- Let Girls Play campaign hosted in 1,450 schools
- Former England forward says ‘it’s great to see’
The former England and Arsenal forward Kelly Smith expressed her delight at the number of girls taking part in the biggest football session in schools across the country on Wednesday, with numbers topping 90,000. “It’s huge, 90,000, that just blows my mind,” said the 43-year-old, who was England’s record goalscorer until Ellen White passed her tally of 46 in November 2021.
“I’ve seen an appetite and a hunger from these girls to want to play football. That is really, really pleasing for me because when I first started playing I was the only one in the whole school. Now, you see a whole team coming out, prepared and ready, wanting to learn and want to have fun with it. It’s great to see the numbers going up in every school that I go into.”
Continue reading…Let Girls Play campaign hosted in 1,450 schoolsFormer England forward says ‘it’s great to see’The former England and Arsenal forward Kelly Smith expressed her delight at the number of girls taking part in the biggest football session in schools across the country on Wednesday, with numbers topping 90,000. “It’s huge, 90,000, that just blows my mind,” said the 43-year-old, who was England’s record goalscorer until Ellen White passed her tally of 46 in November 2021.“I’ve seen an appetite and a hunger from these girls to want to play football. That is really, really pleasing for me because when I first started playing I was the only one in the whole school. Now, you see a whole team coming out, prepared and ready, wanting to learn and want to have fun with it. It’s great to see the numbers going up in every school that I go into.” Continue reading…