Leah Williamson

Changes with Annie Macmanus

Annie Macmanus

Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Women’s football is more popular than ever. One key player leading the change is England captain Leah Williamson. Her mum had to pretend to be a boy to play football and Leah had to play on a boys' team as a young girl. Yet, a year ago today, Leah captained the Lionesses to victory in the UEFA Women's Euros 2022 and again, this year, in the Finalissima against Brazil. The team's success has changed the landscape of women’s football. This year, as the World Cup gets underway, Leah has had to change her goals after an ACL injury meant she can't join the England team in Australia and New Zealand.

Here, as the World Cup kicks off, Leah talks about life not always going to plan, changing tactics and mindset, commitment to change in the face of resistance, family, what she’s learnt about winning and losing, the challenges and discrepancies in football and ultimately how football has changed her.

You can order Leah's books here: https://www.waterstones.com/author/leah-williamson/611710

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0:00.0	Today's episode is brought to you by the new Alpha Romeo
0:03.2	Tanali plug-in hybrid. Ooh, get us.
0:06.8	Now I recently had the chance to drive the car, a very nice man.
0:09.8	Let me have one for 24 hours.
0:11.8	And it was green and shiny and gorgeous.
0:14.3	And I was into it because green for Ireland.
0:16.8	If I had more car tech speak, I would tell you it,
0:19.2	but just as suffice to say, I felt like a million dollars
0:22.2	driving it through London.
0:23.6	So this is a plug-in hybrid.
0:25.6	I wasn't too sure what this meant before I tried it,
0:27.8	or how it would work.
0:28.8	But basically, it means when you're doing shorter journeys,
0:31.1	you get all the benefits of an electric car.
0:33.6	And then if you're doing a longer journey,
0:35.5	it uses the petrol engine.
0:37.1	It actually automatically takes over.
0:39.3	So if the battery needs to be charged, you don't have to worry.
0:41.6	As the car will automatically do it.
0:44.3	Yes, that's what I need.
0:45.9	The flexibility is very, very handy there.
0:48.8	The car itself has all these amazing features.
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