I rang my mum. I knew she was driving with my grandma, so I just thought I’d kill two birds with one stone, and she just basically swore back down the phone to me for about 20 seconds, screaming. It’s nice. It’s not something that everybody’s going to get, and it’s not something you can set out to achieve. I just wanted to make sure they really enjoyed it. When you’re younger, everybody’s like, “Will you be England captain one day?” You never focus on it, but it’s probably really nice for them. When I texted my dad, he also responded with language that I can’t use. “Are you kidding me?” basically. It was cool.
Probably my first England memory was going to watch the home EURO, last time we hosted [in 2005], and Karen Carney scored a last-minute winner at Man City’s stadium [against Finland]. The impact that had on me as a little girl... Back then you couldn’t watch that many games unless you went to see them, so the fact that we’re bringing it home again just shows how far football’s come in this country and how much of a spectacle it’s going to be. And also the interest… You start reaching all those little girls and also the older generation that maybe just hasn’t really [fallen in love with] or fell out of love with football – and they come back in again. Look at what the men’s EURO did, and we only hosted some of the games.
I used to go with my grandma and my mum. It’s always been very much a family affair. We always go in a large pack; it’s handy that we’re all Arsenal fans. If I can ever get up to England games with my dad, I still want to enjoy that with him, even though he’s Spurs…
Yeah, for West Brom away. I think I was nine or ten. We were on holiday in Devon and I got the call that I could be a mascot – because I was always a Junior Gunner as well. We left our holiday to drive to the game in West Brom from Devon, and then back down to continue afterwards. So the dedication was real.
I rang my mum. I knew she was driving with my grandma, so I just thought I’d kill two birds with one stone, and she just basically swore back down the phone to me for about 20 seconds, screaming. It’s nice. It’s not something that everybody’s going to get, and it’s not something you can set out to achieve. I just wanted to make sure they really enjoyed it. When you’re younger, everybody’s like, “Will you be England captain one day?” You never focus on it, but it’s probably really nice for them. When I texted my dad, he also responded with language that I can’t use. “Are you kidding me?” basically. It was cool.
Probably my first England memory was going to watch the home EURO, last time we hosted [in 2005], and Karen Carney scored a last-minute winner at Man City’s stadium [against Finland]. The impact that had on me as a little girl... Back then you couldn’t watch that many games unless you went to see them, so the fact that we’re bringing it home again just shows how far football’s come in this country and how much of a spectacle it’s going to be. And also the interest… You start reaching all those little girls and also the older generation that maybe just hasn’t really [fallen in love with] or fell out of love with football – and they come back in again. Look at what the men’s EURO did, and we only hosted some of the games.
I used to go with my grandma and my mum. It’s always been very much a family affair. We always go in a large pack; it’s handy that we’re all Arsenal fans. If I can ever get up to England games with my dad, I still want to enjoy that with him, even though he’s Spurs…
Yeah, for West Brom away. I think I was nine or ten. We were on holiday in Devon and I got the call that I could be a mascot – because I was always a Junior Gunner as well. We left our holiday to drive to the game in West Brom from Devon, and then back down to continue afterwards. So the dedication was real.
Yeah, it probably hurt my dad to be honest, because he got nothing out of the experience, whereas we at least got to go to the game.
I enjoy the diversity and I think young people are really sort of free, at the minute, to be what they want to be and who they want to be. That’s why I love being in London, because there’s no limit to what you want to achieve professionally and to being successful. And the levels of culture that you can expose yourself to going into the city are really cool.
I am. Well, we share the role but yeah, I have been. At the minute we’re throwing it back a little bit; there are a couple of old school tunes that we’re liking. Absolutely Everybody by Vanessa [Amorosi]; that’s a big tune for us at the minute. And Tell Me Something Good, the remix.
He did! He was in a band called The Good Time Losers. It’s called Trafalgar Square. I’ve got it on vinyl. It’s pretty cool, actually. If I put it on in the changing room I actually think it would be a banger, but I don’t know. Sometimes the role of being a DJ is to cater to everybody else’s needs. Maybe after we get a big win, I’ll sort of drip-feed it in because I think it could be a real anthem for the team. He supported Pink Floyd once, so I’m like: “This is the guy. This is the guy.”
This needed to happen. Before you could be in and out like that, whereas now at least there’s a group stage and the exposure for the women’s game. Getting to play in those high-quality games – and six of them just in the group stage – is really important for us and for the growth of the women’s game.
I rang my mum. I knew she was driving with my grandma, so I just thought I’d kill two birds with one stone, and she just basically swore back down the phone to me for about 20 seconds, screaming. It’s nice. It’s not something that everybody’s going to get, and it’s not something you can set out to achieve. I just wanted to make sure they really enjoyed it. When you’re younger, everybody’s like, “Will you be England captain one day?” You never focus on it, but it’s probably really nice for them. When I texted my dad, he also responded with language that I can’t use. “Are you kidding me?” basically. It was cool.
Probably my first England memory was going to watch the home EURO, last time we hosted [in 2005], and Karen Carney scored a last-minute winner at Man City’s stadium [against Finland]. The impact that had on me as a little girl... Back then you couldn’t watch that many games unless you went to see them, so the fact that we’re bringing it home again just shows how far football’s come in this country and how much of a spectacle it’s going to be. And also the interest… You start reaching all those little girls and also the older generation that maybe just hasn’t really [fallen in love with] or fell out of love with football – and they come back in again. Look at what the men’s EURO did, and we only hosted some of the games.
I used to go with my grandma and my mum. It’s always been very much a family affair. We always go in a large pack; it’s handy that we’re all Arsenal fans. If I can ever get up to England games with my dad, I still want to enjoy that with him, even though he’s Spurs…
Yeah, for West Brom away. I think I was nine or ten. We were on holiday in Devon and I got the call that I could be a mascot – because I was always a Junior Gunner as well. We left our holiday to drive to the game in West Brom from Devon, and then back down to continue afterwards. So the dedication was real.
I rang my mum. I knew she was driving with my grandma, so I just thought I’d kill two birds with one stone, and she just basically swore back down the phone to me for about 20 seconds, screaming. It’s nice. It’s not something that everybody’s going to get, and it’s not something you can set out to achieve. I just wanted to make sure they really enjoyed it. When you’re younger, everybody’s like, “Will you be England captain one day?” You never focus on it, but it’s probably really nice for them. When I texted my dad, he also responded with language that I can’t use. “Are you kidding me?” basically. It was cool.
Probably my first England memory was going to watch the home EURO, last time we hosted [in 2005], and Karen Carney scored a last-minute winner at Man City’s stadium [against Finland]. The impact that had on me as a little girl... Back then you couldn’t watch that many games unless you went to see them, so the fact that we’re bringing it home again just shows how far football’s come in this country and how much of a spectacle it’s going to be. And also the interest… You start reaching all those little girls and also the older generation that maybe just hasn’t really [fallen in love with] or fell out of love with football – and they come back in again. Look at what the men’s EURO did, and we only hosted some of the games.
I used to go with my grandma and my mum. It’s always been very much a family affair. We always go in a large pack; it’s handy that we’re all Arsenal fans. If I can ever get up to England games with my dad, I still want to enjoy that with him, even though he’s Spurs…
Yeah, for West Brom away. I think I was nine or ten. We were on holiday in Devon and I got the call that I could be a mascot – because I was always a Junior Gunner as well. We left our holiday to drive to the game in West Brom from Devon, and then back down to continue afterwards. So the dedication was real.
I rang my mum. I knew she was driving with my grandma, so I just thought I’d kill two birds with one stone, and she just basically swore back down the phone to me for about 20 seconds, screaming. It’s nice. It’s not something that everybody’s going to get, and it’s not something you can set out to achieve. I just wanted to make sure they really enjoyed it. When you’re younger, everybody’s like, “Will you be England captain one day?” You never focus on it, but it’s probably really nice for them. When I texted my dad, he also responded with language that I can’t use. “Are you kidding me?” basically. It was cool.
Probably my first England memory was going to watch the home EURO, last time we hosted [in 2005], and Karen Carney scored a last-minute winner at Man City’s stadium [against Finland]. The impact that had on me as a little girl... Back then you couldn’t watch that many games unless you went to see them, so the fact that we’re bringing it home again just shows how far football’s come in this country and how much of a spectacle it’s going to be. And also the interest… You start reaching all those little girls and also the older generation that maybe just hasn’t really [fallen in love with] or fell out of love with football – and they come back in again. Look at what the men’s EURO did, and we only hosted some of the games.
I used to go with my grandma and my mum. It’s always been very much a family affair. We always go in a large pack; it’s handy that we’re all Arsenal fans. If I can ever get up to England games with my dad, I still want to enjoy that with him, even though he’s Spurs…
Yeah, for West Brom away. I think I was nine or ten. We were on holiday in Devon and I got the call that I could be a mascot – because I was always a Junior Gunner as well. We left our holiday to drive to the game in West Brom from Devon, and then back down to continue afterwards. So the dedication was real.
Yeah, it probably hurt my dad to be honest, because he got nothing out of the experience, whereas we at least got to go to the game.
I enjoy the diversity and I think young people are really sort of free, at the minute, to be what they want to be and who they want to be. That’s why I love being in London, because there’s no limit to what you want to achieve professionally and to being successful. And the levels of culture that you can expose yourself to going into the city are really cool.
I am. Well, we share the role but yeah, I have been. At the minute we’re throwing it back a little bit; there are a couple of old school tunes that we’re liking. Absolutely Everybody by Vanessa [Amorosi]; that’s a big tune for us at the minute. And Tell Me Something Good, the remix.
He did! He was in a band called The Good Time Losers. It’s called Trafalgar Square. I’ve got it on vinyl. It’s pretty cool, actually. If I put it on in the changing room I actually think it would be a banger, but I don’t know. Sometimes the role of being a DJ is to cater to everybody else’s needs. Maybe after we get a big win, I’ll sort of drip-feed it in because I think it could be a real anthem for the team. He supported Pink Floyd once, so I’m like: “This is the guy. This is the guy.”
This needed to happen. Before you could be in and out like that, whereas now at least there’s a group stage and the exposure for the women’s game. Getting to play in those high-quality games – and six of them just in the group stage – is really important for us and for the growth of the women’s game.
I rang my mum. I knew she was driving with my grandma, so I just thought I’d kill two birds with one stone, and she just basically swore back down the phone to me for about 20 seconds, screaming. It’s nice. It’s not something that everybody’s going to get, and it’s not something you can set out to achieve. I just wanted to make sure they really enjoyed it. When you’re younger, everybody’s like, “Will you be England captain one day?” You never focus on it, but it’s probably really nice for them. When I texted my dad, he also responded with language that I can’t use. “Are you kidding me?” basically. It was cool.
Probably my first England memory was going to watch the home EURO, last time we hosted [in 2005], and Karen Carney scored a last-minute winner at Man City’s stadium [against Finland]. The impact that had on me as a little girl... Back then you couldn’t watch that many games unless you went to see them, so the fact that we’re bringing it home again just shows how far football’s come in this country and how much of a spectacle it’s going to be. And also the interest… You start reaching all those little girls and also the older generation that maybe just hasn’t really [fallen in love with] or fell out of love with football – and they come back in again. Look at what the men’s EURO did, and we only hosted some of the games.
I used to go with my grandma and my mum. It’s always been very much a family affair. We always go in a large pack; it’s handy that we’re all Arsenal fans. If I can ever get up to England games with my dad, I still want to enjoy that with him, even though he’s Spurs…
Yeah, for West Brom away. I think I was nine or ten. We were on holiday in Devon and I got the call that I could be a mascot – because I was always a Junior Gunner as well. We left our holiday to drive to the game in West Brom from Devon, and then back down to continue afterwards. So the dedication was real.
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