Editorial Board:
Kieran Yap – Writer:
I’ve been a football fanatic since being obsessed by Roberto Baggio and Ronaldo as a child in the 90’s. At the 2000 Olympics I was lucky enough to watch the legendary Mia Hamm play live. Since then I’ve seen some players of similar calibre play in Australia with A-League Women sides. I’m a lucky husband and doting cat-dad who dreams of writing a movie about the life of Hayley Raso and will take a sickie to watch the Matildas.
Aimee Reynolds – Writer & TikTok Content Creator
I started watching women’s football in 2019 and have been hooked ever since. Football is a big part of my life and I have always dreamed of having opportunities to work in it. I grew up watching Nottingham Forest men and I play football too which is where my love started! I create content on both my personal TikTok and the Impetus TikTok platform. On top of this, I enjoy sports photography and writing up articles!
Genevieve Henry – Writer & TikTok Content Creator
I have been in love with football my whole life, but the first time I ever watched the Matildas, a newfound passion was born. Since then, I have been photographing and writing about football whenever possible with the hope of being involved with the sport in a new way, other than playing. I am first and foremost a Matildas fan, and the clubs I support are just based on wherever there are Aussies playing. Additionally, I am a member of Impetus’ team of TikTok content creators.
Ben Gilby – Writer & Mentor
Ben is a member of the prestigious Football Writer’s Association and is part of the media team at Perth Glory, responsible for providing weekly written content for the A-League Women’s team. During the NPLW WA season, he is a weekly guest on the Perth Football Podcast discussing the matches and goings on in the league.
Ben founded Impetus in September 2019 and was chief editor of the site from 2019 until the beginning of January 2024 when he announced his decision to step down to solely concentrate on writing. He now writes about Australia’s national women’s teams, its players wherever in the world they play their club football, and the Australian domestic game for Impetus. Ben additionally mentors some of Impetus’ youngest contributors and actively supports opportunities for female First Nation Australian footballers. His writing on the UK game can be found on the site On Her Side.
Stu Barker – Writer
My introduction to women’s football came when coaching the Hampshire Constabulary Women’s football team. Since then I have been fortunate enough to spend some time working as a coach of Winchester Flyers Reserves and also assisting with the women’s team.
In the summer of 2022, I joined Moneyfields Women as a coach of their U18s and Head of Media. The 2022/23 season was one of my most treasured in over twenty years of coaching. After defeat against AFC Stoneham in the opening match of the season we were always playing catch up. A draw in their penultimate match gave us the chance to overtake them if we won our final match of the season. We did just that and were crowned league champions.
In 2018 I founded Since 71, a women’s football website. The aim has always been to promote women’s football at all levels from international to grassroots on the website, social media, and via our podcast. We were able to organically grow the website to become one of the most respected in the country and regulars at matches up and down the women’s football pyramid and Lionesses internationals.
Towards the end of 2023, I approached the editorial team at Impetus to enquire about a merger of both websites and combining our team of writers and here we are today.
Morganna King – Brand Co-Ordinator, Writer, Photography, Social media Co-Ordinator, TikTok Content Creator
Morganna plays a leading role in editing and producing content for the @ImpetusFootball TikTok account which receives tens of thousands of hits a week.
Our Team:
Adam Johnstone – Photographer
With over 15 years in media, Adam has built up a football photography portfolio over the past few seasons, mainly shooting EFL games. Based in Wiltshire, but covering all over the UK, Adam photographs a variety of matches for Impetus.
Aimee-Lou Caldecourt – Writer
My passion for women’s football started when i was 9, when I watched my first game at the AMEX Stadium in Brighton, my hometown, and since then my interest has grown to me wanting to pursue a career in this industry.
Growing up I was surrounded by football so I couldn’t not fall in love with it, and because I can’t play, writing is the best option. I’m currently a Multimedia Sports Journalism student studying at the incredible Wembley Stadium and I’m falling more and more in love with football everyday which I didn’t think was possible!
Aimee Logan – Writer & TikTok Content Creator
My love for women’s football has grown massively in the past year and I quickly knew that being involved in the sport I adore, is something I would want to do for the rest of my life. An Arsenal fan myself, I loved watching games on the TV and cheering them on and the connection I now have with this incredible growing sport is as result of the Lionesses lifting the Euro’s 2022 trophy and their inspiring journey as a team, throughout the campaign. I’m still young and studying in school but I know that I wanted to be involved in the legacy women’s football is leaving. Being involved in the media side of the sport is something I thought was the job that could fulfil my goal of helping the game grow further. I’m thrilled to be a part of Impetus where I have the best opportunity to gain the experience I need for my future. I created the Impetus TikTok platform and planned its launch content as well as leading the site’s TikTok content team. When I have a spare minute, I post on my own TikTok account about my love for women’s football and give some of my opinions on matches and shocking moments in the world of women’s football (@aimee.woso).
Andy Wicks – Photographer
I started following women’s football in 2020 when COVID restrictions on stadium attendances meant that it was difficult to get tickets to men’s games. I became hooked watching Reading Women FC and became a player sponsor. In 2021 I sponsored Alton Ladies FC (tier seven) and spent a season with them as their club photographer. For the 2022/23 season I have been club photographer at Woodley United, a tier six team who have just won their league and promotion to tier five – one step outside of the FA Women’s National League. I also photograph the three women’s teams at Reading University as well as other women’s teams in the South of England. When not photographing matches I create matchday posters and programmes and anything else I can do to help promote women’s football.
Arwen Moses – Photographer and Writer
I am a photographer, writer, and content creator from Scotland. I have always loved watching football so working in football media is my dream career. So far, highlights of my work include working with teams in the Scottish men’s Premiership, covering the Futsal World Championships in Barcelona, and freelancing as a photographer for several teams. I am currently working with Dundee United FC and hope to study media at university next year.
Ava-Marianne Elliott – Writer
Football has been a huge part of my life ever since I was a child. I was born and raised in a family of avid Arsenal supporters, so there was always some kind of conversation going on in my household about football, and that really sparked my interest in the game. At seven-years-old, I first stepped onto a pitch, and I knew I was never going to look back. From my roots in a WSL club’s academy system to the present day, my love for football has only grown and evolved into a deeper passion for the women’s game specifically. Through all the difficulties I faced being a woman in football, with very few role models and little to no support from my mostly male peers and coaches, I found a lot of comfort in writing about my personal experiences moving into my teens.
Witnessing the growth across the globe within women’s sport and the shift in attitudes towards women’s football has been incredible. I hope that I can contribute towards an even bigger shift in attitude towards women’s football. Writing for Impetus is a huge privilege, the experience I gain whilst writing about the sport I love is invaluable and I’m very grateful to be part of the team.
Ben Phillips – Photography Content co-ordinator & Photographer.
Ben Phillips is the official photographer for Cambridge United FC and has joined Impetus to run our photographic coverage and photography output on social media along with getting out and about to provide us with images on a regular basis too!
Beth McCowen – Writer
I am from North London and grew up in a football-mad family full of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur fans. I have always had a casual interest in the game and was lucky enough see Arsenal win the FA Cup at Wembley in 2016. This is where my love for women’s football was kick-started. It was an unforgettable victory for the club I supported. More importantly, having not had much access to it prior to this, I finally experienced how exciting women’s football was, and experience first-hand how rapidly it was growing.
Following the 2022 Euros and 2023 World Cup, as another WSL season began, as a student journalist who dabbled in various categories, I finally realised there could be a place for me in writing about women’s football (and sport more generally). It’s a topic that I, frankly, never stop talking about. In my eyes, the beautiful game has such an integral place in wider society as well as the sporting world, with there being so many significant conversations still to be had. If I can bring more attention to the value of women’s football through my work, I will be more than happy.
Blaise Ogutu – Writer
Football has been a big part of my life ever since I was a kid. I have my brother and father to thank for shaping my view of the beautiful game as well as duping me into supporting Liverpool during the barren era. I accidentally stumbled across women’s football on a random Tuesday night during the Rio Olympics in August 2016 as Australia played Zimbabwe. In the following weeks and months, I found myself going down a rabbit hole that I have never come out of, and gladly so. The women’s game came to me at a time when I was an awkward teen struggling to find that one thing that would make me different from other aspiring writers. Since 2021, I have become more involved in writing and follow the game closer than ever. Even if it means waking up at 2am just to catch Portland Thorns on Twitch.
Cat Bryant – Photographer
Based in Perth, Western Australia, Cat provides us with regular photography from the NPLW WA competitions.
Caitlin Kelly – Writer
As a child watching football was definitely not something I enjoyed. But growing up in a small family full of Leyton Orient fans where I was taken along to games home and away, there was no doubt thatI would soon fall in love with the game. At the end of the WSL season before Euro 2022 where I began watching women’s football. Fast forward to now, my Saturday is typically spent at Brisbane Road or somewhere else in the country watching Orient, and my Sunday at a WSL game. Off the back of the Lionesses’ success in the Euros and World Cup, the legacy women’s football is creating is something so special so I am thrilled to be part of Impetus to share my love for the game with the world!
Camilia Lane – Writer
Football has always been a massive interest of mine as well as dipping into other sports. I get enjoyment and happiness out of watching football and my interest in women’s football started a while ago and I decided that I wanted to develop my knowledge of the game. I love analytics of the sport and finding ways that decisions could have been made better. This is the career path that I would love to follow and Impetus will give me opportunities and experiences to help me pursue this.
Carrie Dunn – Writer
Carrie is the media officer for Aberystwyth Town Women, who play in the Genero Premier, Wales’ top tier. She provides Impetus with reports and photos from the club’s matches as part of our coverage of the Welsh game.
Chris Myatt – Photographer
I am a new and aspiring London-based photographer supplying images of WSL matches for Impetus.
Darrell Allen – Writer
I have volunteered at several Norfolk women’s football clubs. This involved reporting on games home and away as well as posting regular content across the clubs’ Facebook, Instagram and Twitter feeds. I am also a season ticket holder at Chelsea Women and King’s Lynn Town Women in addition to my duties with Thetford Town Women.
Denise Duffy – Writer
An American, now based in Taupō, New Zealand, Denise has had her eye on international football for decades. A witness to the rise of the ’99ers, she comes to the sport with across-the-grain thinking and a definite feminist perspective. She is thoroughly enjoying her latest deep dive in to New Zealand football. Denise covers all aspects of the women’s game in New Zealand from the national team to Wellington Phoenix in the A-League Women and the local domestic scene. In addition, as she returns to the USA during the NWSL season each year, Denise will be providing detailed content from the competition.
Denyse McCulloch – Photographer
Provider of photographs to Western Australia NPL Women’s side Fremantle City, Denyse has given us permission to use her shots of matches involving the club as part of our coverage of the competition.
Emily Brown – Writer
I never anticipated I would develop a passion for anything surrounding football. However, since tuning in to the second half of the Euros final in 2022, seeing Chloe Kelly’s goal, how much it meant to each individual player, the press conference afterwards and Mary Earps dancing on the table, I knew it was something special. After the Arnold Clark Cup, I started watching WSL matches and became hooked. I resonated with football more than I thought I ever would have done. I enjoyed it more because I felt like each time I saw each team play they were fighting for something more than just winning a game. These women that I saw on my screen were more than just footballers they were role models and as well as being exceptionally good at their job playing football, they were having an even greater impact on society just by being themselves.
Now, I have combined my passion for journalism, broadcasting, and media with my passion for women’s football. I especially enjoy writing pieces that engage and interest others regardless of their knowledge about the sport, making it more accessible to everyone, football fan or not. In this way, I aim to encourage others who are new to women’s football like I was not so long ago, to get involved and learn more about the pivotal women in society that are female footballers.
Emma Burke – Writer
Impetus is proud to have Emma, one of the inaugural 10 members of the Our Game Women and Non Binary Persons In Football program in Australia on our team. A respected writer in the country, Emma is a key part of our group of writers covering both the Matildas and A-League Women.
Emmanuel Faith – Writer
Based in Nigeria, and being a SDG 5 advocate (Sustainable Development Goal Five – which promotes the “adoption and strengthening sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels), which involves writing articles and speaking at various panel events, I am actively involved in empowering gender equality, and that includes in football.
Having supported Chelsea since 2005, I started watching women’s football actively in 2014 during the U20 World Cup where Nigeria reached the finals against all the odds. I later watched the Women’s World Cup in 2015 and club football in 2019. I write about women’s football because I believe that the media has a crucial role in popularising this beautiful game.
Foto Enzo (Vince Caratozzolo) – Photographer
Vince runs the hugely successful Foto Enzo photography site. He provides photographs to Football West, the governing body of football in the state of Western Australia. As part of our coverage of the Western Australia NPL Women’s competition, we have permission to use his photographs. https://www.fotoenzo.com/
Freya Ward – Writer & TikTok Content Creator
I only started watching women’s football in the past year but I very quickly fell in love with the sport and knew it was something that I wanted to base my life around. I have grown up watching men’s football with my dad and I have followed Nottingham Forest my entire life, but never really found myself looking up to players due to the obvious factor that they were men and I was just a little girl, which lead to me losing my love for the game for a while. So when the Lionesses won the Euros I felt really inspired, I felt it was too late to actually begin playing football again which is where I really started to look into the media aspect of things. I soon realised that this is what I wanted to start doing. I am still young but I am about to begin studying business and management and am so thrilled to bring my love for women’s football into my future career path and am very excited to be a part of Impetus, where I have the opportunity to write about the sport I love whilst gaining vital experience for my future. I am also one of the members of Impetus’ team of TikTok content creators.
In my spare time i enjoy posting on my TikTok account which is also football related (football is practically my life at this point) @freyatalksfootball where I like to make fun lighthearted and informative content based solely on the women’s game.
Grace Jones – Photographer
In February 2023, my mum dragged me to our local club and I witnessed Lewes Women’s win 6-1 over Cardiff City in the FA Cup. I’ve been hooked on the women’s game ever since. Having dabbled in sports photography during school, I decided to take my camera to Lewes’ last game of the 22/23 season and very quickly realised this is what I wanted to do. I’ve only been around this sport and community for a short while but it’s had an incredible impact on me and my life and I have now been able to photography the Lionesses at Wembley for Impetus! At the moment you’ll mostly find me photographing Lewes Women, under the name Rebekah Grace (confusing, I know), but I look forward to what the future holds!
Hannah Chadwick – Writer and Photographer
My love for women’s football started in 2019 after watching my first game at The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which unfortunately resulted in a loss for the team I support. But my interest to work in the sports industry didn’t take a hold of me until the Women’s Euros in 2022. Working in women’s sport especially women’s football is now a dream of mine and I’m determined to make my dream a reality. Working with Impetus football is a way of doing so. It is an incredible team full of incredible opportunities.
Hannah Neal – Writer
Since the Lionesses Euro’s win last summer, I have taken an interest in women’s football, and over the last six months, it has blossomed into a huge adoration for the game. Though not being able to play myself, I knew I had to be involved in the growth of women’s football somehow and I’ve found a love for writing about the game and the players. Football has since become my entire life and has really helped me through a lot of hard times recently. After finishing my studies in college, I am hoping to complete a degree in Journalism to kickstart my career. I am very grateful for the opportunity that Impetus has provided to be a part of their family.
Hannah Parnell – Photographer
Hannah is a Suffolk-based photographer who has provided photos exclusively for Impetus from international matches played in England and also for our East Anglian women’s football coverage.
Harvey Todd – Photographer
Based in Staffordshire, I am passionate about capturing stories around women’s football. I started watching the women’s game in 2019 and really fell in love with it during the 2022 European Championships. I’m a regular at Stoke City Women matches, usually with a camera. It has been great to see their women’s setup evolve in recent years and that will hopefully continue to flourish in years to come.
Izzy Poles – Photographer
I fell in love with sports photography after joining my University women’s football team and snapping the moment we won the league and got promoted!
I shoot a variety of sports, however with football being my main sport, I shoot regularly with men’s sides Cambridge United in League One, Norwich City and the academy in the Championship and Premier League 2, and as many Women’s Super League / Cup games as possible. On the very rare weekend I am not photographing games I love to be part of the crowd at WSL games and cheering on the Lionesses during international breaks.
Jamie Spangher – Writer
Coming from a family of sporting fanatics, growing up a football fan was always inevitable. As I got older, reruns of Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp highlights began to turn into weekends spent watching Steph Catley play and Jodie Taylor play for Melbourne Victory. As I have gotten older, my love for the game continues to reach heights that I didn’t think possible!
Having recently moved from Melbourne to London, I am undertaking my university studies whilst also spending as much of my weekend riding the train services to get to as many football matches as possible. The growth of the women’s game is beyond exciting, and I aspire to be a part of those who are covering the history that is continuing to be made with each day that passes.
Janelle St. Pierre – Photographer
Janelle plays for Balcatta Etna in the NPLW WA and also provides our site with high quality photography from the team’s matches.
Jay Patel – Photographer
Jay is a photographer from England, who is supplying Impetus with photos from the Women’s Super League and Championship.
Jean-Pierre Thiesset – Writer & Photographer
I was born in France where I have spent most of my life except for seven years in USA (1993 to 1999 in Pennsylvania, 2002 Atlanta). I played football when I was young and then went on the coaching side for young men (U7 to U15) in different amateur clubs.
When I retired at the end of 2017, I started to follow more closely women’s football and I loved it so much that I cannot quit it now! What I like in Women’s football is the fair play and the skills of the players. It is incredible to watch them play. Furthermore, the players are so easy to approach and so available and kind with the fans.
I support Olympique Lyonnais – OL – and France teams (both Men and Women) and I am a member of OL ANG’ELLES the Women OL fans club and of the Rouge & Bleu OL fans club. I support also all women who play football when they do not play against my teams.
In addition to his role as a contributor, Jean-Pierre acts as editor for all the French language articles published on the site in our Impetus en Français section.
Jonathan Tay -Writer
I’ve been passionate about football from the time I could spell Gianfranco and Hasselbaink, and have had involvement in the game in numerous avenues: as a player, supporter, sports physio, data scout, writer, and current Wednesday night social futsal tragic. Currently calling Melbourne home, I love Espressos and Expected Goals equally.
Jorge Cerón – Writer
First I didn’t know that there was a women’s soccer league in my country, Mexico. Then I watched my favourite team’s games in the finals, then I watched all my favourite team’s games, then I watched local league games, and finally, now I watch as many women’s soccer games as I can around the world and I love it! I live in Mexico City and I will keep you updated on the activity of Mexican women’s soccer.
Kris Goman – Writer & Photographer
Kris is a Sydney-sider who became obsessed with women’s football during the Women’s World Cup. She takes up the story: “I’d had a passing interest prior, watching the occasional W-League on a Saturday afternoon on the telly and did get to witness Norway beat Germany in the semis of the 2000 Olympics but the 2019 World Cup kicked off a passion that turned me into an avid fan. Late 2019 saw me travelling to the USA to watch the USWNT play Portugal and catch a few NWSL games. Since then I’ve attended all the W-League matches in Sydney and a couple in Canberra and Newcastle as well as all the Olympic qualification matches. I’ve always had an interest in photography (travel and tennis mostly) and started taking my camera to matches to document the games and capture the action. I joined a worldwide writing team to cover the 2020 Challenge Cup and I’m looking forward to contributing to the coverage of the A-League Women and Matildas for Impetus. I’ve got many favourite teams, the Matildas being top of the tree, but tend to have favourite players more than teams, which can make it tricky at times to figure out who to support. But I just love watching all women’s football and follow the A-League Women, the WSL, and the NWSL closely which requires many late nights.”
Liberty Simons – Writer
Whilst I definitely wasn’t a massive fan of football as a child, when you come from a family half full of Gunners (Arsenal) and half full of Irons (West Ham United), it’s inevitable you’ll fall in love with the game. My first memory of watching women’s football was a late 2000s FA Cup Final on TV. We were watching for the pure fact it was Arsenal. Whilst I wouldn’t start paying attention and falling in love with the game for many years after, that one memory stands out as the introduction to the game that was familiar, yet different, that I would get hooked on.
Writing about women’s football also came quite naturally. I’ve always loved analysing and understanding what I’m seeing through words, so when I realised that I could help people understand women’s football through my words and analysis, it was a no-brainer. I’ll always be an Arsenal fan first, but the exciting thing about writing, is introducing people to something new, whether it be talent, clubs, or leagues. It excites me what people can do with words to grow the game and show people what there is to learn and see.
Madeleine Blount – Photographer & TikTok Content Creator
I’ve been playing football since I was nine years-old thanks to an encouraging sports coach at school. My love for the Lionesses sparked when Walsall FC gave me a free ticket to their match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since then, I have attended as many of their matches as possible, all around the country. More recently, I have been supporting my local women’s teams, Aston Villa and Birmingham City. My passion for the game has grown to a point where I really want to work in the women’s football industry I have been exploring many different avenues from coaching (with a local U9s team), to social media and photography. I am currently looking for the perfect degree to study next year at university to help me reach that career goal. I am part of the team creating content for the Impetus TikTok platform. My personal TikTok account is @madeleineblount.
Maisie McNulty – Writer, Photography, Graphics
I’ve been a fan of football for as long as I can remember after being able to watch my older sister and brother play and watching it with my dad. Based in Surrey and Essex, in my spare time I run a digital art and graphic design Instagram (@maisieillustrations_) and I also enjoy making TikToks with WSL and Women’s football updates to help inform people of what’s happening in the world of women’s football.
Mariella Prew – Photographer
Based in Sussex, I have always been a Brighton and Hove Albion fan, but my passion for the women’s game came at the start of the Euros in 2022. After England’s success, I was eager to see more. Once the 22/23 season began, I started buying tickets to as many Arsenal and Brighton WSL matches as I could, before making the decision to take my family camera with me to the stands at Meadow Park. Since then, I have not wanted to put the camera down and I am always on the lookout for games I can cover!
Martin Townley – Cymru Correspondent:
I began writing about football in 2020 when after lockdown, I wanted to pursue something I loved. I began covering football within Wales and was able to attend games when fans were not permitted. My first games game involved covering The Welsh Premier Women’s League (now the Adran Premier). Over the past two seasons, I have covered games across South Wales both men’s and women’s. Women’s football appeals to me after following the Wales national team for many years. For the 2022/23 season, I will be working with Briton Ferry Llansawel as their website manager.
Matthew Appleby – Photographer
Matthew is a Yorkshire-based photographer who photographs at a variety of levels of the women’s football pyramid. Covering the FA Women’s National League up to the Women’s Super League.
Mia Kipling – Writer
I only started watching women’s football after seeing the Lionesses play and win at the Euros in 2022. I always watched West Ham United but never really saw anyone I could idolise as it was all men and I was a young girl enjoying the beautiful game. I’m a severe over-analyser because of being forced to watch the same part of a game 100 times with my dad so we could see what could’ve happened if they had done the tiniest thing differently so getting to analyse games and write about them for Impetus is my favourite thing ever.
Nathan Edwards – Writer
Nathan is a Sports Journalism student based in England. He has a huge interest in rugby and tennis, but football is his main sporting love. From the international to non-league game, he keeps up to date with it and is always wanting to learn more about the sport.
Paige Walder – Graphic Design & Artwork:
I’m a graphics designer from Brighton. I create logos, promotion work, and sports graphics. Having played football myself since I was 12 years-old, it has always been a deep passion of mine. Several years ago, I met my girlfriend who plays professional football around the world. This is what made me realise that the women’s game needs more creative marketing and that’s where I came onto the graphics design scene! I won the Women’s Football Designer of the Year Award at the 2023 On Her Side women’s football awards.
Rachel Cohen – Writer
Rachel is based in London. She’s a lifelong Spurs fan and, more recently a Spurs Women season ticket holder. She runs http://spurswomen.uk.
Rafaella Macintosh – Photographer and web design
Rafaella is based in Cheshire and has extensive experience in sporting photography and web design. The match day photographer for Fleetwood Town FC men’s team
in the third tier of English football, and the match day photographer and web designer for Manchester Central FC who compete in the Manchester FA, Rafaella is additionally the official photographer for British Lacrosse. She is just starting on a project to overhaul the Impetus website to improve and enhance our readers’ experience on the site.
Rebecca Hall – Writer
Like many, football has been important to me from a young age. The results and signings impacting my mood and often deciding how my weekends go. I’ve been a fan of Arsenal ever since my Dad took me to the Emirates Stadium. Here, I truly fell in love for the first time. To me, football is all about community and coming together. I am an Arsenal Women’s regular, and you can normally find me cheering on the North Bank. I also enjoy writing and producing content on the team. You can find me @highburyhangout on Twitter and Tiktok.
Rob Lizzi – Photographer
Rob is based in Perth, Western Australia and provides Impetus with photos from Perth Glory’s A-League Women matches as well as all Perth SC’s matches as part of our coverage of Western Australia’s NPL Women’s competition.
Rob Mellor – Photographer
I’m an east Londoner and lifelong Leyton Orient fan, now living in Newbury, Berkshire. My interest in women’s football dates back to the Lionesses in the Phil Neville era, most notably the 2019 World Cup; when I moved to Newbury I couldn’t face supporting a different men’s team from Orient, so I started following Reading Women, where I am a season ticket holder. I’m a freelance photographer, concentrating on all levels of the women’s game from WSL down to level 12, plus the JPL U18 leagues. I also shoot men’s football, predominantly the Isthmian League (tiers seven and eight of the men’s game). When I’m not photographing football, I run the Submarine Broadcasting Company record label, proud sponsors of Caversham United Women FC, and Tia Primmer of Reading.
Ruby Vince – Writer
I’ve been a fan of football for many years now as my Dad would always be talking about or watching some match. I’ve followed Chelsea men for a good few seasons as well as watching England men and women for as long as I can remember. I became even more addicted to the game after lockdown, discovering the WSL and have been following the game and Chelsea women ever since. I now run an account on TikTok where I post everything women’s football from matchday vlogs to updates on the WSL, the Lionesses, and everything in between.
Ryan Miller-Woods – Writer
I’m an Australian of both Northern Irish and Scottish descent. With Football, I’ve loved watching the game from a very young age. The overall appeal of it is that it really does bring people together from the passion it exuberates, the historic rivalries that exist between teams, the highest of highs as well as the lowest of the lows the game can provide, the drama a match can bring at a split second, the determination a player and/or team can have to come in clutch and most importantly make it count in the dying seconds of a match and so much more that I’m not even close to scratching the surface in regards to how special Football really is. Apart from my love of football, I am the host of a motorsport podcast called ‘The Next Generation (A F2 and F3 Podcast)’, since March 2021 and has an audience in Australia, the United States of America, England, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, Brazil, the Netherlands, France, and Germany. I am also massively into photography and my pictures from the match between the Matildas and the USA in November 2021 were published on the Area Sports Network website to an audience of 9,149 people.
Suvadeep Biswas – Photographer
Suvadeep is a student at Aston University in Birmingham and provides Impetus with photos from women’s football matches involving the Midlands clubs.
Tara Murray – Writer
I have grown up surrounded by football, playing, and attending football games with my Dad since I was in primary school. However, it wasn’t until I somehow found myself at a Borussia Dortmund-themed pizza restaurant in the south of Spain watching the England v Germany Euro 2022 final that I truly fell in love with the game. The sense of community and joy that people can find within this sport was something that I had always felt slightly detached from, most likely due to my being a young girl in an environment filled with grown men. Yet, as I celebrated the Lioness’s victory with the five or so other England supporters in a German-themed bar over a thousand miles from Wembley, I finally understood how football could be more than just a game and I felt that there was space for me to be a part of it.
Since then, my love for women’s football has only grown and I have continued to follow the game closely. I am excited to further pursue my love of the game by combining it with my passion for writing and media. By doing so I hope to engage and interest more people in this sport so that other girls may find the feeling of joy and community that I have found in women’s football.
Tom Freeman – Writer
Tom works for Scottish Women’s Football (SWF), the governing body for the game in the country below the top two divisions. He kindly provides Impetus with weekly match previews and reviews about the sport in these Scottish leagues.
Trinity Brown – Writer
I’ve been a fan of woman’s football since England won the Euros in 2022 and quickly fell in love with the game. I am a new part of the team and want to gain more experience to become more involved in women’s football.
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