Transfer window drama and the new challenges facing LGBTQ+ footballers
Upfront - A Women's Football Podcast
Stak Production
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Chloe and Rachel react to big news on the eve of deadline day: Chelsea have put in a bid for Arsenal’s Katie McCabe! We discuss how likely the move is and Chloe explains what the January transfer window is really like for players.
With the start of Football vs Homophobia’s Month of Action on Wednesday, we also speak to its director Lou Englefield about the LGBTQ+ community’s great trailblazers in women’s football – right back to the 1920s – and the challenges facing trans women players today. For a grassroots perspective, we catch up with two players from the UK’s oldest out women’s football club, Hackney Women FC.
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| 1:43.2 | Welcome back to Upfront I'm Chloe Morgan and I'm Rachel Sullivan. |
| 1:46.6 | On the eve of transfer deadline day Chelsea are making big moves they're reportedly putting |
| 1:52.4 | an offer for Katie McCabe. Could it really come off? We also discuss what deadline days really like |
| 1:58.6 | as a player and this week marks a start of football versus homophobious month of action. |
| 2:04.8 | So today we're talking to the campaign director Lou Engelfield about the challenges facing |
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