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I said and I will speak, if we have a successful euro with the lionesses and Monday after the girls can not play yet, then why is that? All the promotions, all the TV coverage and the beautiful montages, but the girls are still denied the opportunity to play our national sport.
When you hear the stories and travels of some of the biggest names in women’s football, almost all of them are united by one thing: they had to go more and further to play the game.
Lucy Bronze, a formidable defender, Fifa Best winner and runner-up for the Golden Ball, played with boys growing up. Kelly Smith, one of England and Arsenal’s best players of all time, was dropped from the boys ’home team because she was too good. Rachel Yankey had a similar story, too good for the boys and too few opportunities to play with the girls.
Also Lauren Hemp, who is barely 21 and heading forward be one of the best players in the worldhe played with the boys ’team in Norfolk before joining Bristol City and the women’s Super League Barclays, barely 16 years old.
The women at the top of the game had to struggle to find a team to play, a place to play, or even a coach or teacher who would believe in them. England’s best still remember those moments at school.
Bukayo Saka recently spoke about how his primary school was in West London, where he first began dreaming of becoming a footballer. On the court, I learned the names and moves of legendary players like Jimmy Greaves, who was loved by Mr. Pigden. I can still hear him say, “Don’t blow the horn, Ian, finish like Jimmy Greaves! Don’t give the goalkeeper any chances. “
I know this is not going to happen overnight, but we have a responsibility to this generation of girls not to let them down like we did to previous generations. The future stars of the Barclays WSL and the English women’s national team are out there on the playgrounds, school playgrounds and ready to play. We have to let them play.
Today, the FA and Barclays are hosting the largest football meeting to date across the country, involving more than 70,000 girls, to try to get as many girls as possible to school to play football on the same day. This is an important moment, because for all the growth of women’s football, our greatest responsibility is to ensure equal access for girls to our national game.
If you want to give girls equal access to football, you can sign up for free training and resources and support in running football for girls in schools. Go to www.girlsfootballinschools.org/
Ian Wright is the Barclays football ambassador.
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