hi this is Jamie Johnson meet behind freedom Ben today on our show is the England women captain
the Manchester City women's captain she's the defender the brick wall at the back the one and
only Steph Horton ah thank you so much how are you I'm good yeah what'd you think of well here
today Manchester City Football Academy the place where us and the first team and all the Academy
trained and I was like a dream for me oh yeah yeah how did you first get into football first
of all I think it was from my dad really I think from a young age whenever I could walk there was
always a football in front of my feet and I think cleaning the yard whether it was with my dad and
my mom or my friends in the street it was I just loved football from the first one when I started
and I know you played with both boys and girls when you were growing up so does my sister she
plays in a boy scene what advice would you give to I think once you play a football you've gotta
firstly enjoy you've got to want to play every single day so whether it was school break time
or after school you just wanted to go on the football pitch and have fun with your mates but
I think if you take a little bit more seriously it's all about trying to work hard and listening
to the coaches or your teachers around your end and give yourself the best chance of trying to
be a footballer but I always think if you enjoy something you're gonna do better at it anyway
we've had quite a few injuries during your career like you like bro no idea break you're
like oh how do you pick yourself back up what would be the advice per my way of thinking and
the people around us thinking was like oh Kia it's an opportunity to better myself as
a person but also as an athlete and whether that's been in the gym getting stronger and
quicker and making sure I was better when I when I the injury healed the thing that was
always my mentality one of the main themes in Jamie Johnson this season if captaincy
and obviously you're a captain um what advice is that any secrets to being a great leader I think
first and foremost I think your performance as a football player itself you have to make sure
that that's right and the things you do on the pitcher what you need from for your team and
for me the way that our leaders by example and whether that's my professionalism on the pitch
and off the pitch being a nice person being available for my teammates if the need is
and constantly checking in with them but also and I think this pressures outside of that in
terms of media interviews I think there's a real balance to being a captain and you have
to be very consistent with who you are you can't be too high in terms of thinking too much about
yourself you've got to really stay in the middle and be thinking team first first and foremost
King Jamie Johnson we've got a new character and she's Salus really and they just played with
the boys now what would you say I think that's amazing I think that's what makes the the players
that they are I think girls have got so many opportunities to clear and the are competitive
people and I think the overall models that they can look up to and really aspire to dream to be
a professional footballer and by the sounds of this character she's not stopping it letting
anybody stop her getting to where she wants to be but I do this pretty much with everyone it's
called quickfire where I say something and you just got given the first thing you ready the
first one is nutmeg or slides so I tackle striking or defender defender Olympics oh well welcome goal
line clearance or scoring a goal goal line clearance dogs or cats dogs Caroline very
much mom says no don't know Mom so quickfire next dancing or singing singing Christmas or
Halloween Christmas obviously obviously amusement park or a day at the beach near the beach when I
go to the beach I always try and get sand yeah well we can go on amusement parks as well then
so before we go is there anything you want to ask me okay so I do something called quickfire
so y'all say the first thing that comes to your head okay nutmeg a slide tackle Kevin de Bruyne or
Vincent Kompany both come on it's not a quickfire is one answer no both of them love David Silva oh
good [ __ ] why are you giving me these long to finish it off thanks for your time staff thank you