Upfront: The end of the Houghton era, this weekend's FA Cup semi-finals, and a very special birthday
Upfront - A Women's Football Podcast
Stak Production
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Flo and Chloe are holding down the fort as Rachel dials in from Belfast ahead of England's game with Northern Ireland - where they'll be led by Leah Williamson! We're here with all the info on the successor to the imperious Steph Houghton.
We also look ahead to the FA Cup semi-finals this weekend where Arsenal face Chelsea yet again, before celebrating the 20th birthday of Bend It Like Beckham!
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| 0:00.0 | Here's football legend Jamie Rednapp for new hands-free sketches slip-ins footwear. |
| 0:03.6 | Imagine playing football against no defense or goalkeeper. |
| 0:06.4 | How easy would that be? That's what it's like putting in my new hands-free |
| 0:09.6 | sketch-a-slip-ins. There's nothing stopping my foot from just going in. |
| 0:13.2 | I just step in and I'm done, with no bending down to touch my shoes. |
| 0:17.1 | So how the sketch-a-slip-ins work is like they have an invisible built-in shoehorn, |
| 0:21.0 | so my foot slides into place. Then the hill pillow technology keeps my foot comfy and secure. |
| 0:26.5 | Find sketches slip-ins at a sketches store or sketches.co.uk |
| 0:35.1 | Welcome to Up Front on Football Rumble Presents. I'm Flo Lloyd Hughes. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm Chloe Morgan and I'm Rachel Sullivan. |
| 0:41.2 | The international break is in full swing and England were back amongst the goals |
| 0:44.8 | against North Macedonia. Rachel tells us about her time out there and we |
| 0:48.8 | react to Steph Houghton's decision to step down as England captain after eight long years. |
| 0:53.7 | Eda Hagarberg was also back amongst the goals on her return for Norway while |
| 0:57.2 | Northern Ireland's World Cup hopes took a bit of a blow against Austria. |
| 1:01.2 | Plus we celebrate 20 years of bend it like Beckham. |
| 1:04.1 | We've got everything you need to know ahead of the FA Cup semi-finals this weekend. |
| 1:24.0 | For Beth Meade in this game, a hat trick for Ella Tune, |
| 1:27.7 | Toop her Stanway, another double digit victory, |
| 1:32.0 | another dominant display, another clean sheet, |
| 1:36.3 | positives, all round for the line, this is... |
| 1:43.6 | Welcome back from ScopGee. How do you pronounce it? |
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