On the bench with Blaine and Danni, season 1 recap

On the bench with Reading Fc women's manager Ed Jackson-Noris and defender Sarah Thompson

On the bench this week we have Reading Fc women's manager Ed Jackson-Norris and Reading Fc defender Sarah Thompson on the pod. In this week's episode we delve into both their careers within football from where Ed's coaching career started to where Sarahs playing career started at Reading Fc during her youth career. We talk about both their times at Maidenhead and we reminisce on the couple of seasons they had together winning trophies and winning cup finals. Not long after they both made the move to Reading Fc women's during a testing time not knowing if the team would fold but both trusted the process. The team around Ed trusted his coaching skills and knowledge to give Reading a good chance at getting up the table and have succeeded at that this season finishing high up in the league.

On the bench with Fleet spurs women's assistant manager Hollie O'brien

On the bench this week we have Fleet Spurs assistant manager Hollie on the pod. In this episode we delve into Hollie's playing career from youth level into women's football and how she balanced motherhood and football at the same time speaking about the struggles she went through. She also talks about how she copes day to day with her ADHD and how she is a big role model for young girls going through what she went through and being a voice for them to know they are not alone. As Hollie is stepping up to be assistant manager we spoke about what she brings to the role and the ambitions she has for fleet spurs women for short term goals and long term goals and the community she really wants to create within the team.

On the bench with Blaine and Danni, season 1 recap

On the bench this week we have no guests, only the hosts of Her journey podcast Blaine and Danni reminiscing on season 1 of the pod and how far it has come. We delve into what people don't see behind the scenes and what it took to start the podcast. We talk about the community we have started to make through Her journey and the people we have met along the way such as Emma Mutch who has been a fan favourite from the beginning as well as being a true believer in the pod from the very start and Shannon Mather who helped the pod grow and allowed us to use our platform as an extra voice to share peoples stories, the incredible opportunities we have had the chance to have from the podcast growing. Not only have people able to open up with their stories it has allowed us to work on things ourselves to become better versions of who we are and to understand how our minds work. Her journey is just getting started follow the journey with us into season 2 for some amazing new guests lined up.

On the bench with Bromley FC winger Emily Woodhouse

On the bench this week we have Emily Woodhouse on the pod. In this week’s episode we delve into Emily’s playing career starting from a young age playing for a team in Andover before having a large period of time away from the game. We talk about how she returned to playing football and began in a women’s team such as basingstoke, Winchester City Flyers, Dartford, and Bromley. Emily opens up about the person who believed in her to be able to get back to playing, finding the love and having her outlet on the pitch once again. Not only is she a very hard working footballer she is also very hard working within her job as a PE teacher where we discuss how much of an impact Emily had on Danni’s life when she was her PE teacher growing up and how she was able to create a pathway in women’s football for Danni.

On the bench with Winchester City Flyers striker and defender Chelsie Hay and Sharna Capel

On the bench this week we have Chelsie Hay and Sharna Capel on the pod. In this episode we delve into both their playing careers from youngsters and when they used to play together at youth football and then where football took them in separate directions. We speak to them about where their adulting footballing journeys started, Chelsie getting a scholarship to play football in America and Sharna playing for Portsmouth youth set up making her debut for the first team at 16. When their paths met again they began playing together at Winchester city flyers putting that bond they built together at a young age back onto the football pitch in a race to win the league.