Yahoo Sports reports: For those longer-serving fans of women’s football, Katie McCabe’s move from Arsenal to Chelsea, and the furore it has prompted, might have called to mind a cast of other characters who hopped across similar divides to the chirruping of crickets. There are enough of them. In 2012, Lucy Bronze moved from Everton to Liverpool. In 2019, Abbie McManus moved from Manchester City to Manchester United. Gilly Flaherty, now 34, moved from Arsenal to Chelsea to West Ham United. Among the 12 different clubs
sports | sports | Yahoo Sports | June 2, 2026 4:16 AM
Katie McCabe’s move to Chelsea has been met with vitriol. It is new ground for WSL fan culture
For those longer-serving fans of women’s football, Katie McCabe’s move from Arsenal to Chelsea, and the furore it has prompted, might have called to mind a cast of other characters who hopped across similar divides to the chirruping of crickets. There are enough of them. In 2012, Lucy Bronze moved from Everton to Liverpool. In 2019, Abbie McManus moved from Manchester City to Manchester United. Gilly Flaherty, now 34, moved from Arsenal to Chelsea to West Ham United. Among the 12 different clubs
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