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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barry Glendenning

Euro 2022 and the underappreciated sidekick role on football podcasts

Euro 2022 is hurtling into view with three (count them) mascots. Four if you count Fara Williams.
Euro 2022 is hurtling into view with three (count them) mascots. Four if you count Fara Williams. Photograph: Christopher Lee/The FA/Getty Images

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It’s been quite a few years now since Big Paper and Big Website started “ramming women’s football down people’s throats” by publishing sporadic, easily avoidable columns about a burgeoning sport that seemed to drive some readers to the brink of apoplexy even though they were free to ignore them. Indeed, such was the lack of interest harboured by some readers on the goings-on in the Women’s Super League or international arena, that week after week the same bozos felt compelled to post comments Below The Line pointing out how hilarious they found the idea of women playing football, and advising all involved to “get back in the kitchen” because those dishes won’t wash themselves.

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