#IWD2021 - Chatting Challenges with... Merrick Will

Amateur FA & Middlesex FA present the Chatting Challenges With... series of interviews with 5 role models from the women's game. We start with London Bees captain Merrick Will. Merrick chats with Sian Osmond, Women's Recreational Officer for Middlesex FA. “I feel like this generation have a big responsibility to pave the pathway for the next generation to make the pathway easier ” - Merrick Will. All thoughts shared by Merrick are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Amateur & Middlesex FAs.

#IWD2021 - Chatting Challenges with... Samantha Miller

Amateur FA & Middlesex FA present the Chatting Challenges With... series of interviews with 5 role models from the women's game. We move from the life of a footballer vying to be at the top of the game to a player who has transitioned into football media. Samantha Miller chats with Lauren Mawdsley, Inclusion Development Officer for Middlesex FA. “You look around the press room and would feel there were not enough women there and I hope women don’t feel they can’t do it or don’t have the right pathway” - Samantha Miller.

#IWD2021 - Chatting Challenges with... Abigail Ingram

Amateur FA & Middlesex FA present the Chatting Challenges With... series of interviews with 5 role models from the women's game. We move from Samantha Miller discussing her rise in sports media onto Abigail Ingram of Girls United who sits down with, Sian Osmond, Women's Recreational Officer for Middlesex FA. “I want to make sure that sometimes I’m not a tick box I don’t want to get something if that’s a place on a qualification or a job or being spoken to and interacted to because I’m a female coach versus being a coach.” - Abigail Ingram.

#IWD2021 | Chatting Challenges With... Lucia Abbate

Amateur FA & Middlesex FA present the Chatting Challenges With... series of interviews with 5 role models from the women's game. We move from Abigail Ingram discussing her journey within the women game onto Lucia Abbate of St Margaretsbury FC, Arsenal & Barnet who sits down with Sian Osmond, Women's Recreational Officer for Middlesex FA. “All I ask is to be seen as a coach regardless of my gender” - Lucia Abbate. All views expressed throughout this interview are those of Lucia and do not represent the views of both the Amateur & Middlesex FAs.

#IWD2021 - Chatting Challenges with... Anita Asante

Amateur FA & Middlesex FA present the Chatting Challenges With... series of interviews with 5 role models from the women's game. We move from Lucia Abbate discussing her journey into the men's game and onto WSL & Aston Villa star Anita Asante who sits down with Samantha Brown, Football Development Officer for Amateur FA.“I want all the youngsters out there to just like honestly don’t think that anything is impossible, really dream really big and set your sights high” - Anita Asante.

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