Leah Williamson - The Football Interview
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s edition of the Football Interview, Kelly Somers speaks to England captain Leah Williamson. They discuss her early memories of getting into football, the impact her family have had on her, and how she nearly dropped out of the Arsenal academy at the age of 15. She relives captaining England to back-to-back European titles and reveals to Kelly the one thing that's missing that would complete her career.
0’40 - First memories of football and not being very good. 2’20 - How she nearly dropped out of the academy at Arsenal at 15. 3’50 - Has there been a turning point? 4’55 - What match from her career would she relive? 6’00 - Did she realise what she’d done [winning Euro 2022]? 7’42 - How has it changed her life? 8’09 - The fuel to do win it again in 2025. 8’40 - What was she like growing up and her family dynamic. 10’26 - How she escapes from football and love of fashion. 12’53 - What else does she want to achieve?
5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries: Sat 1500 Liverpool v West Ham, Sat 1500 Newcastle v Everton on Sports Extra, Sat 1730 Leeds v Man City, Sun 1200 Rangers v Celtic, Sun 1400 Man Utd v Crystal Palace, Sun 1400 Fulham v Tottenham on Sports Extra, Sun 1400 Brighton & Hove v Nottingham Forest on Sports Extra 2, Sun 1630 Arsenal v Chelsea.
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| 0:57.0 | So if you like music, listen on BBC Sounds. The Football Interview on the Football Daily podcast. I'm Kelly Summers and this season I'll be interviewing some of the biggest names in football asking them the questions they don't normally get asked as I try to find out more about the person behind the player or manager. The first half will be on football, the second on their life away from the game. |
| 1:01.0 | This isn't just any interview, this is the football interview. |
| 1:05.0 | And this week I'm speaking to Lioness's captain and Arsenal's Leah Williamson. |
| 1:10.0 | Oh Leah, nice to see you, thank you for your time. Arsenal's Leah Williamson. |
| 1:16.4 | Oh Leah? Nice to see you. Thank you for your time. Let's start with football. I want to know the first time you played football, your first memories. And also because of something |
| 1:21.1 | you've just said to me off camera, how good were you? First time I ever played football, |
| 1:26.9 | my memory was at gymnastics |
| 1:29.1 | I must have been like five |
| 1:31.8 | six we were just waiting for our parents at the end |
| 1:34.4 | to pick us up and the coach was a football fan |
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