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She Can Kick It history of women's football book OUT NOW Buy it here: https://amzn.eu/d/hS3xbDn Women's football writer/author, mum, Gen Xer, avid reader, bookshop lover, 90s music obsessive, grassroots football coach.
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Did you know. ⚽ In the 1980s, the Wales national women's football team only played 10 fixtures. Ex-England player Sylvia Gore bankrolled most of them (she was the manager at the time).

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I'm a geek. I've always been a geek. My son calls me a nerd (like it's a bad thing!!). I love facts and stats and small stories. I love the details, the nitty gritty, the science, and the stories. Here's a story from my book:

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Women's football must do better than men's when it comes to discrimination. My latest Substack. open.substack.com/pub/theaccid...

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Did you know? Between 1941 and 1979, Brazil made it illegal for women to play football. Now both women’s and men’s national teams get equal pay. #Woso

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Nice piece by Ben Hardy about my book, Carol Thomas @first-2-fifty.bsky.social, and how the history of women's football has evolved (but still has plenty of growing to do). #WomensFootball www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2490148... PS. You can buy She Can Kick it here: amzn.eu/d/hS3xbDn

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Lioness legend, Carol Thomas, has listened to @gspnwomensfootball.bsky.social podcast. Have you? open.spotify.com/episode/4jdg...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Such a pleasure and privilege to talk to Catherine about my book. Now live! Link below.

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I was lucky enough to interview Marc Skinner, Manchester United's manager, before Christmas for The Women's Football Magazine. We talked about: ⚽ Marc's journey in coaching ⚽ his coaching philosophy ⚽ the youth of the team ⚽ the togetherness of the team ⚽ and his aims for the season #Woso

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Had a lovely chat with @12thwomanblog.bsky.social on their podcast recently. The episode is out on Monday. Go and check out all the episodes, there's a lot of great stuff to hear.

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Goalkeeper time-wasting o'clock at the Manchester derby. #SubwayLeagueCup

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Is the commentator of the Manchester derby on YouTube making up the player names as part of a bet? It's really winding me up.

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

If you're into women's football, you might like my fortnightly newsletter. The latest one can be found here: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...

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Tooney's on fire 🔥

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Manchester is red tonight. Can we all lay off Mark Skinner now please. Fab hat-trick for Tooney. Wonderful to see the joy back for Ella.

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

In that case, you should probably buy my book on women's football history 😁 She Can Kick It is available on Amazon now: amzn.eu/d/hS3xbDn I hope this wards off your existential dread for a few hours.

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