MANCHESTER, England — Even an premature damage couldn’t cease Khadija “Bunny” Shaw from reclaiming her throne atop England’s Barclays Girls’s Tremendous League (WSL).
The Jamaican star ahead etched her identify within the historical past books as soon as extra, ending the 2024–25 season because the league’s joint prime scorer—a outstanding feat achieved in simply 14 appearances.
Regardless of lacking a good portion of the marketing campaign as a result of damage, the 28-year-old Manchester Metropolis striker tallied 12 targets, tying with Arsenal’s Alessia Russo, who required 21 video games to succeed in the identical complete. The distinction solely served to amplify Shaw’s effectivity and elite goal-scoring prowess.
Information, rivals, and ruthless ending
Earlier than damage sidelined her within the Subway League Cup ultimate towards Chelsea, Shaw was in searing kind. Her season spotlight got here on the Etihad Stadium, the place she fired a hat-trick in a 4–0 dismantling of Tottenham Hotspur, setting a WSL document for many hat-tricks scored in league historical past—six in complete, underscoring her dominance and continued torment of the north London facet.
She added 5 extra targets throughout subsequent league fixtures, holding Metropolis in rivalry earlier than her marketing campaign was lower quick. In doing so, she bolstered her legacy as Manchester Metropolis’s all-time main goalscorer—a document she continues to increase at any time when match and firing.
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Golden boot, silver lining
Whereas Manchester Metropolis’s season fell wanting expectations—they completed fourth, missed out on all silverware, and didn’t safe Champions League qualification—Shaw’s particular person brilliance supplied a glimmer of delight for the membership and its supporters. Her second consecutive WSL Golden Boot stands as a robust testomony to her enduring high quality and resilience.
Final season, she blazed her method to the scoring summit with 21 targets in 18 matches, setting a excessive bar that few may match. That she returned this yr to defend her crown with fewer minutes and fewer possibilities solely heightens the magnitude of her achievement.
A Caribbean Queen in Europe’s elite
Shaw’s continued excellence has not gone unnoticed throughout Europe and the worldwide footballing group. As a trailblazer for Caribbean athletes on the world stage, her back-to-back Golden Boot titles underscore a profession that’s already rewriting the narrative for Jamaican and Caribbean footballers in elite competitors.
Damage might have compelled an early halt to her marketing campaign, however the numbers—and the accolades—communicate volumes. Bunny Shaw is not only scoring targets; she’s redefining what greatness seems to be like.
