England superstar Millie Bright returned to her grassroots football club near Sheffield, the Killamarsh Dynamos, after the club renamed one of their pitches in her honour.
Millie has found huge success in football, reaching a World Cup Final and being crowned European champions with the Lionesses, as well as earning the captains armband at Chelsea.
The Millie Bright Pitch in Killamarsh is one of several the Dynamos have been able to improve with £100,000 from the Premier League, The FA and the government’s Football Foundation.
The football superstar hopes this pitch will inspire the next generation of women and girls to get involved in the beautiful game.
Watch the video above to see the moment The Millie Bright Pitch was officially unveiled and to hear from the woman herself. Courtesy of the Football Foundation.
Millie has found huge success in football, reaching a World Cup Final and being crowned European champions with the Lionesses, as well as earning the captains armband at Chelsea.
The Millie Bright Pitch in Killamarsh is one of several the Dynamos have been able to improve with £100,000 from the Premier League, The FA and the government’s Football Foundation.
The football superstar hopes this pitch will inspire the next generation of women and girls to get involved in the beautiful game.
Watch the video above to see the moment The Millie Bright Pitch was officially unveiled and to hear from the woman herself. Courtesy of the Football Foundation.
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00:00When we were little, this field was used for pretty much everything and anything.
00:04We used to actually gallop across it with my sisters with our horses.
00:07There's been an incredible turnout from Millie Bright here today to see the unveiling of her named pitch
00:13right here in her home where she started playing football.
00:23I think these pitches are much better and it's nice to see when you're playing there's other people playing around you.
00:28For now to have the proper lines on, getting the quality of the grass and making sure it's safe for the kids to play
00:34is something that I'm proud of and proud that we've got to this stage.
00:38These girls in the lionesses, they all want to leave the football in a better place than where they started
00:44so making sure that your grass root is more accessible and easier to find and the facilities are better.
00:50She's just such an inspiration to say she came from where we are now and she's now captain in England.
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