Chelsea Women manager Emma Hayes and Blues Olympic champion Jessie Fleming have been nominated for November’s Barclays FA Women’s Super League Manager and Player of the Month awards with Fran Kirby up for Goal of the Month.

It has been a great start to the season for the Emma Hayes’ squad who have won seven of the last eight WSL matches and sit second in the league table, one point behind Arsenal.Chelsea won all three of our November fixtures with away victories against Aston Villa and Manchester City and a home win to Birmingham City.Fleming (pictured top) has had a fantastic run since her fine form in the summer at the Tokyo Olympics where she took away a gold medal. The Canadian netted the winning goal against Aston Villa and went on to open the scoring in the Blues' huge 4-0 win against Manchester City. Fleming wrapped off the month by assisting Sam Kerr in the first of her three goals against Birmingham.

Kirby has been nominated for Goal of the Month for her first goal against Birmingham City in a 5-0 win. During the match, the striker also celebrated achieving the milestone of 100 WSL goals.

Our players will return from international duty later this week and will go straight into preparations for the Vitality FA Cup final which is taking place at Wembley on Sunday afternoon. Tickets can be purchased here.

Other manager nominees are: Kelly Chambers (Reading), Jonas Eidevall (Arsenal)Other player nominees are: Natasha Dowie (Reading), Lauren Hemp (Manchester City), Kim Little (Arsenal), Ria Percival (Tottenham Hotspur).Other Goal of the Month nominees are: Keira Walsh (Manchester City), Alessia Russo (Manchester United), Maisie Symonds (Brighton and Hove Albion), Ella Toone (Manchester United), Caroline Weir (Manchester City).

The awards are decided by a combination of votes from a panel and fans.

Vote for Emma Hayes here Vote for Jessie Fleming here Vote for Fran Kirby’s goal here

Voting closes on Thursday (2 December) at midday.