Chelsea legend Millie Bright's legacy
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
The Athletic
4.8 • 807 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Full Time Focus, host Jillian Sakovits and The Athletic's UK soccer writer Cerys Jones discuss Chelsea defender Millie Bright's retirement. Bright has been a key figure in women's soccer, especially in England, across a period of great evolution. The duo discusses the former England and Women's Super League defender's legacy and what yet another departure means for Chelsea as the club continues to navigate a period of transition.
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HOST: Jillian Sakovits
GUEST: Cerys Jones
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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Referenced on the show:
Chelsea’s Millie Bright retires with immediate effect: How she’ll be remembered
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| 0:00.0 | her longevity and the way that she has been there through the real kind of grassroots stage of |
| 0:07.2 | the women's game through to now like the peaks of it that we've seen in this country. I think |
| 0:14.1 | she is pretty synonymous with the professional era of women's football in England. And I think that that's her legacy in terms of the persistence that she has had. |
| 0:34.9 | Hello, everybody, a very warm welcome to full-time focus. It is presented by Amazon Prime. |
| 0:40.4 | Jillian Sackavits with you today. On today's show, we discussed the retirement announcement of English |
| 0:46.0 | legend Millie Bright. After 12 years, 314 appearances, 20 trophies, the club's longest-serving |
| 0:52.6 | player, has decided to step away from the game at age 32. |
| 0:56.5 | The Chelsea women's captain who underwent knee surgery last summer and who most recently |
| 1:01.0 | dealt with an ankle injury had not featured for Sonia Bonepastor's side since February. |
| 1:06.5 | Upon the announcement, Millie said, quote, representing Chelsea over the last 12 years has been |
| 1:11.2 | everything to me. |
| 1:12.5 | But I'm ready to say goodbye to playing football. |
| 1:15.5 | I've given all I can and I never wanted to fight for any other badge. |
| 1:19.7 | Bright was part of the club's first ever trophy win in 2015 and the 19 that followed that |
| 1:25.5 | one. |
| 1:25.7 | To discuss Bright's legacy impact |
| 1:27.8 | and what the future looks like for Chelsea, |
| 1:30.2 | I'll be joined today by the athletics, Caris Jones. |
| 1:36.8 | And joining me today on full-time from across the pond |
| 1:40.2 | is Carish Jones. |
| 1:41.6 | Karas, it's been a minute. How are you? |
| 1:43.6 | I'm good. How are you? I'm good. |
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