Upfront - A Women's Football Podcast

Welcome to Upfront, a brand new women's football podcast available every Tuesday on Football Ramble Presents! Each week we'll bring you the biggest stories from the WSL and beyond, and take you to the cultural heartbeat of the women's game.

Today, we look back over the weekend's FA Cup semi-finals which saw a Beth Mead-inspired Arsenal sweep aside Brighton and Chelsea prove too much for a stuttering Manchester City. Elsewhere, we also discuss England's group and potential captain ahead of Euro 2022 next summer! Welcome along!

Flo Lloyd-Hughes is a journalist and broadcaster who covers the women's game for some of the UK's biggest outlets.

Rachel O'Sullivan is the Irish half of GirlsontheBall and has been covering women's football for almost a decade.

Chloe Morgan is a professional goalkeeper at Crystal Palace and a member of the Women In Football board.

Artwork photo - GirlsontheBall ©

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Today on the Book Club, we're joined by a Liverpool legend and true football obsessive.

For the past 8 years, Jamie Carragher has been the face and voice of football punditry in the UK. His celebrated book sees him and a range of guests reevaluate some of football’s greatest matches - from Istanbul '05, to Munich '99. He lifts the lid on it all with Kate and Jim.

You can purchase Jamie’s book, The Greatest Games, here! Find us on socials @footballramble.

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North Korea won the Under 20 Women’s World Cup for a third time last month, meaning they are now one of the most successful sides in the tournament’s history. So how has such a politically isolated country forged such a strong presence on the global stage?

We’re joined by Tokyo-based sports journalist Alex Bishop, who talks us through that winning moment in Bogotá, their rise as a women’s football power and why North Korea’s youth development is so strong.

Plus, Alex explains how their senior team has consistently maintained a top-ten FIFA ranking, and whether he can see them at the World Cup in Brazil in 2027. Join us!

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Chloe, Rachel and Crystal Palace’s Leigh Nicol react to the return of the WSL! Leicester come back with a bang, but it took Chelsea 89 minutes to realise it was happening to be honest...

In the second half of the show, Leigh talks us through her ongoing experience of endometriosis, which Leah Williamson recently revealed almost prevented her from playing at the Euros. For Leigh, it’s not only jeopardising her playing career, it’s hampering her day-to-day life. We discuss the difficulties of diagnosis, the lack of awareness around the condition, and how it’s silently but profoundly damaging the lives of elite footballers.

You can find more information on endometriosis at Endometriosis UK.

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Today's episode of Upfront is brought to you in partnership with the National Lottery. The National Lottery Players have supported women's football to the tune of £50 million in the last 10 years, and we wanted to speak to those at the heart of the grassroots game about how this funding benefits clubs all over the UK.

Chloe is joined by Marty Trifonova and Linda Fox, a first-team player and Chairperson from Actonians LFC. Marty tells us how she emigrated to the UK and fell in love with the game at Actonians, while Linda explains just how impactful National Lottery funding has been in helping them progress their footballing operation. We also hear about the spirit of a club that prides itself on bringing people together from all backgrounds through their love of the game - and how Marty managed to embarrass herself in front of England legend, Ellen White!

We'll be back with our first show of the Euros tomorrow! In the meantime, tweet us @FootballRamble, @FloydTweet, @GirlsontheBall and @Morgie_89

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