your schedule. You're going to need it.