The Game Changers Podcast
In this award-winning podcast Sue Anstiss talks to trailblazers in women sport. These are the individuals who are knocking down barriers and challenging the status quo for women and girls everywhere.
Along with openly sharing their historic careers, what drives them and how they’ve dealt with tough challenges, each episode explores key issues for equality in sport and beyond.
We’re incredibly grateful to Sport England who support The Game Changers through a National Lottery award.
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Francesca Brown: Empowering young women through sport and education
Francesca Brown is founder of the award winning Goals4Girls development programme and a Prince’s Trust Ambassador.
Fleur Robinson: Putting football at the heart of the community
Fleur Robinson is an accomplished commercial leader with a huge passion for putting football at the heart of the community.
Anita Asante: The fight to make football more inclusive
With 71 international caps under her belt, spanning 14 years, Anita Asante is a formidable England defender currently playing top club football for Aston Villa.
Kelly Cates: Maintaining a career at the forefront of football broadcasting
Kelly Cates is an award-winning broadcaster who has successfully fronted sports reporting for two decades.
Fara Williams: Extraordinary success in the face of adversity
With 172 appearances for her country, Fara Williams is the most capped player in the history of English football.
Lucy Bronze: Overcoming obstacles to become the best in the world
One of the world's leading female professional players, Lucy Bronze was UEFA Women’s Player of the Year in 2019 and in 2020 was named The Best FIFA Women's Player.
Amanda Vandervort: How social media is a driving force for fans of women's sport
Chief Women's Football Officer at FIFPRO, the global football players' union, Amanda is a soccer player, coach and data-driven marketer.
Maria Bobenrieth: How active girls can transform communities
Maria is Executive Director of Women Win, an organisation that leverages the power of sport to equip adolescent girls and young women to exercise their rights.
Jess Fishlock: How female athletes are using their platform for social justice
Professional footballer Jess Fishlock has played in nine countries winning numerous accolades include a UEFA Women’s Champions League winners medal. Wales’ most capped footballer. Jess is the first player, male or female, to reach 100 caps for her country. Off the field Jess is a role model for the LGBTQ+ community.
Julie Welch: What makes a great football writer
Fleet Street's first female football writer, Julie Welch blazed a trail for women in sports media. An award-winning sportswriter for the Observer, Julie was the 'girl in the press box' for 15 years.
Manisha Tailor: How role models can inspire South Asian women in sport
The first South Asian woman to coach in men's professional football, Manisha started her career training as a primary headteacher. Motivated by her twin brother's mental health breakdown and her role as a young carer, Manisha made the move into grassroots football.
Dawn Scott: How we enhance the performance of elite female athletes
Dawn Scott shares her unconventional path to be becoming a sports scientist, her role in helping the US National Team win two World Cups and Olympic Gold and her hopes for the Lionesses at the next Euros and World Cup.
Jessica Creighton: How the media's lack of diversity drives her to do more
An award-winning broadcaster and journalist, Jessica has worked in the sports industry for over a decade, for organisations including the BBC, BT Sport and TalkSPORT. Jessica now presents Sky Sports News and hosts the Women's Football Show on Sky.
Trailer: We’re back with series 7
The 7th series - sponsored by Barclays - features 8 more trailblazing women in football. Listen to the trailer.
Ian Wright: The importance of being a male ally
Our 50th guest is male ally Ian Wright, a footballing legend, now TV and radio personality, who shares his thoughts on all things women's football.
Jill Scott: The pressure facing experienced players
Football legend Jill Scott MBE has 149 caps for England and plays for Man City. She’s played in four World Cups and was part of Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics.
Jane Purdon: How leadership in women's sport is changing
Leading Women in Football as its CEO and a qualified lawyer, Jane has worked at the highest level of football and sport. As Head of Governance and Leadership at UK Sport Jane oversaw the creation of the Code for Sports Governance.
Sian Massey-Ellis: What it takes to be a female match official
As one of England’s highest profile female match officials, working the Premier League and EFL, Sian has been a real trailblazer for female officials, appointed to matches in the Football League Trophy, UEFA Women's Champions League, the FIFA Women's World Cup and the UEFA Europa League.
Mary Harvey: Why sport can’t ignore human rights
A goalkeeper for the US Women's National Soccer team, winning both the World Cup and Olympic Gold.
As former Director of Development at FIFA, Mary did much to drive gender reforms, and the work she did still has huge global impact for the women’s game.
Shelley Kerr: Why listening is an under rated skill
The manager of the Scotland women's team who led them to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 2019.
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The Game Changers received a Bronze Award in the ‘Best Sports Podcast’ category of the 2020 British Podcast Awards.