"I wanted to prove them wrong, especially when they said I would never make it, that it's not a girl's sport, there we…"

"I’d like to see more support for the women’s game. I’d like to cut out racism and the discriminatory slurs both in th…"

"I fell in love with football when I was a little girl. No matter what, I don’t play football for the money. I play fo…"

"There’s more female coaches in the game now too which is healthy."

"I’ve experienced sexist slurs on social media as well as racism and things like that...you become stronger from those…"

"It’s a sad reality but as a black female I’ve felt like I have to work harder than the next person."

"I need to stay focused and tough - negativity will always be there but If I’m working hard, getting to the places I w…"

"If you have the backing of the men’s side and the club as a whole, it means that us on the pitch can fully focus on t…"

"We must really give special attention to our women athletes, including our Para athletes. And not just the athletes a…"

"Gutted, heartbroken, disappointed and confused but as the saying goes, everything happens for a reason and I have fai…"