Articles Quote by Parminder Nagra

In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey and stuff…

— Parminder Nagra

I think obviously the media need to help promote the game and make it bigger so the younger girls have women role models to…

— Karen Carney

It's a dream that we, as women footballers, get to play in the same stadium as the men.

— Ali Krieger

Many girls drop out of sport when they become body-conscious teenagers, so Sport England's 'This Girl Can' campaign, aimed at encouraging girls to get…

— Cathy Newman

I think that what's happening is that girls are enjoying playing. It's a lot more acceptable, and now we have a Women's Super League…

— Steph Houghton

Women and football have come a long way since I was at school. In those days, as far as I was concerned, football was…

— David James

We hope girls are inspired to start playing at a younger age and try to get to a World Cup themselves.

— Steph Houghton

You see the funding that AFL, rugby, all those sports get before women's football, I think it's about getting the money into football to…

— Sam Kerr

We are getting to the point where, like the men's game, playing football is not only a legitimate career but enables you to live…

— Millie Bright

We're doing a lot of work in schools getting girls to play football, breaking down any taboos there might be, and we're seeing them…

— Steph Houghton

As I watched more and more film, I could see how vulnerable players are and how careless they are with carrying the football.

— T. J. Watt

When I played football was somewhat taboo for a girl. Today it's not as much of a problem. Not all girls want to play…

— Hope Powell