Sally Freedman 💙⚽

⚡Breaking news....there's a new book coming out soon.... 🤷🏽‍♀️PS. you might recognise the person on the front and the author!

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@JacquiOatley @England Who we think should be in a team is subjective. We can argue player x is better than y and someone else can say y is better than x. Both can be right. So many factors come into winning - player selection is key, but there’s culture, togetherness, luck, tactics and so much more

Having read Gareth Southgate’s leadership book recently, I have a different reaction to this @England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 squad announcement to others. So many factors apply to these decisions that we’ll never know about. The manager has to face media questions that he can’t alway honestly answer, knowing full well he’ll be vilified. E.g in GS’s book, he wrote about two players who’d declined a call up for friendlies. We had no idea and he’d have been slated him for not selecting them. All opinions are valid, but remember Tuchel has to pick players based on a variety of factors, not just whether “he’s a better player than him”.

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Petr Vlachovsky secretly filmed female players in changing rooms and showers. Today, the UEFA Ethics and Disciplinary investigation decided to ban Petr Vlachovsky from exercising any football-related activity for life. bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

@sportingintel @barneyronay bbc.co.uk/sport/football… @sportingintel

@barneyronay Tests plural. Financial charges: not mentioned in BBC and other coverage. The guy is a genius as I’ve stated multiple times. Has changed football at all levels in so many ways. But let’s balance his legacy?

If anyone sees a Pep hagiography piece about him leaving City that mentions either his drug test failures as a player and / or his spending as a City manager related to serial punishments for financial breaches, pls let me know. Genius yep. Flawed, yep.

People often ask me if sexism in football is still a problem. And if I want to write a second book. I think it's pretty clear what the answer is. It's never ending. Even in 2026.

Q. Is sexism in football still a problem, Sally? A. ⤵️

@TomJGarry And if you’ve ever wondered why I wrote a book about sexism in football ⬆️. It’s 2026, but so often feels like 1926.

If you've ever wondered why Real Madrid's women's team have never been given the chance to play a match at the Bernabéu... #UWCL

@imartinr11 It’s why I wrote a book about this exact topic

Que en pleno siglo XXI se diga si una mujer sabe o no de fútbol me parece deleznable. Entre otras muchas cosas.

Q. And why did you write a book about sexism in football, Sally? A. ⬇️

@BHAFCWomen I think I recognise this video!

POV: You've just watched Albion book their ticket to Wembley! 🤩🤳

Seagulls 💙🤍

Next stop: Wembley 💙🤍

ALBION ARE GOING TO WEMBLEY!!! 💙🤍

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The Home of Women's Football is coming to Brighton and Hove. 💙🤍 We are pleased to announce the development of the first stadium 'Built for her' in the UK and Europe. Coming season 2030/31. 🤝

@Airaasayss White

Read very carefully!!!!! And look Closely before before You answer......🤔🤔

@Lord_LMC @TomJGarry It’s a balancing act … finding that price point… too low offers a risk that people don’t care if they go / not go and too expensive means some people don’t buy at all. 11,000 no shows is high…. Could suggest the ticket prices were v low or freebies.

@FreedmanSal @TomJGarry The tickets are relatively cheap so if people decide not to attend after buying them, it's not much of a financial loss. If they'd paid £100s, they'd make more of an effort to still attend 60k+ attendees is still a very decent turn out

Just a small side note from last night's game, compared to the big talking points, of course, but it's worth noting the uplift in the crowd for the same fixture... Feb 2025, England-Spain at Wembley: 46,550 April 2026, England-Spain at Wembley: 62,306 Decent growth. #Lionesses

It was a pleasure to deliver a workshop about sexism in football at the @FairGameUK conference at the @FootballMuseum in Manchester. Thank you Niall Couper and Sarah Porter, MBA for the opportunity.