Maisie Symonds on Brighton's season of two halves, her England call-up, and off-season relaxation!
Upfront - A Women's Football Podcast
Stak Production
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Today, we're joined by one of England's exciting next generation and a rising star in the WSL: it's Brighton's Maisie Symonds!
Rach caught up with Maisie from her seaside home (and, really, it couldn't be any closer to the sea) to look back on Brighton's season, which saw Dario Vidošić make an instant impact and some brilliant home form before a tougher second half of the campaign. She also reveals what it was like to be named in the Lionesses' squad for the first time back in March and get THAT phone call from Sarina Wiegman.
Plus, Maisie explains why she wants to play World Sevens Football one day and we find out what post-season for a football-obsessed professional player really looks like...
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Galactica from the Scottish FA. |
| 0:05.0 | If you haven't already seen it, Galactica is a brand new feature-length documentary |
| 0:09.0 | that gives you unprecedented access to the life and career of Caroline Weir, |
| 0:13.0 | Scotland and Rail Madrid's standout midfielder. |
| 0:16.0 | Need I say more than she's just a wizard with a wand of a foot, unreal free kick taker, and, my |
| 0:21.8 | biggest memory of wear, must be when she chipped Mary Earps not once, but twice, an absolute |
| 0:26.8 | dream of a player to watch. |
| 0:29.2 | Filmed in Madrid and back home in Scotland, Galactica is a rare and honest look into Caroline's |
| 0:33.5 | journey, from growing up dreaming of playing football to making it at the highest level of the |
| 0:37.9 | women's game. You'll hear from friends, family and teammates who've been with her every step of |
| 0:42.5 | the way. Whether you're a fan of women's football looking for a bit of inspiration or just want to |
| 0:47.1 | see what it really takes to play at the top, this is one to watch. Watch the full documentary on |
| 0:52.2 | the Scotland National Team YouTube channel now. That's Galactica, |
| 0:55.7 | a Scottish FA film, available to stream today. Welcome to Upfront. I'm Rachel O'Sullivan. |
| 1:05.7 | Today we're joined by one of the WSL's most impressive young talents. Maisie Simons her WSL debut for Brighton four years ago and has gone on to become an |
| 1:14.8 | absolutely vital part of what's been a great season for the Seagulls. |
| 1:18.7 | She's also captained and scored goals for England's youth teams and was called up by |
| 1:22.5 | Serena Vigman for the first time in March of this year. |
| 1:25.8 | She's been knocked back by health scares and injury already in her young career, |
| 1:29.7 | but has shown the resilience needed to reach the very top, |
| 1:32.7 | something I can't wait to chat more about with her today. |
| 1:42.1 | We are going to get into the questions, but tell me, have you been enjoying these last two weeks off? |
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