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Match nights and training mornings

Short films from the ground, the early sessions and the long drives home.

November 2026

5 videos

  1. Under the lights, second half

    The last twenty minutes from behind the goal, in the rain.

    Floodlit league match on a wet night seen from behind the goal
  2. Dawn session, cones and a quiet pitch

    Zig-zag runs and a lot of mist before seven.

    Misty dawn training ground with cones and a distant player
  3. The tunnel walk

    The last minute before kick-off, in single file.

    Women players waiting in a stadium tunnel, seen from behind
  4. Eleven hours back from the coast

    Everyone asleep but me, and a motorway full of lights.

    Night team bus with players asleep and one awake at the window
  5. What is in my boot bag

    Boots, tape, shin guards and the jacket I never wash.

    Plain boots, tape and shin guards on a locker-room bench

October 2026

1 video

  1. An open training session

    Cones, a ball and a grass pitch on a free afternoon.

    Women training on a grass pitch with cones and a ball

Free letter, after every road trip

Notes from the road

What I saw on the trip, one thing I am working on in training, and match dates a day before anyone else.

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