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when i played football, it was literally our life. | yeah, it really was an - enjoyable time of my football career. get in! applause one day i'd love to play for england, it would be fantastic. we have to get this work done, we have to be right for that first game. good save, millie. come on. good, that's shot. it's football, it's my whole life, like, yeah. football is everything, yeah. one, two, three, four, boldon!

watching it was amazing, the start of the year, it was like a sense of adrenaline. over the years, you see how close they are getting and they've not quite got there to win that position. it was the icing on the cake really. when i went to go first, first, that was celebrations all—round when they scored, coming back. that puts the nervous feeling back inside you. it was an amazing feeling, everyonejumped up, it was just amazing.

cheering and applause it's a really exciting time in women's football, it opened so many doors for opportunities. everyone wants to be in women's football. i would say that seeing the lionesses win, that was a massive inspiration. seeing the lionesses winning has showed the next generation that we can do it and we can work twice hard as them and we can becomejust like them. # sweet caroline. ..# we've got training now with the girls, we're just getting ready for the last

training session before the start of the season so it's the final tweaks to make sure we're ready. plenty of movement on the outside, ready to go. it's amateur football, it's for anybody of any ability. it's where the start of where anybody�*s football journey begins. come on girls, ready, play. i think it's hitting more than an all—time high where people are realising how good the girls can play and it's massive because more and more girls want to play football. right, walk in, girls. the season is two weeks away. we have to make sure this is right for the first game. what we can't afford to do is make the seasons slow, start with the seasons slow, start with the defeat, draw. we need to get three points on the board straightaway. chloe, qb engel,

gemma and you, go into the box. the first game of the season is important. it shows the opposition how well you have improved or if you haven't improved. it is so important to get the three points. if you don't you always on the back foot for the rest of the year. when i was their age it was still more about fun, the coaches were never really demanding of the players, whereas i am quite demanding and these girls have big dreams because they have more opportunities now when it comes to training. it is focus. quite a few of them could go on a play professionally. myjob as a coach is to get the best out those players. good talking, good information, chloe. nice. at school, i like to play with the lights, it was always football. i had to get involved with boys football because there wasn't anything for girls at that age. rachel, follow in, goal! a kid may not have the best start i couldn't really afford to come into football. it gives a chance to children especially to come in and

socialise with friends. it gives them something to believe and and feel apart. good ball, just collected a little too much. it is something where they feel like they belong. girls, keep their shape, exactly the same! these are the under 15 is, i have had them since they were under ten. they all get on really well. they have a lot of banter between them. they are really close outside, so they all go out socially. when it comes to training they are very competitive and there want to win. individually they all want to win mount teams, they always want to win. your movement has to be right, your— your movement has to be right, your awareness has to be right. we are — your awareness has to be right. we are doing three on three, working — we are doing three on three, working on attacking and defending. defending, keeping it compact, trying to not break the lines — it compact, trying to not break the lines going forward. i'm _ the lines going forward. i'm getting the hang of it now. i'm getting the hang of it now. i was _ i'm getting the hang of it now. i was the — i'm getting the hang of it now. i was the captain.

when i was in school i would always does mess around with the lads and kick the ball about. in year 3! the lads and kick the ball about. in year 3 i was invited to a football party with some other lads and i decided to go. the coach was running it and came up to my mum and it was like, "she is actually quite good, i would love it if she would come along to my session." i remember thinking, well, she has really good potential, i spoke to her mum and she said she had only been doing the training, hadn't really played for a team and i couldn't believe it. straightaway i said i need to sign her. i straightaway i said i need to sin her. ., ., sign her. i do a drill with the blue ones- _ sign her. i do a drill with the blue ones. when _ sign her. i do a drill with the blue ones. when you - sign her. i do a drill with the blue ones. when you get - sign her. i do a drill with the | blue ones. when you get into sign her. i do a drill with the i blue ones. when you get into it it is a bit hard but it can get tiring if you keep doing it which obviously that is the aim for the fitness as well, keeping up with that. since i started playing football it has become a big part of my life. i play centre midfield, or maybe play three

in the middle, so i will hold the midfield. i will come down, at least try and come down once at least try and come down once a week and try and fit training itself. you practise, you have team practice because although we practice as a team if you want to be a better player yourself and step up not with teamwork but you should do it on your own because that is what makes you stand from the other players. even if i'm just with a ball at my foot that is what makes me happy. i enjoyed just anything to do with football, really. abbey when she first came in she had never played for a team and to now, she hasjust completely gone up a few levels. she has worked really hard, she always does extra sessions. my sessions. my aim with football is to play fresh. that is what i want to do, i want to go as far as i possibly can with football. i know how difficult that can be but i would love to play and do that in the future, like my full—time job. that in the future, like my full—timejob. you, one day to play for england and even play

for in wembley or something, i just know that you are playing for your country, that would be an amazing feeling. the lionesses are really inspiring for me. that is a really good feeling knowing that they came from this club. this is a scrapbook of the memories from the mid—i9 90s. as an executive advertising. there is jill scott, as an executive advertising. there isjill scott, 200a. the girls who play football, that would be jill. girls who play football, that would bejill. demi stokes and stafford ward. jill scott,

think she was nine years old when she came along. the school was there from the start. we always kept in touch. she became part of our family. i was proud, you know, for an england team to win a big tournament it is what every footballer wants. tournament it is what every footballerwants. i tournament it is what every footballer wants. i think she has played her part in the success. in the early days we would give the girls, the young girls the opportunity to play, you know, the fact, the opportunity to be competitive. this is where the old youth centre used to be and on this grass was where they first started playing. we'rejust

going to do one for the kick around the ball, you use both feared. —— both feet. so now we have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight... there was no provision for girls booroorban, there was no league, the fa didn't really provide anything. the problem we had is that the boys would let them play. the attitude was that girls can't play football, basically. right, in here! you can't go outside the circle whether cones are, ok? i would see maybe to late 19905, i would see maybe to late 1990s, the legal set up off the back of the boys leave. initially it was a boys only lead but it had a girls section, then that was said, off we went. pride, oryou off we went. pride, or you go.

off we went. pride, oryou go. ok off we went. pride, or you go. ok you off we went. pride, oryou go. ok you have off we went. pride, or you go. ok you have a jog. pride, or you go. ok you have a jog, we are warming each other up. well done, daisy! if you're going to run you need to change direction! as the league has developed we have gotten my age groups. i just want the girls to play football. keep your ball, daisy! keep your ball! and stop. obviously it is doing it for the young people but it is the social side of it as well, meeting the parents, family members. it is like one big family.

they go, no worries at all. see you later! thank you! thanks my memory as we were just like a group of chavs to be honest, used to play football in the back lanes, when we came together it was literally our life, yeah, it was a really enjoyable time of our football career. i think one of the main differences is that i can see more than one coach for the whole session. i think ijust used to be paul on his own, god bless them. the detail that the girls get nowadays, the coaches are a lot more advanced. we werejust kind of are a lot more advanced. we were just kind of thrown together and we were just like playing football like we were in the back lane. it is crazy

when i come back, playing for england, you are recognised a little bit more and it is still a weird feeling because i'm still kind ofjust these goals but i've just grown up and i personally i love playing the game of football. high, girls! it is lovely to be back, i was classified —— i class it is fun. you want to passes around? if i can't get any work i think if i can't get any work i think i could sell it or £1000 on ebay. laughs. how much of an influence did boldon and paul smith have on your grassroots career? to be honest i don't think i would have gone on to play for england without paul, paul actually used to pick us up,

take us to training, he is to run the whole team, gas, grassroots football my happiest memories. getting updated early on a saturday, going to play football, travelling with the girls, having such a laugh. they are literally my happiest memories. did you ever have any doubts about if you are good enough to guard their employer? i always doubted myself a little bit deep down. i always believed i was going to work hard, run the most, fight the most, they were my thing but as i got older and i was playing with these incredible players i always questioned if i was good enough to play with them so thatis enough to play with them so that is when i look at that gold medal, i know how much hard work has gone into it and i know it was through that that i know it was through that that i got myself to that level so i definitely had doubts, definitely. it is like when people get nervous for games. i was still getting nervous at 31, 32, 33. the final at wembley, i was on the bench and i was so nervous! those things, they never go away

i think of like the next level, what impact did that have on you? that whole tournament, i think i knew deep down it would be my last one so i think i kind of utilised every single moment, so the old trafford game, walking out in front of 70,000 people i wasjust taken aback by the amount of support. if i could just put that feeling in a bottle and carry it around, yeah, it's incredible, i think it will be the best day of my life, i can't see anything else, that would definitely top that. keep working hard, keep helping each other as well, keep helping because at times you might need them and at other times they will need you. keep give working hard and thank you for your questions! boldon on three! one, two, three— bolden! i loved it, she is massively inspiring. i love her! ijust love her. it was great to come and see

the girls actually because it does reminds us of me when i was that age with the badge on your chest and obviously the level has gone up a lot from when i was that age but it is so nice to speak to them, to hear theirjourneys but they sound like they really want to learn, like they know what it takes to get to the top, they know it is going to be a long journey and a lot of hard work. i got told of the age of nine i couldn't play with the boys anymore so i had to go and find a woman steam, a girls team and that is when i found boldon girls and paul smith and that is when i was so excited to find out and go from a boys team and i was like my wow! girls play football and we can do this together! i think i got my role models were always david beckham, stephenjerrara, male footballers because that is what i saw on tv but it is great now that the women's game, obviously it is more visible, it's more accessible. hopefully by winning this gold medal it will give girls a bit of bragging rights.

if the boys go girls can't play football back and say, well, there was the gamma wembley this year that was pretty good... it is good to reflect and say, look at how far we've come. obviously the structure now of the wsl, games being on tv, it is so much more visible but i think there is a whole other level that we can unlock. there is the under 15s team. there is the boldon and also the boldon all—stars which i play for.

i met you through primary and you through football. i feel like i trust you the same, like i have the same bond with you. my whole life has revolved around football. my whole life! i would say they are my best friends, i have known leah for 1h years now, i met her in primary and i have known kyah... ..fora year. we have been really close in. 50 odd year ago, women are won't allow to play football entirely and i think there are like 50,000 people watching it at wembley that. the women had nothing to lose, like, they could go out there and they could put everything into it and if they lost, they lost, they had nothing to lose. i think they would have gotten so much hate for it. yes, like people saying, you couldn't do it, but they went and did it. that is what i want

to be a part of. i have watched loads of tiktok vidoes. it is likely our family. at the all—stars we have three coaches. we have jamie who is my dad. me and my dad, i am not allowed to treat him different and me has not allowed to treat me different but he doesn't stick to that rule because he likes to be more angry at me. him and my mum both say it is because they want what's best for me, but i don't believe them. two laps, girls! they are a bunch of rockets, live wires. they are just outgoing, fun, football is the lifeblood they are an absolutely outstanding bunch of girls who live for each

other and the team. when you have possession of the ball, make a bid. the england women's team has just inspired so many girls to want play football and it is brilliant that the girls football is getting more competitive, there is a lot more money in the men's game but hopefully that is where the women's game will get to and i am happy to be part of it, getting girls playing football. i think the first game of the season is really important, we need a good first game to show that we have developed. we have put 100% in for that. ok, girls, and you come. i think there'll a lot of excitement for the girls but in back of the head, they'll have a bit of nervousness because they have to show we're this top team. should be a good game. start good.

being captain, you have an important role. you have to keep the team going, yourself going, all of the others around you. i think there is always pressure and everything you do but i think the pressure can always drive you. let's have a good start of the day, as a season, let's go show it in this game. come on, girls! whistle. the girls are always on fire. entertaining to watch. superb. they are doing well, theyjust need to go. they are all over them. i think it will be a goal just before halftime. i it is coming. applause. just scored, you?

we have played really well, first time the ball has gone down there, we have conceded but that is football. they will pull it back. go move the ball, quicker. quicken _ go move the ball, quicker. quicker. get— go move the ball, quicker. quicker. get it _ go move the ball, quicker. quicker. get it across. - just scored! proud of her. them last 50 minutes is what we are about because we are now creating chances which is what we went during the first half. the subs will be coming on soon. let's give it a good go, ok? right.

i pulled my hamstring. i think if you're going to be able to get back to the way you were, you just have to do sit out for a while. sometimes it can be difficult, especially if you know you are having a bad game. sometimes you're like i can't really keep going but you know you have to give them going. keeping yourself going as well. a lot of girls around you, you see them starting to talk and helping you on. as long as you try to keep yourself going, keep the girls go, everything will work out fine.

that second half was a totally different level to how you started the first 30 minutes. that is us, that is what we can do! happy with the final score, couldn't really ask anything more, really, that is what you want. it was unbelievable, watching that, knowing you are a part of that whether you are on the pitch on it. be honest about it, i said this to you before, it was hurting you last night, you should have said i need to stop instead of pushing yourself, all right? get your head up, you? i think i'm on the right path. at the minute i'm getting the best coaching i could, especially from shannon, she is amazing. ijust need her to keep being abbey not forget who she is, she needs to keep working hard because i no doubt that she cannot progress and play where she needs to be. it would be an amazing feeling

to be a professional footballer. having a stadium full of fans, the atmosphere you would get from it. i think it's a really difficult path to get there but i think if you put in the hard work then you'll be able reach it. my hope for the future, especially for my girls is just to progress the best they possibly can, and if they gave up i offered a good stamp on them to be the best that they can be. whether they still play football as a hobby, or do it professionally, ijust hope they keep loving the game and keep going with it.

hello there. the cold weather is here to stay for a bit longer just yet, but the amount of snow we've seen has varied a lot .on . on the satellite pick many of these are of snow. we got a band of snow moving across scotland and northern ireland and then as we head into the first part of wednesday morning, i think showers become much more frequent across wales and western england particularly parts of the south—west. now, overthe hills, we could see accumulations of around 5—15cm by the time we get through the day on wednesday. and so for these areas there is a risk of seeing some disruption.

there'll be a widespread frost and where we have seep seepage off the fields, particularly across the south, will have dangerous conditions out on the roads in terms of ice. and then we got those snow showers that will continue to pack in. now, plenty of sunshine around. on the face of it, temperatures a little bit higher than we had on tuesday. however, we'll have really quite brisk winds and that will make it feel bitter if you're out and about.

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