“If you only talk about trophies, you’re alienating the majority of kids” – Eamonn Newell on building an inclusive football club for girls and women

This week, we speak to Twickenham Swans and Signets FC Chairman and Founder, Eamonn Newell, about how their club’s inspirational journey from using jumpers for goalposts to taking over Wembley Stadium with 400 Swans members!

Eamonn talks about how his own daughter’s interest in football sparked the idea to build a girls’ football team based on the values of inclusivity and child-first practice. Their website reads: “Never played before? Now's you chance. Used to play? Welcome back. Just keen to know more about the game your child may play? That's great too. Twickenham Swans FC is open to everyone with no age limits.”

If you want to be inspired by the impact child-first coaching can have on an entire community, this episode is for you.

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