Who better to appreciate the sense of fun that permeates all levels of women’s football than a professional comedian? Maisie Adam, a stand-up who is a regular name on the UK comedy circuit and panel shows – including a recent win of Taskmaster and appearance on season two of Last One Laughing UK – is also a passionate football fan. Growing up as a supporter of Leeds United, she discovered the women’s game a little later in life but was hooked immediately, and has turned that obsession into a successful podcast, as well as a TV role hosting women’s football coverage alongside legend of the game Jill Scott. As she prepares to head out on a UK-wide tour later in the year, we caught up with her to chat about the joy football brings to her life.
One hundred per cent. The day before yesterday, I was presenting the Women’s FA Cup, and Lucy Bronze just came over for a chat. There is a bit of you that’s just having a nice chat, and then there’s the back of your head going, “Oh my god. Oh my god. This is mental.” Actually, Jill found tweets about her that I’d done in 2015 for the Women’s World Cup. It was the first time that the girls had been seen on mainstream TV, so I was staying up late to watch, and of course I was getting so behind them. I tweeted something like, “Jill Scott covered every single blade of grass twice tonight. She did not stop.” It was so up her arse! And she brings that out every time we work together. Me and Jill are always taking the mick out of each other, but it’s so weird because now she’s a mate, but at one point she was an icon to me – still is. I was growing up watching her, thinking, “You’ve done what every girl in the UK wished they could do.”
I think Jill is. We have this joke that I think the reason Jill and I get on is that we’re both delusively under the impression that we’re capable of the other person’s job. I’m desperate to be a footballer and Jill’s desperate to be a comedian. So Jill’s a good laugh. Keira Walsh, she’s good craic. We had her on our podcast’s live show at Christmas, and she was really funny. Beth Mead’s got a very dry sense of humour. And I think any time the England Lionesses page puts a bit out with Ella Toone, you’re going to watch it – she doesn’t even have to say anything. She’s just funny in how she speaks. It’s like watching one of the Gallagher brothers.
It’s been genuinely one of the greatest joys of adulthood. I moved to a new city eight years ago and I didn’t know anybody. It is hard to make friends as an adult. It’s really easy to date because you go and you flirt, but making platonic mates is so hard. I remember finding it really difficult and I thought, “I’ll look for a women’s football team.” I started playing for the team I play for now, Brighton Seagals. Then a guy I knew from the comedy circuit said, “My ex-wife’s trying to sort a five-a-side team out. Would you be up for it?” And I said yeah. They’re all about ten years older than me, mums with kids. They had zero experience – it would go out for a throw-in and they’d kick it in – but it is so fun. I think grassroots local women’s football is one of the best communities you can join. It’s so celebratory because it’s full of people who have been told football is not for them: “Football’s for boys, can’t let the girls play.” It’s such a great space and I just love it. For Seagals, we are in a league and it’s competitive and we train. And for my other team, we turn up, play five-a-side, then go to the pub.
This is the thing. People always go, “Oh, it’s a different game, though, isn’t it?” Yeah, but do not get that mistaken that it’s tame or that it’s wishy-washy in the stands or that it’s quiet. Women’s football is not tame, it’s not timid. It is exhilarating. It’s exciting, it’s intense, it’s passionate. It’s loud. It’s just not toxic. That’s all. It’s not at the expense of any kind of passion. You’re just going to get passionate fans living for the game and that’s ultimately what football should always be.
There is. I can’t reveal it just yet, but definitely. It’s a great breeding ground for comedy because it’s such a fun space and it’s full of people who don’t take things too seriously. I just really love it. It’s such a joy and it’s a real highlight of my week when I either play it, talk about it, watch it or all three.
Who better to appreciate the sense of fun that permeates all levels of women’s football than a professional comedian? Maisie Adam, a stand-up who is a regular name on the UK comedy circuit and panel shows – including a recent win of Taskmaster and appearance on season two of Last One Laughing UK – is also a passionate football fan. Growing up as a supporter of Leeds United, she discovered the women’s game a little later in life but was hooked immediately, and has turned that obsession into a successful podcast, as well as a TV role hosting women’s football coverage alongside legend of the game Jill Scott. As she prepares to head out on a UK-wide tour later in the year, we caught up with her to chat about the joy football brings to her life.
One hundred per cent. The day before yesterday, I was presenting the Women’s FA Cup, and Lucy Bronze just came over for a chat. There is a bit of you that’s just having a nice chat, and then there’s the back of your head going, “Oh my god. Oh my god. This is mental.” Actually, Jill found tweets about her that I’d done in 2015 for the Women’s World Cup. It was the first time that the girls had been seen on mainstream TV, so I was staying up late to watch, and of course I was getting so behind them. I tweeted something like, “Jill Scott covered every single blade of grass twice tonight. She did not stop.” It was so up her arse! And she brings that out every time we work together. Me and Jill are always taking the mick out of each other, but it’s so weird because now she’s a mate, but at one point she was an icon to me – still is. I was growing up watching her, thinking, “You’ve done what every girl in the UK wished they could do.”
I think Jill is. We have this joke that I think the reason Jill and I get on is that we’re both delusively under the impression that we’re capable of the other person’s job. I’m desperate to be a footballer and Jill’s desperate to be a comedian. So Jill’s a good laugh. Keira Walsh, she’s good craic. We had her on our podcast’s live show at Christmas, and she was really funny. Beth Mead’s got a very dry sense of humour. And I think any time the England Lionesses page puts a bit out with Ella Toone, you’re going to watch it – she doesn’t even have to say anything. She’s just funny in how she speaks. It’s like watching one of the Gallagher brothers.
It’s been genuinely one of the greatest joys of adulthood. I moved to a new city eight years ago and I didn’t know anybody. It is hard to make friends as an adult. It’s really easy to date because you go and you flirt, but making platonic mates is so hard. I remember finding it really difficult and I thought, “I’ll look for a women’s football team.” I started playing for the team I play for now, Brighton Seagals. Then a guy I knew from the comedy circuit said, “My ex-wife’s trying to sort a five-a-side team out. Would you be up for it?” And I said yeah. They’re all about ten years older than me, mums with kids. They had zero experience – it would go out for a throw-in and they’d kick it in – but it is so fun. I think grassroots local women’s football is one of the best communities you can join. It’s so celebratory because it’s full of people who have been told football is not for them: “Football’s for boys, can’t let the girls play.” It’s such a great space and I just love it. For Seagals, we are in a league and it’s competitive and we train. And for my other team, we turn up, play five-a-side, then go to the pub.
This is the thing. People always go, “Oh, it’s a different game, though, isn’t it?” Yeah, but do not get that mistaken that it’s tame or that it’s wishy-washy in the stands or that it’s quiet. Women’s football is not tame, it’s not timid. It is exhilarating. It’s exciting, it’s intense, it’s passionate. It’s loud. It’s just not toxic. That’s all. It’s not at the expense of any kind of passion. You’re just going to get passionate fans living for the game and that’s ultimately what football should always be.
There is. I can’t reveal it just yet, but definitely. It’s a great breeding ground for comedy because it’s such a fun space and it’s full of people who don’t take things too seriously. I just really love it. It’s such a joy and it’s a real highlight of my week when I either play it, talk about it, watch it or all three.
Who better to appreciate the sense of fun that permeates all levels of women’s football than a professional comedian? Maisie Adam, a stand-up who is a regular name on the UK comedy circuit and panel shows – including a recent win of Taskmaster and appearance on season two of Last One Laughing UK – is also a passionate football fan. Growing up as a supporter of Leeds United, she discovered the women’s game a little later in life but was hooked immediately, and has turned that obsession into a successful podcast, as well as a TV role hosting women’s football coverage alongside legend of the game Jill Scott. As she prepares to head out on a UK-wide tour later in the year, we caught up with her to chat about the joy football brings to her life.
One hundred per cent. The day before yesterday, I was presenting the Women’s FA Cup, and Lucy Bronze just came over for a chat. There is a bit of you that’s just having a nice chat, and then there’s the back of your head going, “Oh my god. Oh my god. This is mental.” Actually, Jill found tweets about her that I’d done in 2015 for the Women’s World Cup. It was the first time that the girls had been seen on mainstream TV, so I was staying up late to watch, and of course I was getting so behind them. I tweeted something like, “Jill Scott covered every single blade of grass twice tonight. She did not stop.” It was so up her arse! And she brings that out every time we work together. Me and Jill are always taking the mick out of each other, but it’s so weird because now she’s a mate, but at one point she was an icon to me – still is. I was growing up watching her, thinking, “You’ve done what every girl in the UK wished they could do.”
I think Jill is. We have this joke that I think the reason Jill and I get on is that we’re both delusively under the impression that we’re capable of the other person’s job. I’m desperate to be a footballer and Jill’s desperate to be a comedian. So Jill’s a good laugh. Keira Walsh, she’s good craic. We had her on our podcast’s live show at Christmas, and she was really funny. Beth Mead’s got a very dry sense of humour. And I think any time the England Lionesses page puts a bit out with Ella Toone, you’re going to watch it – she doesn’t even have to say anything. She’s just funny in how she speaks. It’s like watching one of the Gallagher brothers.
It’s been genuinely one of the greatest joys of adulthood. I moved to a new city eight years ago and I didn’t know anybody. It is hard to make friends as an adult. It’s really easy to date because you go and you flirt, but making platonic mates is so hard. I remember finding it really difficult and I thought, “I’ll look for a women’s football team.” I started playing for the team I play for now, Brighton Seagals. Then a guy I knew from the comedy circuit said, “My ex-wife’s trying to sort a five-a-side team out. Would you be up for it?” And I said yeah. They’re all about ten years older than me, mums with kids. They had zero experience – it would go out for a throw-in and they’d kick it in – but it is so fun. I think grassroots local women’s football is one of the best communities you can join. It’s so celebratory because it’s full of people who have been told football is not for them: “Football’s for boys, can’t let the girls play.” It’s such a great space and I just love it. For Seagals, we are in a league and it’s competitive and we train. And for my other team, we turn up, play five-a-side, then go to the pub.
This is the thing. People always go, “Oh, it’s a different game, though, isn’t it?” Yeah, but do not get that mistaken that it’s tame or that it’s wishy-washy in the stands or that it’s quiet. Women’s football is not tame, it’s not timid. It is exhilarating. It’s exciting, it’s intense, it’s passionate. It’s loud. It’s just not toxic. That’s all. It’s not at the expense of any kind of passion. You’re just going to get passionate fans living for the game and that’s ultimately what football should always be.
There is. I can’t reveal it just yet, but definitely. It’s a great breeding ground for comedy because it’s such a fun space and it’s full of people who don’t take things too seriously. I just really love it. It’s such a joy and it’s a real highlight of my week when I either play it, talk about it, watch it or all three.
Who better to appreciate the sense of fun that permeates all levels of women’s football than a professional comedian? Maisie Adam, a stand-up who is a regular name on the UK comedy circuit and panel shows – including a recent win of Taskmaster and appearance on season two of Last One Laughing UK – is also a passionate football fan. Growing up as a supporter of Leeds United, she discovered the women’s game a little later in life but was hooked immediately, and has turned that obsession into a successful podcast, as well as a TV role hosting women’s football coverage alongside legend of the game Jill Scott. As she prepares to head out on a UK-wide tour later in the year, we caught up with her to chat about the joy football brings to her life.
One hundred per cent. The day before yesterday, I was presenting the Women’s FA Cup, and Lucy Bronze just came over for a chat. There is a bit of you that’s just having a nice chat, and then there’s the back of your head going, “Oh my god. Oh my god. This is mental.” Actually, Jill found tweets about her that I’d done in 2015 for the Women’s World Cup. It was the first time that the girls had been seen on mainstream TV, so I was staying up late to watch, and of course I was getting so behind them. I tweeted something like, “Jill Scott covered every single blade of grass twice tonight. She did not stop.” It was so up her arse! And she brings that out every time we work together. Me and Jill are always taking the mick out of each other, but it’s so weird because now she’s a mate, but at one point she was an icon to me – still is. I was growing up watching her, thinking, “You’ve done what every girl in the UK wished they could do.”
I think Jill is. We have this joke that I think the reason Jill and I get on is that we’re both delusively under the impression that we’re capable of the other person’s job. I’m desperate to be a footballer and Jill’s desperate to be a comedian. So Jill’s a good laugh. Keira Walsh, she’s good craic. We had her on our podcast’s live show at Christmas, and she was really funny. Beth Mead’s got a very dry sense of humour. And I think any time the England Lionesses page puts a bit out with Ella Toone, you’re going to watch it – she doesn’t even have to say anything. She’s just funny in how she speaks. It’s like watching one of the Gallagher brothers.
It’s been genuinely one of the greatest joys of adulthood. I moved to a new city eight years ago and I didn’t know anybody. It is hard to make friends as an adult. It’s really easy to date because you go and you flirt, but making platonic mates is so hard. I remember finding it really difficult and I thought, “I’ll look for a women’s football team.” I started playing for the team I play for now, Brighton Seagals. Then a guy I knew from the comedy circuit said, “My ex-wife’s trying to sort a five-a-side team out. Would you be up for it?” And I said yeah. They’re all about ten years older than me, mums with kids. They had zero experience – it would go out for a throw-in and they’d kick it in – but it is so fun. I think grassroots local women’s football is one of the best communities you can join. It’s so celebratory because it’s full of people who have been told football is not for them: “Football’s for boys, can’t let the girls play.” It’s such a great space and I just love it. For Seagals, we are in a league and it’s competitive and we train. And for my other team, we turn up, play five-a-side, then go to the pub.
This is the thing. People always go, “Oh, it’s a different game, though, isn’t it?” Yeah, but do not get that mistaken that it’s tame or that it’s wishy-washy in the stands or that it’s quiet. Women’s football is not tame, it’s not timid. It is exhilarating. It’s exciting, it’s intense, it’s passionate. It’s loud. It’s just not toxic. That’s all. It’s not at the expense of any kind of passion. You’re just going to get passionate fans living for the game and that’s ultimately what football should always be.
There is. I can’t reveal it just yet, but definitely. It’s a great breeding ground for comedy because it’s such a fun space and it’s full of people who don’t take things too seriously. I just really love it. It’s such a joy and it’s a real highlight of my week when I either play it, talk about it, watch it or all three.
Who better to appreciate the sense of fun that permeates all levels of women’s football than a professional comedian? Maisie Adam, a stand-up who is a regular name on the UK comedy circuit and panel shows – including a recent win of Taskmaster and appearance on season two of Last One Laughing UK – is also a passionate football fan. Growing up as a supporter of Leeds United, she discovered the women’s game a little later in life but was hooked immediately, and has turned that obsession into a successful podcast, as well as a TV role hosting women’s football coverage alongside legend of the game Jill Scott. As she prepares to head out on a UK-wide tour later in the year, we caught up with her to chat about the joy football brings to her life.
One hundred per cent. The day before yesterday, I was presenting the Women’s FA Cup, and Lucy Bronze just came over for a chat. There is a bit of you that’s just having a nice chat, and then there’s the back of your head going, “Oh my god. Oh my god. This is mental.” Actually, Jill found tweets about her that I’d done in 2015 for the Women’s World Cup. It was the first time that the girls had been seen on mainstream TV, so I was staying up late to watch, and of course I was getting so behind them. I tweeted something like, “Jill Scott covered every single blade of grass twice tonight. She did not stop.” It was so up her arse! And she brings that out every time we work together. Me and Jill are always taking the mick out of each other, but it’s so weird because now she’s a mate, but at one point she was an icon to me – still is. I was growing up watching her, thinking, “You’ve done what every girl in the UK wished they could do.”
I think Jill is. We have this joke that I think the reason Jill and I get on is that we’re both delusively under the impression that we’re capable of the other person’s job. I’m desperate to be a footballer and Jill’s desperate to be a comedian. So Jill’s a good laugh. Keira Walsh, she’s good craic. We had her on our podcast’s live show at Christmas, and she was really funny. Beth Mead’s got a very dry sense of humour. And I think any time the England Lionesses page puts a bit out with Ella Toone, you’re going to watch it – she doesn’t even have to say anything. She’s just funny in how she speaks. It’s like watching one of the Gallagher brothers.
It’s been genuinely one of the greatest joys of adulthood. I moved to a new city eight years ago and I didn’t know anybody. It is hard to make friends as an adult. It’s really easy to date because you go and you flirt, but making platonic mates is so hard. I remember finding it really difficult and I thought, “I’ll look for a women’s football team.” I started playing for the team I play for now, Brighton Seagals. Then a guy I knew from the comedy circuit said, “My ex-wife’s trying to sort a five-a-side team out. Would you be up for it?” And I said yeah. They’re all about ten years older than me, mums with kids. They had zero experience – it would go out for a throw-in and they’d kick it in – but it is so fun. I think grassroots local women’s football is one of the best communities you can join. It’s so celebratory because it’s full of people who have been told football is not for them: “Football’s for boys, can’t let the girls play.” It’s such a great space and I just love it. For Seagals, we are in a league and it’s competitive and we train. And for my other team, we turn up, play five-a-side, then go to the pub.
This is the thing. People always go, “Oh, it’s a different game, though, isn’t it?” Yeah, but do not get that mistaken that it’s tame or that it’s wishy-washy in the stands or that it’s quiet. Women’s football is not tame, it’s not timid. It is exhilarating. It’s exciting, it’s intense, it’s passionate. It’s loud. It’s just not toxic. That’s all. It’s not at the expense of any kind of passion. You’re just going to get passionate fans living for the game and that’s ultimately what football should always be.
There is. I can’t reveal it just yet, but definitely. It’s a great breeding ground for comedy because it’s such a fun space and it’s full of people who don’t take things too seriously. I just really love it. It’s such a joy and it’s a real highlight of my week when I either play it, talk about it, watch it or all three.
Who better to appreciate the sense of fun that permeates all levels of women’s football than a professional comedian? Maisie Adam, a stand-up who is a regular name on the UK comedy circuit and panel shows – including a recent win of Taskmaster and appearance on season two of Last One Laughing UK – is also a passionate football fan. Growing up as a supporter of Leeds United, she discovered the women’s game a little later in life but was hooked immediately, and has turned that obsession into a successful podcast, as well as a TV role hosting women’s football coverage alongside legend of the game Jill Scott. As she prepares to head out on a UK-wide tour later in the year, we caught up with her to chat about the joy football brings to her life.
One hundred per cent. The day before yesterday, I was presenting the Women’s FA Cup, and Lucy Bronze just came over for a chat. There is a bit of you that’s just having a nice chat, and then there’s the back of your head going, “Oh my god. Oh my god. This is mental.” Actually, Jill found tweets about her that I’d done in 2015 for the Women’s World Cup. It was the first time that the girls had been seen on mainstream TV, so I was staying up late to watch, and of course I was getting so behind them. I tweeted something like, “Jill Scott covered every single blade of grass twice tonight. She did not stop.” It was so up her arse! And she brings that out every time we work together. Me and Jill are always taking the mick out of each other, but it’s so weird because now she’s a mate, but at one point she was an icon to me – still is. I was growing up watching her, thinking, “You’ve done what every girl in the UK wished they could do.”
I think Jill is. We have this joke that I think the reason Jill and I get on is that we’re both delusively under the impression that we’re capable of the other person’s job. I’m desperate to be a footballer and Jill’s desperate to be a comedian. So Jill’s a good laugh. Keira Walsh, she’s good craic. We had her on our podcast’s live show at Christmas, and she was really funny. Beth Mead’s got a very dry sense of humour. And I think any time the England Lionesses page puts a bit out with Ella Toone, you’re going to watch it – she doesn’t even have to say anything. She’s just funny in how she speaks. It’s like watching one of the Gallagher brothers.
It’s been genuinely one of the greatest joys of adulthood. I moved to a new city eight years ago and I didn’t know anybody. It is hard to make friends as an adult. It’s really easy to date because you go and you flirt, but making platonic mates is so hard. I remember finding it really difficult and I thought, “I’ll look for a women’s football team.” I started playing for the team I play for now, Brighton Seagals. Then a guy I knew from the comedy circuit said, “My ex-wife’s trying to sort a five-a-side team out. Would you be up for it?” And I said yeah. They’re all about ten years older than me, mums with kids. They had zero experience – it would go out for a throw-in and they’d kick it in – but it is so fun. I think grassroots local women’s football is one of the best communities you can join. It’s so celebratory because it’s full of people who have been told football is not for them: “Football’s for boys, can’t let the girls play.” It’s such a great space and I just love it. For Seagals, we are in a league and it’s competitive and we train. And for my other team, we turn up, play five-a-side, then go to the pub.
This is the thing. People always go, “Oh, it’s a different game, though, isn’t it?” Yeah, but do not get that mistaken that it’s tame or that it’s wishy-washy in the stands or that it’s quiet. Women’s football is not tame, it’s not timid. It is exhilarating. It’s exciting, it’s intense, it’s passionate. It’s loud. It’s just not toxic. That’s all. It’s not at the expense of any kind of passion. You’re just going to get passionate fans living for the game and that’s ultimately what football should always be.
There is. I can’t reveal it just yet, but definitely. It’s a great breeding ground for comedy because it’s such a fun space and it’s full of people who don’t take things too seriously. I just really love it. It’s such a joy and it’s a real highlight of my week when I either play it, talk about it, watch it or all three.
