S7, Ep5 How to Fail: Eniola Aluko

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.7 • 9.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Eniola Aluko is a former footballer who bears the notable distinction of being one of only 11 women to play for England over 100 times and the first ever female pundit on Match of the Day. Born in Nigeria, she was raised on a Birmingham council estate, where her talent for football was obvious from a young age. At 15 she signed up for Birmingham City Ladies. Later, she played for Chelsea and Juventus, gaining a First Class law degree along the way. Later still, she was a whistleblower for racist bullying within the Football Association It was a public battle that required extraordinary reserves of strength, courage and determination.Eni joins me to talk about racism, sexism, equal pay, psychological pressure, failing the New York bar exam twice and the very real difficulties of dating when you're a female athlete. We also discuss her gripping memoir, They Don't Teach This, which is ALL about the incredible lessons she's learned from failure and is therefore very on-brand for this whole podcast.Thank you Eni! This word is overused but you are truly an inspiration. *The Sunday Times Top 5 bestselling book of the podcast, How To Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong is out now in paperback and available to buy here.*They Don't Teach This by Eniola Aluko is published by Yellow Jersey and is available to buy here.*How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted by Elizabeth Day, produced by Naomi Mantin and Chris Sharp. We love hearing from you! To contact us, email howtofailpod@gmail.com* Social Media:Elizabeth Day @elizabdayEni Aluko @EniAlu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Channel 4 is the home of your next TV obsession. As the UK's biggest free streaming service,
0:07.9	they have it all from classic comedy box sets to shocking reality, gripping drama and
0:14.0	mind bending documentaries. They make content that's different from the rest and that
0:18.9	represents a broad cross-section of society. It's the home of unfiltered entertainment.
0:24.4	It's altogether different telling, made for you and happily for me because regular listeners
0:30.7	will know about my married at first sight Australia obsession. Currently on the TV, I cannot
0:37.0	get enough of it. I watch it every single night. I really miss it when it's not on on
0:41.1	the Sunday. And for anyone who doesn't know, it follows Australian singles who tie the
0:46.1	knot with partners selected for them by relationship experts, including male shilling, former
0:51.6	How to Fail podcast guest. They meet for the first time on their wedding day and we watch
0:57.1	to find out whether there will be perfect matches ahead or marriage mayhem. I love it.
1:03.5	So stream now on Channel 4. There is so much on there, including Maffsa and Scared of
1:10.0	the Dark, Danny Dyer hosting as eight celebrities of plunge into complete darkness for eight days.
1:16.0	How will Paul Gasco and Chris Ubank's scarlet mothat, Nicola Adams and others cope without
1:21.4	light, stream all of this now on Channel 4.
1:39.2	Hello and welcome to How to Fail with Elizabeth Day. The podcast that celebrates the things
1:44.6	that haven't gone right. This is a podcast about learning from our mistakes and understanding
1:50.9	that why we fail ultimately makes us stronger. Because learning how to fail in life actually
1:57.2	means learning how to succeed better. I'm your host, author and journalist Elizabeth
2:02.8	Day and every week I'll be asking a new interviewee what they've learned from failure.
2:09.7	Anyola Aluko is a former England footballer. One of only 11 women who have played more
2:15.2	than 100 times for England. Born in Nigeria, Aluko's parents moved to Birmingham when she
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