Newcastle United supporter Lucy Staniforth has revealed that she used to wear an undershirt when she first played for Sunderland Women to stop the Black Cats' top touching her skin.
Staniforth remains a huge Newcastle fan to this day after her family relocated from York to Alnwick when the future England international was a youngster. As fate would have it, the Staniforths lived around the corner from Lucy Bronze's family, who advised her to join Blyth Town.
The two Lucys went on to tour America together with Blyth Town before joining Sunderland and the pair made their debuts for the Black Cats women's side at just 16. Given Sunderland's set-up, and the fact the women's team were in a higher division than Newcastle, it was a no-brainer.
