Kelly Lindsey: Recognising sport's power to change lives and society
S9 Ep 4
Kelly Lindsey is a former professional footballer who's also played in the US national team. Since retiring as a player at just 23 following many injuries, she's thrived as an incredibly successful coach leading teams across the world in the US, Hong Kong, Afghanistan and Morocco. Last year was appointed as performance director at Lewes FC the first gender equal football club in the world.
Kelly is renowned for her passion and courage in tackling some of the less attractive issues in women's football, whether it's being a voice for the voiceless in support of female players in Afghanistan or calling out those in the highest positions of leadership at national and international federations, Kelly's doing so much to ensure that football can truly be a game for all.
In this powerful episode we explore many issues including human rights abuses in football and its powerful potential to drive gender equality.
In the podcast I refer to the launch of Fearless Football and you can watch Kelly’s moving presentation here: https://youtu.be/e5QCquwTgBk
You can also join me as an owner of Lewes FC via this link: https://lewesfc.com/become-an-owner/
And find out more about the various organisation supporting those fleeing Afghanistan by following Kelly on twitter here: https://twitter.com/coachaffwnt.