Sarah McGinnis was persuaded outside of her comfort zone to become a football coach after daughter Isabel, seven, desperately wanted to play. She tells i how the Lionesses have inspired girls to fall in love with football
“After Isabel watched the Lionesses, the realisation sank in: ‘Oh, girls can do this!’ and she suddenly understood that football wasn’t just something she could knock about and play in the street or back garden with her brother, but something that girls can do properly. Seeing the Lionesses in action made her think: ‘This can be me.’because I had told her they only played down the road at Leigh. So I took her to her first-ever match – and that was it.
She eventually found a team at Astley and Tyldesley, but the other girls were all a year older than Isabel and it was the youngest team. The manager who ran the team suggested Ms McGinnis could start a new team for younger girls – and she admits her initial reaction was to think it was beyond her. After signing up for various courses with the FA, Ms McGinnis put an advert on Facebook and on their first training session in May, she had eight seven-year-olds come down keen to join. The team now has nine players and Ms McGinnis has two female assistant coaches.
“But I absolutely love being a football coach and the passion I get from these girls and the way that they have come together since only May is unbelievable. It is like a little football family and I hope they stay together for years.”
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