E132 - Steph Houghton MBE (Re-Release): Breaking barriers to become a professional footballer

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🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In December 2020, we had an amazing conversation with the current captain of England and Manchester City at the time - Steph Houghton. Unfortunately due to injury, Steph didn’t make the current Euros squad but she is known as one of the most recognisable faces in women’s football.

With the Women’s Euros in full swing, we are releasing this fantastic episode to highlight just how far the women’s game has come on, but what it has taken footballer’s like Steph to get to this point.

In this episode Steph takes us through how she began playing football at a time when being a professional women footballer didn’t exist. She shares with us the objections and stereotypes she had to overcome as she worked her way up. Steph has seen the evolution of football first hand and the impact it has had on players and fans alike.

This is a candid conversation about Steph’s experiences as a woman in sport and the importance of setting examples for the next generation and leaving them a legacy to follow. Steph shares with us her thoughts on being in the moment, striving for the perfect game and winning cultures in football.

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0:00.0	Hi there, you're listening to high performance, Agif to you, for free every single week.
0:08.9	I'm Jake Humphrey and this is where I have a conversation with my exceptional co-host,
0:13.2	Professor Damien Hughes, an expert in high performing team cultures.
0:17.0	And we speak to the world's leading artists, entrepreneurs, visionaries, sport stars and
0:22.1	leaders to find out what makes them tick to see whether it can get you closer to high
0:27.9	performance.
0:28.9	I mean, this is a recap episode and in some ways it's celebratory because it's the women's
0:33.5	euros.
0:34.5	I'm really excited about England's chances, but also this episode is tinged with a bit
0:39.0	of regret and sadness because it's a conversation with an amazing player who's done so much for
0:44.7	club and country yet won't be competing this summer.
0:48.4	Yeah, I think that one of my favourite quotes around high performances is that if we see
0:52.7	further than most, it's because we've been standing on the shoulders of giants and I
0:56.0	think that the England squad, the European championship, it would all pay tribute to the
1:01.4	impacts of Steph Horton and how much she's been a trailblazer father.
1:07.0	So if you're not too aware of the story, of course, Steph's had a stellar England career
1:10.6	yet she was carrying an injury, she had to have surgery, she tried to recover in time
1:15.5	according to the press reports, she felt like she was on track to make it into the squad.
1:20.6	But the England manager made a decision in her words that Steph wasn't ready to compete.
1:27.4	So you've worked with so many high performance teams over the years, they mean, and you've
1:30.4	dealt often with players who've been told by a manager or a coach information that they
1:35.6	didn't want to hear.
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