WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.948 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.948 --> 00:00:02.922 align:middle line:90% - OK. 00:00:02.922 --> 00:00:04.390 align:middle line:90% - -Still in focus? 00:00:04.390 --> 00:00:06.180 align:middle line:90% - I had toast for breakfast. 00:00:06.180 --> 00:00:09.627 align:middle line:84% I play football, so obviously I know what the offside rule is. 00:00:09.627 --> 00:00:12.587 align:middle line:90% - -Move that as well, please. 00:00:12.587 --> 00:00:13.920 align:middle line:90% - Do you remember what you said? 00:00:13.920 --> 00:00:15.345 align:middle line:90% - No. 00:00:15.345 --> 00:00:17.245 align:middle line:90% - Smile-- Yeah, OK! 00:00:17.245 --> 00:00:20.580 align:middle line:90% - Hi, I'm Anna. 00:00:20.580 --> 00:00:22.000 align:middle line:90% I'm 18 years old. 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:24.420 align:middle line:84% I play centre back for the Hampstead Ladies' team. 00:00:24.420 --> 00:00:26.530 align:middle line:84% I think I'm the youngest on the team. 00:00:26.530 --> 00:00:30.210 align:middle line:90% So the age ranges from 18 to 35. 00:00:30.210 --> 00:00:34.050 align:middle line:84% My first football experience was in the garden with my dad, 00:00:34.050 --> 00:00:37.710 align:middle line:84% and he was shooting at me, and he hit me in the face. 00:00:37.710 --> 00:00:38.760 align:middle line:90% And I got a nosebleed. 00:00:38.760 --> 00:00:40.820 align:middle line:84% It was also my first ever nosebleed. 00:00:40.820 --> 00:00:44.986 align:middle line:84% Being a women's footballer is not nearly as glamorous 00:00:44.986 --> 00:00:46.110 align:middle line:90% as being a male footballer. 00:00:46.110 --> 00:00:47.610 align:middle line:84% You don't get paid nearly as much. 00:00:47.610 --> 00:00:50.340 align:middle line:84% Often they have other jobs, as well. 00:00:50.340 --> 00:00:53.990 align:middle line:84% I have met various boys who've said, "You can't play football. 00:00:53.990 --> 00:00:54.810 align:middle line:90% You're a girl." 00:00:54.810 --> 00:00:57.095 align:middle line:84% Especially at primary school, boys would say, "Eww! 00:00:57.095 --> 00:00:57.990 align:middle line:90% You're a girl. 00:00:57.990 --> 00:00:59.250 align:middle line:90% You can't play with us." 00:00:59.250 --> 00:01:01.260 align:middle line:84% It is very frustrating at times, makes 00:01:01.260 --> 00:01:02.570 align:middle line:90% me want to prove them wrong. 00:01:02.570 --> 00:01:06.030 align:middle line:84% It makes me want to play even more. 00:01:06.030 --> 00:01:09.540 align:middle line:84% My first proper football match was in Year Seven, 00:01:09.540 --> 00:01:12.159 align:middle line:84% and it was with girls I'd never played with before. 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:14.200 align:middle line:84% It'd been a new team that was being put together. 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:15.480 align:middle line:90% I'd never met any of them. 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:16.980 align:middle line:90% It was a new league, as well. 00:01:16.980 --> 00:01:20.520 align:middle line:84% And we won seven-nil, so it was a pretty good first match. 00:01:20.520 --> 00:01:22.480 align:middle line:84% I just remember really enjoying it. 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:24.120 align:middle line:90% And we all got on really well. 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:28.080 align:middle line:84% And I've played with the same girls for nearly six years. 00:01:28.080 --> 00:01:30.600 align:middle line:84% What's great about sport is that it just-- 00:01:30.600 --> 00:01:33.000 align:middle line:84% you meet people you would never meet otherwise. 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.700 align:middle line:90% It's a way to de-stress. 00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:37.770 align:middle line:84% I kind of forget about everything else 00:01:37.770 --> 00:01:40.230 align:middle line:84% that's going on when I'm on the pitch or playing football. 00:01:40.230 --> 00:01:45.410 align:middle line:90% 00:01:45.410 --> 00:01:48.880 align:middle line:84% Last summer, I went to trials, and there were loads of girls 00:01:48.880 --> 00:01:49.790 align:middle line:90% there. 00:01:49.790 --> 00:01:51.020 align:middle line:90% It was very intimidating. 00:01:51.020 --> 00:01:52.790 align:middle line:84% Everyone seems like they're really good, 00:01:52.790 --> 00:01:54.500 align:middle line:84% and they've been playing for ages. 00:01:54.500 --> 00:01:56.410 align:middle line:84% They all play for these really big clubs. 00:01:56.410 --> 00:01:58.520 align:middle line:84% A couple of weeks later, they told me 00:01:58.520 --> 00:02:00.320 align:middle line:84% that I'd been selected for the squad. 00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:02.070 align:middle line:84% Each time we went on a camp, everyone 00:02:02.070 --> 00:02:03.580 align:middle line:84% would get to know each other better. 00:02:03.580 --> 00:02:06.784 align:middle line:84% The camp I enjoyed the most was St George's Park because that's 00:02:06.784 --> 00:02:07.700 align:middle line:90% where England trained. 00:02:07.700 --> 00:02:09.720 align:middle line:90% 00:02:09.720 --> 00:02:11.750 align:middle line:84% I guess you still meet people who think, 00:02:11.750 --> 00:02:14.540 align:middle line:84% a woman can't play football, or they should-- 00:02:14.540 --> 00:02:17.540 align:middle line:84% women don't deserve to get paid as much as men because they're 00:02:17.540 --> 00:02:19.066 align:middle line:90% not as good as them. 00:02:19.066 --> 00:02:21.920 align:middle line:84% But I think it's slowly becoming more and more accepted. 00:02:21.920 --> 00:02:26.000 align:middle line:90% 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:29.240 align:middle line:84% My mum's from a really small Spanish town in the south, 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:32.180 align:middle line:84% so they don't think women can play football. 00:02:32.180 --> 00:02:34.865 align:middle line:84% They don't think girls can really do sports at all. 00:02:34.865 --> 00:02:36.740 align:middle line:84% They don't have a girls' football team there. 00:02:36.740 --> 00:02:38.990 align:middle line:84% When I play with my cousins in Spain, they're all boys, 00:02:38.990 --> 00:02:40.190 align:middle line:84% and they're all very good at football. 00:02:40.190 --> 00:02:42.115 align:middle line:84% I try to skill them all up because they don't 00:02:42.115 --> 00:02:43.280 align:middle line:90% think I'm as good as them. 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:46.600 align:middle line:84% I like to know that they're embarrassed. 00:02:46.600 --> 00:02:48.580 align:middle line:84% My proudest moment would be probably getting 00:02:48.580 --> 00:02:50.100 align:middle line:90% the international cap. 00:02:50.100 --> 00:02:53.890 align:middle line:84% I played nationally with the Independent School squad. 00:02:53.890 --> 00:02:55.240 align:middle line:90% We played against Scotland. 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:56.950 align:middle line:84% That was quite recently, actually. 00:02:56.950 --> 00:02:59.710 align:middle line:84% We went to Edinburgh, and we won three-nil, 00:02:59.710 --> 00:03:02.920 align:middle line:90% and from that, I got a cap. 00:03:02.920 --> 00:03:06.020 align:middle line:84% I'm not too sure if I want to go into professional football. 00:03:06.020 --> 00:03:10.300 align:middle line:84% If I don't make it, then I'm in a bit of a sticky situation 00:03:10.300 --> 00:03:11.800 align:middle line:84% because I wouldn't have gone to uni, 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:13.800 align:middle line:84% and I wouldn't have made it as a player, either. 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:15.430 align:middle line:84% But I'm still on the fence about it. 00:03:15.430 --> 00:03:16.670 align:middle line:90% I'm not sure yet. 00:03:16.670 --> 00:03:18.915 align:middle line:84% I'm very excited about going to Crystal Palace Ladies 00:03:18.915 --> 00:03:21.850 align:middle line:84% and getting to talk to people who play at quite a high level. 00:03:21.850 --> 00:03:24.520 align:middle line:84% I think it would definitely help make 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:29.387 align:middle line:84% it clearer in my head as to what I want to do, but I'm not sure. 00:03:29.387 --> 00:03:31.345 align:middle line:84% I'll have to see what happens when I get there. 00:03:31.345 --> 00:04:15.150 align:middle line:90% [MUSIC PLAYING] 00:04:15.150 --> 00:04:15.650 align:middle line:90% - Hello. 00:04:15.650 --> 00:04:16.450 align:middle line:90% - Hiya. 00:04:16.450 --> 00:04:17.172 align:middle line:90% - I'm Anna. 00:04:17.172 --> 00:04:17.880 align:middle line:90% What's your name? 00:04:17.880 --> 00:04:18.517 align:middle line:90% - So I'm Freya. 00:04:18.517 --> 00:04:19.850 align:middle line:90% - And what position do you play? 00:04:19.850 --> 00:04:20.959 align:middle line:90% - I play centre back. 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:21.767 align:middle line:90% - Same. 00:04:21.767 --> 00:04:22.267 align:middle line:90% - Yeah? 00:04:22.267 --> 00:04:22.808 align:middle line:90% - Yeah, yeah. 00:04:22.808 --> 00:04:23.580 align:middle line:90% - All right, yeah. 00:04:23.580 --> 00:04:25.010 align:middle line:84% - Was football what you wanted to do? 00:04:25.010 --> 00:04:26.635 align:middle line:84% - I always laugh and talk to my friends 00:04:26.635 --> 00:04:28.250 align:middle line:84% about how football was my first love. 00:04:28.250 --> 00:04:30.560 align:middle line:84% - What would you say you like the most about football? 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:33.370 align:middle line:84% What is your favourite thing about it? 00:04:33.370 --> 00:04:35.000 align:middle line:90% - Obviously, the winning. 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:37.160 align:middle line:84% You can't replace that feeling of winning the cup, 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:39.290 align:middle line:84% winning the league, going and beating-- 00:04:39.290 --> 00:04:42.110 align:middle line:84% all that stuff, but to be fair to the girls, probably 00:04:42.110 --> 00:04:42.727 align:middle line:90% the banter. 00:04:42.727 --> 00:04:44.810 align:middle line:84% It's just nice that everyone rips into each other, 00:04:44.810 --> 00:04:46.893 align:middle line:84% but at the same time, if anybody needs picking up, 00:04:46.893 --> 00:04:47.941 align:middle line:90% we're all there together. 00:04:47.941 --> 00:04:49.440 align:middle line:84% That's probably the best bit for me. 00:04:49.440 --> 00:04:50.018 align:middle line:90% - Yeah. 00:04:50.018 --> 00:04:50.432 align:middle line:90% I'd probably say the same. 00:04:50.432 --> 00:04:50.932 align:middle line:90% - Yeah. 00:04:50.932 --> 00:04:54.080 align:middle line:84% - Have you ever been told you're a girl, you can't do football? 00:04:54.080 --> 00:04:54.800 align:middle line:90% - Oh, yeah. 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:55.410 align:middle line:90% - Yeah. 00:04:55.410 --> 00:04:55.910 align:middle line:90% - Yeah. 00:04:55.910 --> 00:04:57.170 align:middle line:90% All the time. 00:04:57.170 --> 00:04:58.310 align:middle line:90% - What do you say to that? 00:04:58.310 --> 00:05:00.530 align:middle line:84% - Work hard and just strive for what you want. 00:05:00.530 --> 00:05:02.720 align:middle line:84% I guess I just had very supporting parents. 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:05.120 align:middle line:84% They were just like, "Be as good as you want to be, 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:06.680 align:middle line:90% and it will all come to you." 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:10.220 align:middle line:84% And I guess standing here now, with a club like Palace. 00:05:10.220 --> 00:05:10.975 align:middle line:90% It's true. 00:05:10.975 --> 00:05:13.520 align:middle line:84% - Is that what you would say to a young girl who 00:05:13.520 --> 00:05:15.445 align:middle line:84% wasn't sure to do football because she's 00:05:15.445 --> 00:05:16.275 align:middle line:90% been told she couldn't do it? 00:05:16.275 --> 00:05:16.774 align:middle line:90% - Yeah. 00:05:16.774 --> 00:05:19.130 align:middle line:84% I would just say to her, if it's honestly, truly what 00:05:19.130 --> 00:05:21.740 align:middle line:90% you want to do, go and do it. 00:05:21.740 --> 00:05:23.660 align:middle line:84% Don't let anybody tell you you can't do it. 00:05:23.660 --> 00:05:24.740 align:middle line:90% Go for it. 00:05:24.740 --> 00:05:25.280 align:middle line:90% Why not? 00:05:25.280 --> 00:05:31.330 align:middle line:90% 00:05:31.330 --> 00:05:33.550 align:middle line:84% - I feel quite excited to be here 00:05:33.550 --> 00:05:37.540 align:middle line:84% to see how a professional football team plays 00:05:37.540 --> 00:05:38.620 align:middle line:90% and how they train. 00:05:38.620 --> 00:05:41.440 align:middle line:84% Talking to Freya was quite helpful, actually. 00:05:41.440 --> 00:05:43.930 align:middle line:84% They just always played football like me. 00:05:43.930 --> 00:05:45.130 align:middle line:90% So who knows? 00:05:45.130 --> 00:05:47.620 align:middle line:84% I could be like them one day maybe. 00:05:47.620 --> 00:05:49.494 align:middle line:90% I guess I just have to see. 00:05:49.494 --> 00:05:51.160 align:middle line:84% - Now that you've come to Crystal Palace 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:52.909 align:middle line:84% and met the players, do you think you want 00:05:52.909 --> 00:05:54.385 align:middle line:90% to pursue a career in football? 00:05:54.385 --> 00:05:57.860 align:middle line:84% - I think it's definitely pushed me in that direction. 00:05:57.860 --> 00:05:58.810 align:middle line:90% Yeah. 00:05:58.810 --> 00:06:00.880 align:middle line:84% I'm closer to that than I was before. 00:06:00.880 --> 00:06:04.324 align:middle line:90% 00:06:04.324 --> 00:06:07.230 align:middle line:84% More girls should aspire to be women's footballers. 00:06:07.230 --> 00:06:08.990 align:middle line:84% I would tell a young girl who is not sure 00:06:08.990 --> 00:06:10.406 align:middle line:84% whether she wants to play football 00:06:10.406 --> 00:06:13.700 align:middle line:84% or not because of what boys are telling her to definitely do it 00:06:13.700 --> 00:06:16.610 align:middle line:90% because it's worth it. 00:06:16.610 --> 00:06:18.200 align:middle line:84% When I was little and people told me 00:06:18.200 --> 00:06:20.408 align:middle line:84% I couldn't do it because I was a girl, I kind of just 00:06:20.408 --> 00:06:22.490 align:middle line:84% ignored it because at the end of the day 00:06:22.490 --> 00:06:24.446 align:middle line:84% their opinion really doesn't matter at all. 00:06:24.446 --> 00:06:25.820 align:middle line:84% I mean, I don't think any of them 00:06:25.820 --> 00:06:29.200 align:middle line:84% have an international cap, so yeah! 00:06:29.200 --> 00:06:31.432 align:middle line:90% [MUSIC PLAYING] 00:06:31.432 --> 00:06:56.683 align:middle line:90%