Historical eventDecember 12019

Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women

Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women breaks the record for most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match, with Vivianne Miedema involved in ten of the eleven Arsenal goals.

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When
Sunday, December 1 20197 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2010s
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At a glance

Dates: From 2019-12-01.

Place: Meadow Park, United Kingdom.

Type: association football club match.

What came before

Part of: 2019–20 FA WSL.

Background The Football Association Women's Super League (FA WSL) is a professional association football league of twelve clubs that was launched in 2011 by The Football Association (the FA) to replace the FA Women's Premier League National Division as the highest level of women's football in England . [ 1 ] Arsenal won the first two editions of the FA WSL. [ A ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] They entered the 2019–20 season as the reigning league champions,

What happened

The women's association football match between Arsenal Women and Bristol City Women was played at Arsenal's home venue, Meadow Park, Borehamwood, on 1 December 2019. It was part of the 2019–20 Football Association Women's Super League and finished in an 11–1 victory for the home team. It became the highest-scoring game in the league's history, surpassing Liverpool's 9–0 victory over Doncaster Rovers Belles in 2013.

December 1 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 2000Vicente Fox
  2. 2001United Russia
  3. 2005Perm Oblast
  4. 2006Same-sex marriage in South Africa
  5. 2009Treaty of Lisbon
  6. 2011Almaty Metro
  7. 2018Oulu child sexual exploitation scandal
  8. 2019Vivianne Miedema
  9. 2019COVID-19 pandemic
  10. 2019Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women
  11. 2020Arecibo Telescope

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December 1 2019 — 7 years ago, on a Sunday.

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