Magic happens every Monday on a pitch tucked away from the road at Tiber Football Centre on Lodge Lane.
Once a professional footballer with Tottenham Hotspur's women's team, Comfort Etim, 38, set up Comfort's Angels in 2018 while working with Refugee Women Connect. Inspired by her own experience becoming homeless and claiming asylum in the UK after being taken from Nigeria and kept against her will in London in 2003, Comfort wanted a space where women could find community amid the loneliness of the asylum process.
She created a haven for women like Amaneh, 68, who used to play basketball with her friends, but couldn't compete in matches, join a team or play football in Iran, where she's from. She feels proud now she plays with Comfort's Angels, which allowed her to make "good, new friends". Amaneh said: "I like playing football and I enjoy it because it makes me happy. I forget my problems. Comfort is very nice and very kind."
