The future of women’s football
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2019
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The biggest World Cup in the history of women’s football is well underway, with the action in France already having a significant impact back in the UK.
Natalie Sawyer is joined by two people who have been integral to the development of the women’s game in this country. Former England captain with 90 caps for her country, Faye White. And the FA director for the women’s professional game Kelly Simmons.
We discuss the potential influence France 2019 can have, how the sport has progressed to a more professional model and the training schemes and initiatives that are encouraging young girls to pursue football as a profession.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to a special edition of the game podcast from The Times. I'm Natalie Sawyer. |
| 0:15.2 | The biggest World Cup in the history of women's football is well underway |
| 0:19.4 | with the action in France already having a significant impact back in the UK. |
| 0:24.0 | And today I'm joined in the studio by two people who have been integral to the |
| 0:27.6 | developments of the women's game in this country. |
| 0:30.3 | Former England captain with 90 caps for her country. It is Fay White. Hello? |
| 0:35.0 | Hello? And the FAA director for the women's professional game welcome Kelly |
| 0:39.5 | Simmons. Hi Kelly. And you've been in that role foot for less than a year now Kelly but there have been some significant strides |
| 0:46.5 | taken during your tenure so far. We're pleased with how things are going. It's the first year |
| 0:50.9 | we've just completed the first year for fully professional Women's Super League. |
| 0:55.1 | We've got a major sponsor in Barclays on board as title sponsor for next year. |
| 0:59.0 | That's a big step forward. |
| 1:00.1 | We think that that is a record deal in terms of brands investment in women's sport in the UK and you know |
| 1:06.4 | They've got great credibility great track record of helping and develop the men's |
| 1:10.1 | Premier League and promote the men's Premier League and obviously obviously them coming over to help support and promote the Women's Super League |
| 1:16.0 | and helpers in our ambitions to get bigger audiences, bigger |
| 1:19.5 | attendances and get people behind the game is a fantastic step forward. |
| 1:23.0 | We'll talk more about that a little bit later. |
| 1:25.0 | We're also going to discuss the future of the women's game going forward as a whole, |
| 1:30.0 | but we've got to start with the Lionesses, with that World Cup underway. They were victorious against |
| 1:34.5 | Scotland on Sunday by two goals to one. |
| 1:37.3 | Fay, Phil Neville wasn't exactly satisfied with his team's performance. |
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