PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER | MEMBER SINCE 2023 | AGE 19

"MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN UNPARALLELED. IT PROVIDED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK WITH OTHER GIRLS FROM DIVERSE ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS IN THE FOOTBALL INDUSTRY, HELPING ME BUILD A VITAL SUPPORT NETWORK BEYOND MY FAMILY AND TEAMMATES. THE COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH OPE'S DILIGENT EFFORTS, FACILITATED MY EXPOSURE TO VARIOUS ROLES WITHIN FOOTBALL AND EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE OF FEMALE ROLE MODELS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS."

FOUNDER & COACH | MEMBER SINCE 2023 | AGE 17

SINCE JOINING OUR FOUNDATION PROGRAM IN 2023, EMMA-GRACE HAS EMBARKED ON A CAREER IN COACHING. THROUGH OUR FOUNDER SIGNPOSTING HER TO THE FA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, EMMA-GRACE WAS INSPIRED TO CREATE HER OWN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FACILITATING MALE AND FEMALE FOOTBALL ACTIVITIES.

EMMA-GRACE HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE EOE FOUNDATION, ATTENDING OUR LAUCH EVENT AS WELL AS FOOTBALL SESSIONS.

"I JOINED THE COMMUNITY BY REACHING OUT TO ESTHER IN 2023.SHE WAS SO SWEET AND HELPED ME BY INTRODUCING ME TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD OF FOOTBALL.”

GRASSROOTS & ETC PLAYER | MEMBER SINCE 2024 | AGE 8

OUR FOUNDER, ESTHER, MET ANAYAH AT A FIXTURE WHILE SUPPORTING ONE OF OUR PARTICIPANTS. AFTER BEING INSPIRED BY ANAYAH’S DEDICATION TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER, WE MADE THE DECISION TO REDUCE OUR AGE BRACKET TO AGE 8.

ESTHER HAS DEVELOPED A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH HER FAMILY ATTENDING TRAINING SESSIONS AND FOOTBALL TRIALS.

ANAYAH ALSO FEATURED IN OUR ‘BEYOND THE BOOT’ SERIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STREETZ FOOTBALL.