Football

Tamara Wilcock

How I started: I originally started with dancing, gymnastics, and football all at the same time. I lived with my mum and sister, we both did all of these sports and it became a bit much to keep up with around 6 years old and my mum asked us both what we wanted to carry …

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Christie Murray

How I Started I started in primary school around the age of 10, but I was told I was too small to play and that I also wouldn’t be able to as it was a boys’ football team. I waited patiently and one day the headteacher at the time broke his leg which meant a …

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Chloe Peplow

How I Started I started playing Football in my local school team at the age of four. I played with the boys and was a standout in the family as nobody was a footballer or had pushed me to play football. I was six when I was scouted to join Birmingham academy. I went through …

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Lily Woodham

How I Started I was seven when I started playing football. My dad and brother used to put me in goal when they’d play, but it was when they started taking me to games that I took a liking to the sport and so I started playing with the boys at school until the age …

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Ella Kinzett

How I Started I was in reception when I started playing football because the local football team posted a letter through the door looking to recruit new players. I started in year 1 as they originally told me I was too small to play, and I stayed with the team until I was nine years …

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Bex Rayner

How I Started I started at Bradford Park Avenue at the age of 4, I was inspired by my mum and brother as My brother played for the same team, and from there I joined the club and began training. At the age of 8 I attended a sports camp with Leeds United called Leeds …

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Faye Bryson

How I Started As a child I played every sport possible, the first time I had seen a group of girls playing football I was walking out of Jiu Jitsu and spotted a local grassroots team training, so I went and had a go but quickly found out that the girls’ team had no league …

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