Something a little bit different in this week’s podcast episode. This one has nothing to do with any current team but as a fan of books and the history of women’s football it was great being able to speak with Lou Kuenzler, the author of ‘Our Beautiful Game.’

The book tells the story of Polly Nabb, a young girl desperate to play football while her brother goes off to fight in the trenches of the First World War. It is inspired by amazing young footballers like Lily Parr and Alice Woods who changed attitudes to girls and women on the pitch and showed extraordinary courage on the home front too.

We actually recorded this in the midst of the summer’s heatwave and while England were marching on in the European Championships. Lou was an absolute pleasure to speak to, her passion for this story is easy see and while her characters are fictional there are many similarities between Polly’s story and the experiences of the trailblazers like Lily Parr and Alice Woods.

Lou doesn’t hold back and is incredibly honest about her dyslexia. Something which you might imagine would hold her back in her writing, but far from it!

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