Herne Books is to publish the first ever Women’s Football Fan Yearbook, illustrated throughout by AFTA Studios, a guide to the top women’s teams in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The title, the format echoing football annuals of yesteryear but with a thoroughly modern look, will be released for Christmas – and in time to celebrate the beginning of the 2025/2026 WSLseason, but you can pre-order your copy now.
Written with the help of fans from all around the country, including David Moloney, this unique book will help you get to know the unique history of each team, memorable moments and favourite players, statistics, what to look forward to in the 2025-2026 season, and an essential guide to how to watch each team and what to expect at the games.
The Yearbook covers all 24 teams in the WSL and WSL2, all 10 teams in the SWPL, all 8 in the ADRAN Premier, and all 8 in the NIFL Women’s Premiership. There’s a full list of fixtures for the 2025-2026 season, and a Team Tracker for you to record all the key details of your team’s progress – scores, scorers and weekly league positions – in the weeks and months ahead.
“Women’s football has never been more exciting,” say the publishers, “and the best is yet to come!”
“I’ve spent a large part of the last six months researching and writing the text of this,” says David Moloney, who’s also curator of the archive comic site, Great News for All Readers, who also compiles an engaging newsletter for Spiritual Books publisher DLT Books. “There’s so much drama and history in club-level women’s football in the UK, and so little of it widely reported, so here’s an attempt to draw some of it into a single book, for fans to learn more about their own team and each others.
“It’s a book full of facts and anecdotes, stats and matchday advice for fans of all the top clubs in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I’ve tried to capture a little bit of the unique culture of every team, with the help of fans from all around the country.
“It’s a little bit football annual, a little bit Rothman’s Yearbook, a little bit Roy of the Rovers, and there’s even a full season fixture list and a Team Tracker chart. A great gift, especially for new fans of the game following the Lionesses’ triumph at the Euros!”
AFTA Studios is the multimedia illustration company run by Becca Harvey and Jade Stanger, whose many projects include the Together – AFTA Community Comic (Fanzine), dedicated to the Arsenal Women, and Lionesses Legacy, a graphic novel celebrating the Lionesses’ Historic Euro 2022 Victory.
Their mission is to celebrate the incredible talent and achievements of women in football through art. Through vibrant creativity and storytelling their distinctive and much-loved style brings the sport and its players to life. They have worked with clients including worked with clients such as DAZN, WSL, the FA and the FSA, and since 2024 they have been officially licensed to offer Arsenal merchandise specifically for the women’s team.
• Women’s Football Fan Yearbook 2026 is due for release on 25th November 2025 and available to preorder now direct from Herne Books, or any bookshop | ISBN: 978-1917665032 | AmazonUK Affiliate Link
• Check out the other work of AFTA Studios at aftastudios.com
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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