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CONTENTS

WELCOME It’s a new year, and a new decade, and for us lucky United Women fans, the future looks bright!

One young starlet set for a big few years ahead is Lauren James, and with our top scorer signing her first professional contract (see p13), we can all look forward to seeing LJ bang in plenty more goals, as she did most recently against Everton (pictured below, and p7).

After that, we’ve got a real treat for you on p18 – Casey Stoney’s full ‘UTD Unscripted’ long read, where the head coach shares the inspiring story of her rise to the top of the women’s game.

Elsewhere, captain Katie and mum-to-be Siobhan talk cup draws and 2020 targets in their respective columns (p11 and p27); we take a closer look at Tanya Oxtoby’s Bristol City on p30; and stat fans can digest all the latest numbers from p33 – including the all-important WSL table, for which we start the new year in fourth place. Let’s go to work!

MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB Co-chairmen Joel Glazer, Avram Glazer Directors Bryan Glazer, Kevin Glazer, Edward Glazer, Darcie Glazer Kassewitz,

p4

Casey Stoney column

p7

Match reports

Charlton, Sir Alex Ferguson,

p11 Katie Zelem column

Secretary Rebecca Britain

p13 News

Martin Edwards

Ed Woodward, Richard Arnold, Michael Edelson, Sir Bobby David Gill CBE Honorary president

p15 Fred’s fan zone/gallery p18 Casey Stoney’s story p27 Siobhan Chamberlain p30 Today’s opposition

PROGRAMME TEAM Editor Charlie Ghagan Editor-in-chief Ian McLeish Contributors Richard Purvis, Johnny Sharp, Joe Ganley,

p33 Player and team statistics

Adam Bath, Feargal Brennan Design Anthony Moore Photography Ash Donelon, Siobhan Chamberlain, John & Matt Peters, Getty, PA Thanks to Haylee Howe, John Allen, Harriet Drudge, John Shiel / MuPrint.com, © Manchester United 2020

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HEAD COACH

CASEY STONEY THE HEAD COACH’S COLUMN

Hopefully the new year will see our dedicated fan base continue to grow, and the best way to go about that is by us winning more football matches...

A happy new year to you all! One of the most disappointing things about our pre-Christmas game with Birmingham being called off was that we didn’t get the chance to properly thank the fans for your incredible support throughout last year, so we’re looking forward to seeing you all again today.

We were already on the coach to Birmingham when we got the call to say the game was off, so that was a frustrating end to 2019 – but a positive way to look at it was that we stayed fourth in the table without playing a game, so we’re in a good position to start 2020.

One of my new year’s resolutions – not for the first time – is to manage my work-life balance a bit better, but I’m not sure I’ll ever quite achieve that! The other one is to win more football games. The defeat to West Ham last month was very disappointing – we should have won, and if we had done we’d have been more in the running with the teams above us – but I have to remind myself we’re still only a year-and-a-half old as a team, and we’ve come such a long way. This year is all about making that next step.

One competition we’ve got a perfect record in this season is the Conti Cup, and we’ve got Brighton in the quarter-finals in our next home game. We know we can beat them as we did it recently, and we did it comfortably, but it’s a cup tie and teams can raise their game. It’s exciting to have such a match to look forward to, but we’ll need to be at the top of our game to reach the semi-finals.

Today is all about Bristol City, though, as we welcome Tanya Oxtoby and her squad to our home for the first time.

They’ve had a tough start to their WSL season but have plenty of talent, and again we’ll need to be at our best.

Finally, a quick word on Lauren James: it was great to see her commit her future to this club – we knew she could play at this level but to do it so consistently at 18 is so impressive. As I said from the day I first met her at 14, she can be whatever she chooses in this game with hard work and dedication.

There’s so much talent there.

Enjoy the game today.

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SINCE LAST TIME

MATCH CENTRE

• League Cup win ensures maximum points in group • James at the double in fifth WSL victory of season

Hanson was a menace down the wing

KEY STATISTICS

Ross makes it 2-0 on a chilly December night in the West Midlands

Ramsey made her season bow in Solihull

BIRMINGHAM CITY WOMEN 1 MANCHESTER UNITED WOMEN 3 WED 11 DEC, LEAGUE CUP, DAMSON PARK, ATT: 442 Scorers: Grant 35; Arnot 1, Ross 27, Toone 90+2 Line-up: Ramsey; Smith (A Turner 70), McManus, Turner, Okvist; Green (James 45), Zelem (Ladd 45), Toone; Arnot, Ross, Hanson.

Subs not used: Mikalsen, Sigsworth, Galton, Groenen MANCHESTER UNITED WOMEN 3 EVERTON WOMEN 1 SUN 8 DEC, WSL, LEIGH SPORTS VILLAGE, ATT: 1,805 Scorers: James 4, 45; Zelem (pen) 11; Magill 2 Line-up: Earps; A Turner, McManus, M Turner, Harris (Smith 89); Ladd (Toone 73), Zelem, Groenen; Sigsworth (Hanson 64), James, Galton. Subs not used: Mikalsen, Okvist, Arnot, Ross

Casey Stoney’s Reds signed off for 2019 by booking a place in the quarter-finals of the Continental League Cup with a hard-earned 3-1 win over Birmingham City in Solihull.

In what was the first-ever meeting between the Reds and the Blues, head coach Stoney made eight changes to her starting XI from the WSL victory against

Everton three days earlier. Emily Ramsey replaced Mary Earps in goal, while Kirsty Smith and Lotta Okvist were introduced in defence alongside Abbie McManus and Millie Turner, who both retained their positions in the line-up. Katie Zelem skippered the side, with Mollie Green, Lizzie Arnot and Kirsty Hanson all given a start.

Ella Toone – who scored five in our previous League Cup match, an 11-1 trouncing of Leicester City – also started, with Jane Ross joining the forward line.

Some fans were still taking their seats when the Reds scored after just 15 seconds. It was Arnot who got the decisive touch before the ball was spilt by Birmingham keeper Alexandra Brooks into her own net. And the keeper was in the spotlight for our second, parrying Hanson’s shot into the path of Ross to score.

Marta Tejedor’s side clawed a goal back before the interval, courtesy of a confident finish from Abbi Grant, and they had multiple chances to draw level in the second half, with Freya Gregory hitting the post and Claudia Walker firing wide. Toone restored our two-goal cushion in stoppage-time, thumping home a fine team goal. From a throw-in, a James backheel released Arnot, and her pull-back was rocketed into the corner. The result put the seal on top spot in Group C, the Reds ⊲ Manchester United Women v Bristol City Women 07

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‘THE PERFECT WAY TO BOUNCE BACK... PROUD OF MY TEAM’ – MILLIE TURNER ON TWITTER v EVERTON

Galton acrobatically gets her head to the ball against the Toffees

THE BIG NUMBERS

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James’s WSL goals in ’19/20 – as many as all other WSL teenagers combined

Goal difference in League Cup group across our four ties (P4 W4)

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Number of times in the last five games that we’ve scored inside two minutes

Number of penalties converted by Katie Zelem so far in 2019/20

finishing ahead of Manchester City, assuring us a home draw in the last 16 (see the news page for further details of this tie, against Brighton).

The previous weekend saw the Reds play out our final home fixture of 2019, with a crowd of 1,805 in Leigh witnessing an impressive 3-1 comeback victory, largely due to the mastery of Lauren James.

The Reds had gone behind in just the second minute when Inessa Kaagman’s inswinging corner found the net via a combination of Simone Magill’s head and United goalkeeper Mary Earps’s grasping hands.

But when United responded, James made sure there was no mercy. First, Jackie Groenen’s graft in an advanced midfield role won the ball back for the home side midway inside the Everton half, and her measured pass found Sigsworth on the right flank. Spotting James darting ahead of her marker towards the near post, Sigsworth found her with a low centre, and the young forward easily swept the ball home.

Just seven minutes later it was two when Zelem converted from the spot, almost dismissively rolling the ball to Tinja-Riikka Korpela’s right. But it was James’s quick feet inside the Everton area that had won the opportunity – her nimble work was too quick and adroit for midfielder Megan Finnigan, who was deputising in defence due to injuries.

After this blistering opening, United eventually seized control of the tempo and flow of the match, thanks to the secure midfield triumvirate of Zelem, Groenen and Hayley Ladd. And then, just before the interval, came the moment of the game from James.

Latching on to a loose ball just outside the Toffees’ box, the youngster sent a rasping drive searing across Korpela in the Everton goal and arrowing into the keeper’s bottom left-hand corner.

The second half saw changes from both sides – one enforced for Everton, whose captain Lucy Graham appeared to be struggling with a knee problem following a challenge – and plenty of endeavour from the visitors; but it was United who came closest to adding further weight to our goalscoring tally.

It would finish 3-1, though, as United leapfrogged Everton into fourth place, and returned to winning ways following the 3-2 defeat at West Ham.

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CAPTAIN

KATIE ZELEM THE CAPTAIN’S COLUMN

With such a busy few weeks ahead, a brief break will have benefited every member of the squad, sharpening the focus for our 2020 targets as a team...

I’m writing this from Dubai, where I’m having a short pre-Christmas break in the sun – the last two days have been a bit cloudy actually, but I can’t complain.

It can be hard to switch off at this time of year, as my whole life, including family and friends, is surrounded by football, plus there’s so much of it on TV, but not playing for a bit does give us all a mental and physical break.

We do have some training programmes to stick to though, just to keep our fitness up during the Christmas period.

After a short break, it’s back in for proper training on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. It makes no

“NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS? TO GO EVEN FURTHER IN THE CUPS, AND TO NOT CONCEDE GOALS FROM SET-PIECES!”

difference to Casey what day it is – if we need to be in training preparing for a game, then we will be.

We already know that Bristol are a very organised side, and from what I’ve seen they’ve been a bit unlucky with a couple of results this season. I played with Carla Humphrey and Sophie Baggaley at England youth-age groups and both of them are really talented players.

After Bristol, I hope you can make it back for our next home game to cheer us on in the Conti Cup. Having topped our group ahead of Manchester City we still ended up with a tough draw against Brighton in the quarter-finals but we know every game will be tough at this stage of the competition.

We had two long cup runs last season, and it would be amazing to go even further this time, so that’s my new year’s resolution for 2020 – well, that and not conceding goals from set-pieces, which we’ve been working even harder on since the West Ham game.

It’s good to be back!

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AND AFTER!

NEWS

NEWS ROUND-UP

LAUREN PENS CONTRACT Teenage striker signs first professional deal with Reds The big news since our last home fixture was the announcement on 16 December that Lauren James has signed her first professional contract with Manchester United Women.

The England Under-19 international forward, Lauren finished 2019 as our top scorer – both in the current campaign and since the team was formed in 2018

GALTON WINS MONTHLY PFA AWARD Recognition for in-form Reds winger

who turned 18 at the end of September, joined the Reds from Arsenal when the team was formed in July 2018.

She’s since made 39 appearances (25 starts plus 14 as substitute) in all competitions, scoring 24 goals – seven of which have come this season.

James said: “I’m really happy to have signed a professional contract at United; it’s a really proud moment for me and my family. The club has big ambitions and I’m excited to be a part of that. I’m still young and learning all the time under Casey and the coaching staff and I hope I can continue my development here for years to come.”

Manchester United Women head coach Casey Stoney said: “Lauren is an exceptional talent; she is one of the most technically gifted players I have worked with. It’s great to see her sign her first professional, contract at this club and I have no doubt that if she continues to work hard she will have a bright future ahead of her.”

Congratulations on your new deal, Lauren.

The week after our previous home match saw Leah Galton recognised for her sterling form, as the winger won the PFA Fans’ Player of the Month award for November in the WSL category.

United’s no.11 put in three impressive performances throughout the month, starting all three of our WSL fixtures and scoring twice against Brighton. The online vote saw Leah become our second 2019/20 winner, following Amy Turner in October. Visit footballfancast.com for more, or to vote on future fan awards.

BRIGHTON NEXT UP IN CONTINENTAL LEAGUE CUP

We beat Brighton 4-0 in the WSL in November

Casey Stoney’s Reds will face Brighton & Hove Albion here at Leigh Sports Village in the quarter-finals of the Continental League Cup on 15/16 January.

With United topping Group C, a home tie was guaranteed to kick off the knockout stages, with Hope Powell’s Seagulls qualifying after they finished second in Group A behind Arsenal.

The other three ties are Arsenal v Reading, Sheffield United v Manchester City and Chelsea v Aston Villa, with all games to be decided on the night (check ManUtd.com/ fixtures for confirmation of our date and kick-off).

Arsenal (5 wins) and Manchester City (3) are the only teams to have won the cup, with United reaching the semis last season.

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QUIZ TIME

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Name the two Reds to have scored in the opening minute of a game this season?

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Only one team remains unbeaten in the 2019/20 WSL campaign. Name them.

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What were Bristol City Women previously known as, before their 2016 name change?

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And which team has made an unbeaten start in the Women’s Championship?

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The FA Cup starts this month – how far did we go in the Cup last season?

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How many goalkeepers have started a game for United Women this season: 2, 3 or 4?

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#7 A big hello to Emily (aged 16) and Sophie (10), pictured here with Leah after enjoying their first visit to LSV. They will be back!

Here’s another Sophie, posing with Zel. “Thanks for making young girls realise they can be whatever they want to be,” says mum Roisin.

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ELLA TOONE On my earphones...

Smooth Radio. I love all the old songs they play on there, like ABBA.

What I’m watching...

Alex, aged 12, was lucky enough to have a picture with three of his faves following the cup win against City – including this one with Kirsty H.

Hello to Roisin – aged 7, who wears no.7 for Euxton Girls. So naturally she was overjoyed to meet our very own no.7 at the Liverpool game!

Power – it’s an American crime series on Netflix that quite a few of us are really enjoying.

Where I’m holidaying...

My last holiday was in Ibiza. It was sick!

What I’m reading...

Becoming a Great Team Player by Allistair McCaw. Again, I think a few of us are on this one!

Making me laugh...

It’s Natalie from the Barmy Army!

She’s pictured with young Red Tyler, who was starting all the songs at West Ham away last month.

Holly got her shirt signed by Shiv when we beat Spurs away, and she’s just celebrated her 19th birthday.

All the best – and keep on ’keeping!

Right now, it’s Abbie McManus!

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CASEYS STORY

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AN IMPOSSIBLE

DREAM In her own words, Casey Stoney recalls how she fought the odds at every turn to forge a career in football, and how she still has big plans in the game

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very kid has dreams of what they want to do with their life. The problem I had was that there was no way for me to make mine happen.

For as long as I can remember, I’d always played football, starting in the garden with my older brother. I always knew I could play, always knew I had a talent, but I probably didn’t know how talented I was because I just played.

We lived in a cul-de-sac in Essex and the boys always used to pick me in their team – we’d put jumpers down for goals and we’d play. There were no girls’ teams where I lived. There was one boys’ team but in those days you were told girls couldn’t – or shouldn’t – play football, so I just played in the street with the boys.

I knew I could control a ball, pass a ball and all of that.

I was more than capable of holding my own with them.

It was the same at primary school. We used to have free time at lunch and I’d spend my time playing with the boys on the field. The caretaker used to take the football team, and he happened to see me playing with the boys one lunchtime and he asked me to join the boys’ team. I jumped at the chance and that was my first real

experience of playing football in a team. It was just boys everywhere – it was very, very rare that there would be girls playing for other teams.

Then, unfortunately, we moved house and left Essex, and I had to leave all that football experience behind. We moved to Morden – end of the Northern Line – down

From her early years in primary school, Casey loved nothing more than kicking a ball around

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Even the Glastonbury Casey (back row, third from left), Festival got caught up in as part of her local boys’ team

south London, but I just kept playing. I used to drive my mum mad. I’d be kicking balls, breaking pots, killing plants, leaving marks on the windows and stuff. I used to go over to the park with my brother and cousins and play.

Mum looked around for a team for me to play for – I think to get me out of the garden, if I’m honest – and she took me to this local team. They trained in the secondary school around the corner from my house and it was a boys’ team. I was the only girl. I remember walking in and being absolutely petrified, but at the same time walking in and thinking to myself: it’s just a game of football.

I’ll never forget my first training session in the indoor sports hall at the school. The boys didn’t really want to pass to me. They didn’t think I’d be any good. It took me to go and get the ball and go round a few of them to make them realise I was quite good.

I played for that team for a whole season – I was about 10 then – and the manager was really good.

He was the father of one of the boys. My mum worked a lot, she was very rarely home, so he used to pick me up and take me to training and games. We played in Tolworth Boys’ Little League. I played for them the whole season and I was the only girl in the entire league.

That came with its challenges.

You had to go already ready to play because there were no changing facilities. You didn’t want to get changed because you were embarrassed; you had to go home muddy because there was nowhere to get changed afterwards apart from the toilet. But I loved it. ⊲

“YOU HAD TO GO READY TO PLAY AS THERE WERE NO CHANGING FACILITIES [FOR GIRLS]. YOU HAD TO GO HOME MUDDY BECAUSE THERE WAS NOWHERE TO GET CHANGED APART FROM THE TOILET”

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CASEY’S STORY

For the first two or three months in particular, nobody would mark me. I played attacking midfield at that point, so I scored loads of goals.

Believe it or not, I used to get quite a lot of abuse off parents, rather than kids. It was completely legal for me to play at that age, but it was a boys’ league and I was a girl. I was actually quite good, and I think that’s what they didn’t like. If I tackled someone, it was like: “You’ve been tackled by a girl!” Well… yeah.

I was playing for my five-a-side school team too, which was also all boys, and I loved every opportunity to play. Unfortunately, there was a rule around playing mixed sports after the age of 11, so the minute I turned 11, I was banned from all the teams I’d been playing for. Obviously I was devastated, but it ended up kind of working in my favour.

When I was banned, these girls’ little leagues starting popping up and there was this one round the corner that I could walk to. Previously, because my mum was working so much, my granddad had taken me to football, but he was always late. Once I could get to training myself, I was never late, always on time. We trained once a week, if that, and we played games.

I’ve got to be honest… I hated it.

I loved playing with the boys. That was my biggest challenge; that’s where I learned an awful lot because you had to move quicker and toughen up. That made me a better player. This girls’ league wasn’t the challenge I wanted. I scored 108 goals in one season.

It wasn’t great, but it was the only form of football I could get at the time. We won the cup, won the league… and even though I hated it, by playing there, by turn of fate, things went my way. There was a guy who came to watch all the young players to see if there was any talent. He was the Chelsea Ladies manager at the time. He collared my mum on the sidelines and said he’d love for me to come down and train with them. I remember at the time – I was 11 or 12 – thinking, ‘this is amazing.’

I remember we had to pay for our subscription fees at the beginning, then £3 on a training night, £5 on a matchday. It doesn’t sound a lot, but it was a problem because we did not have a lot of money.

We really struggled. My mum was like, “I’m not sure we can afford for you to go.”

The manager, who I’m still in contact with now, was a volunteer. There was no money in the game then and he did the job for nothing, but he basically let me play

for half-price. So he took the money out of it and let me play. He also picked me up all the time because he didn’t live far from me. We trained Friday nights, sometimes Wednesdays, played Sundays. It was a senior team; there was no junior team attached to Chelsea at that point. I went training and everybody was at least seven years older than me.

I felt like a little lost person.

Until I got on the pitch. Then I was free.

I was a footballer. I could just play.

It was the same manager when I was about 14 or 15 who said I could possibly go for England trials.

I remember laughing at him and saying, “no chance.”

But he was one of those types who, if they said something, they meant it. He’d already put me forward for trials. So he took me. There were 50 or 60 girls at these trials and I remember thinking that I shouldn’t have been there, that everyone else was better than me. So when I got a rejection letter, it didn’t surprise me. I probably trained and played like I was rubbish.

About two months later I got another letter asking me back for another trial because the FA wanted to have another look at me.

That was a lightbulb moment.

Casey wore the England top with immense pride throughout every one of her 130 caps

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CASEY’S STORY

The defender’s footballing journey took her from Arsenal to Charlton in 2002, where she would soon wear the captain’s armband

“I TOLD MYSELF, I’M GONNA GIVE ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING: RUN MORE THAN EVERYONE ELSE, GET ON THE BALL, MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. AT LEAST THEN I CAN’T LOOK BACK WITH ANY REGRETS” I didn’t have flash boots. Didn’t have flash kit. But I knew what I was capable of on the pitch. I told myself, I’m gonna go back and give absolutely everything: run more than everyone else, get on the ball, make things happen.

At least then I can’t look back with any regrets.

Second time around, I had a really good trial and got selected for England U16s. I went on one camp and after that they moved me straight up to the U18s.

I started playing for England. At that point I left Chelsea because they weren’t in the top division and Arsenal had approached me. They were by far the dominant force in English football, so I went there, which meant I left home and moved into one of the houses that Arsenal provided.

We didn’t get any money; they just provided a house for us. We trained three times a week, if not twice, played on the Sunday, and I worked for the club in the men’s laundry department. I did that so I could earn a bit of money to play.

It was always just a hobby that I loved – and even when I started playing for England, we still didn’t get paid. We got expenses when we went on trips, but I had to take unpaid leave from my job to go to the World Cup. The money was irrelevant to me. It was completely irrelevant. I played the game because I love the game.

How many people can pull on the shirt, sing the national anthem at the World Cup and play in front of 40,000 people? Money doesn’t come into that.

It’s different now, but I feel really proud of the era I’ve been a part of, because I always had a full-time job. When I was 16, I was working at McDonald’s, sat in the drive-thru window earning some money while I was at college so I could pay for my petrol to get to football.

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CASEY’S STORY

I didn’t have to start till 12 noon, so because we used to train 8pm till 10pm, by the time you’ve got home and had something to eat, you’re not up too early the next morning. I’ve been a gym manager, so I could manipulate my time to have Sundays off.

When I was 17, nearly 18, I made my full international debut for England. Obviously it was a whirlwind for me because I was travelling all over the world then, seeing places I’d have never been able to afford to go and see. The manager, who was my U18s boss at the time, was also the senior manager, so she took me into the seniors at quite a young age. That doesn’t happen now; you don’t make your England debut at 17 or 18. We did it then because it was literally U18s to seniors, with no team in-between.

I remember when I first got my England shirt. I got that shirt through somebody else having an injury, but I was like: right, this is my window of opportunity.

I’m never, ever taking my foot off the gas. No one is gonna have this shirt.

I knew it had the potential to change my life.

I was relentless in everything I did. I studied the game. I was a coach from a very young age – I started at 17, so I’d already been learning about the game in different ways… I was never quick as a player, so I needed to be able to read the game really well. It paid off.

When we played the Euros in 2005 up in the north, I was one of only three players who didn’t play a single minute. I remember after that tournament, I was so angry, but I was angry at everyone else when I needed to look at myself and realise that what I was doing still wasn’t enough. I promised myself that no matter what, no matter what my talent, I was going to outwork everybody, to give myself a chance. So I stepped it up even more, became one of the fittest players in the team, worked hard in every single session I had. I had literally no days off.

I went on to get 100-odd caps and the manager who didn’t play me in 2005 gave me the England captaincy. I think when you earn people’s respect, it means so much more. When you’ve earned the right to play, it means so much more. I was never, ever the most talented player in any of the teams I played in, but I was the most hard-working and that got me a long way.

I was a coach at the David Beckham Academy when I was a player at Charlton, which meant that when I was preparing for the 2007 World Cup, I was leaving my house at 4.30am every day to

go and train from 5.30am till 7.30am, go and shower, start work at 8.30am and do a full day’s work.

I get that work ethic from my parents, I think.

They instilled that in me from a very young age and I’m glad. Sometimes you don’t have to look beyond your parents for role models. In football terms, I didn’t have a role model growing up because there just weren’t any; there was no example to follow.

My dad was an Arsenal fan, so I watched them a lot. At that time, Ian Wright always seemed to play with a smile on his face and he always looked like he enjoyed what he was doing. He made me love the game because he looked like he loved what he was doing. As a kid, I was always like, “I’m gonna play for Arsenal.” But obviously ⊲

“I WAS A COACH FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE. I WAS NEVER QUICK AS A PLAYER, SO I NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO READ THE GAME WELL” All smiles as Team GB skipper at the London Olympics as Casey scores a (rare!) goal

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The head coach holds court at the end of our last WSL home outing, against Everton

“I STILL HAVEN’T PROPERLY STOPPED TO LOOK BACK ON WHAT I ACHIEVED AS A PLAYER. WHEN PEOPLE READ MY ACHIEVEMENTS OUT TO ME, IT’S LIKE THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE” you never saw a woman, so you knew that you just couldn’t. It wasn’t on the telly, wasn’t in the newspapers; there was no visibility for the women’s game at all, but that didn’t change the fact that you had a talent that you knew you wanted to do something with.

What happened for me after that was more than a dream. I still haven’t properly stopped to look back on what I achieved as a player. When people read my achievements out to me, it’s like they’re talking about someone else. I never, ever imagined that I would walk up the steps at Wembley to lift the FA Cup. That was incredible. One of the best days ever. I honestly didn’t think it would be possible and I made sure that, on the day, I just savoured literally every single step up towards the Cup. I’m going up, thinking to myself: I’ve been here and watched men’s cup finals and I’ve always wondered what this would be like.

It wasn’t possible.

To be there, doing it, you are living the dream you never thought could happen.

To go to China and Germany and play in World Cups, to go and captain your team in the home Olympics in front of 72,000, these are times when you just think, ‘wow’.

Getting an MBE was special for my family, for people who have helped me get to where I wanted to be. I always say that you never, ever, ever get anywhere without support around you. I was very fortunate with that.

I do say that you measure yourself on your achievements, but I measure myself on how I left the game and now what I’m contributing to the game. Now, as a manager, I want to change the future of the game as well.

When I took the United job, I said at the time that I thought we could change perceptions of the women’s game and I wasn’t talking about on the pitch when I said it. I thought that with the size of this club, its

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global scale, the reach that it has, if we get it right then we can increase attendances, change perceptions, get more people watching the game and grow the fanbase.

It’s no coincidence that, every time we want to play, there are talks with broadcasters about airing our games. That’s because people want to know about United. We want to do things the right way – we want to grow it organically.

We want to develop the players and people in our group, and I think we’ve made a decent start.

We’ve still got quite a way to go, though. If you look at attendances, that tells you that. If you look at newspaper columns after a match, we might get the odd sentence.

We’ve got some way to go. And that’s not just football.

Look at all the boards across top companies, look at demographics. There’s a long way to go in society, but if I look at where we were and where we are now, it’s a world away. We are in the best place ever, I think, in terms of women’s football.

and I call them choices rather than sacrifices because it’s not a sacrifice to play for your country or for Manchester United – you have to make choices where you don’t go out on Friday night, you miss weddings or whatever.

That’s hard, missing things, I get that, but the things you get from football, people can only dream of having.

On a personal level, my perspective has changed since my kids came along.

My mum always used to say to me: “You don’t know what it is to be a parent.” She was right. I get it now.

I worry about everything. I daren’t let them fall over, when they need to fall over so they can learn how to deal with the fall. I don’t think you actually know what love is until you’ve had a child and you genuinely would give your life for them. It’s unconditional love. When I come home after a game – win, lose or draw – they don’t care what the result was. They just want to give Mummy a cuddle. That gives me perspective all the time.

I’m envious of these players making their way in the game now. What a place to be! If you genuinely have a talent along with the application and drive, you can be a professional footballer. You can earn a living out of the game. Everything is here for you – especially at this football club – all the resources are there. You can play and live a fantastic life. You still have to make choices – Casey regards the United players as strong role models for her own three children

As you can imagine, football is big in our house, very big. I’m sure there are times when I just need to shut up and it probably drives my partner Megs mad at times, but it is my life. I wouldn’t be where I am without football.

I couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else. My kids know all the girls at United, they’re very much part of it and they were mascots before the Arsenal game. The girls are role models to my three now. I think that’s important.

The Valerenga friendly in Norway They’re very good role models for kids to look to.

Yes, I’m very motivated to help change the game, helped the Reds get back up to speed ahead of the new season but everything I do now is for my kids. To provide for them, yes, but also I want my little girls to grow up with the same opportunities as my little boy. I’m not going to lie: I think football is slightly behind society, but I think if we’re going to head towards equality and equal opportunities, football can pave the way for that, even if it’s just for visibility.

They need to be able to see and believe in equality.

I’m not just talking about setting an example for girls, either. If they can be role models to boys too then we normalise the game, and I mean that in the nicest possible way. That boy might grow into the youngster who plays football in primary school and encourages his sister or his friend, who’s a girl, to play. He then turns into a teenager who encourages his sister or friend to play. He turns into a dad or a teacher, somebody who runs a girls’ football team or takes his girl to football. It would be wrong for us to think that it’s just girls we need to target.

It’s the same rules for everyone.

Now, everyone is allowed to have the same dream.

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SIOBHAN CHAMBERLAIN

SHIV’S Our columnist has praise for Emily Ramsey upon her return to fitness, while United’s no.1 salutes today’s opponents from the West Country...

Happy new year, Siobhan was named in the WSL everyone – I hope Team of the Season during her first spell at Bristol you all had a lovely Christmas. I’ve never really been one for new year’s resolutions and I’ve already had to give up quite a lot of things food-and-drink-wise with being pregnant, so I’m definitely not going to give up anything else!

If any of you have new year’s resolutions, I hope you haven’t already given up on them five days in... although I’m guessing a few of you might have done so by now!

It’s not long now until the baby arrives so I’ve written this column a bit ahead of time – fingers crossed she’s still nice and cosy in my belly when this game against Bristol actually takes place.

It’s a first-ever meeting between the teams, of course, and I always enjoy games against them as I have so many good memories of my time playing for the club [from 2005-07, and then 2010-13] – getting to my first FA Cup final and qualifying for the Champions League are two of the best memories.

It’s all changed now though. When I first played for Bristol they were Rovers and we played in blue, then when I re-signed at the start of the FAWSL they were Bristol

Academy – so fairly neutral within the city – and now they’ve moved over to the red side and are Bristol City.

So fans of the club have been on quite a journey, and that’s why you often hear the team referred to as just ‘Bristol’, which isn’t the case in the men’s game.

There’s not long now until our Conti Cup journey continues with a tie against Brighton. We did fantastically well to win our group, finishing ahead of Manchester City, and that meant a home draw in the last eight so we’re hoping for a big, noisy crowd to get behind us here in Leigh later this month. The FA Cup is back soon as well, and with a lot of ties being played today we’ll be keeping an eye on who we could face in the next round, with the possibility of a new opponent for the team.

I have two special mentions since my last column and one has to go to Emily Ramsey, for playing in her first game since her injury.

Emily’s worked really hard to get fit and it’s great to see her back playing – I’m sure Fran won’t be too far behind her.

The second mention has to go to LJ for signing her first professional contract.

I’m so happy she’s stuck being on the same side as me as I definitely wouldn’t want to be facing her!

Enjoy the game today.

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PLAYER PROFILES

MEET THE 2019/20 SQUAD Today we profile one of our stars of 2019/20 to date, wearing the no.11 shirt...

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SIOBHAN CHAMBERLAIN

EMILY RAMSEY

FRAN BENTLEY

Position Goalkeeper DOB 15/8/1983 Nationality English

Position Goalkeeper DOB 16/11/2000 Nationality English

Position Goalkeeper DOB 26/6/2001 Nationality English

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3

MARY EARPS

AURORA MIKALSEN

MARTHA HARRIS

LOTTA OKVIST

Position Goalkeeper DOB 7/3/1993 Nationality English

Position Goalkeeper DOB 21/3/1996 Nationality Norwegian

Position Full-back DOB 19/8/1994 Nationality English

Position Full-back DOB 17/2/1997 Nationality Swedish

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AMY TURNER

ABBIE McMANUS

KIRSTY SMITH

Position Centre-back DOB 4/7/1991 Nationality English

Position Centre-back DOB 14/1/1993 Nationality English

Position Full-back DOB 6/1/1994 Nationality Scottish

21 MILLIE TURNER Position Centre-back DOB 7/7/1996 Nationality English

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MOLLIE GREEN

KATIE ZELEM

HAYLEY LADD

JACKIE GROENEN

Position Midfield DOB 4/8/1997 Nationality English

Position Midfield DOB 20/1/1996 Nationality English

Position Mid/defence DOB 6/10/1993 Nationality Welsh

Position Midfield DOB 17/12/1994 Nationality Dutch

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ELLA TOONE

JESSICA SIGSWORTH

LEAH GALTON

Position Mid/forward DOB 2/9/1999 Nationality English

Position Forward DOB 13/10/1994 Nationality English

Position Winger DOB 24/5/1994 Nationality English

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Our livewire winger is in the form of her life, with Casey Stoney saying in October that Leah was “starting to fall back in love” with the game after taking time out last year. A regular source of chances from the left, the ex-Bayern Munich player scored twice against Brighton in November – so she’ll be hoping for a repeat show against the Seagulls in the League Cup later this month.

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LAUREN JAMES

LIZZIE ARNOT

KIRSTY HANSON

JANE ROSS

Position Mid/forward DOB 29/9/2001 Nationality English

Position Winger DOB 1/3/1996 Nationality Scottish

Position Winger DOB 17/4/1998 Nationality Scottish

Position Forward DOB 18/9/1989 Nationality Scottish

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OPPOSITION

Ex-United player Ebony Salmon takes the plaudits after opening the scoring in their 1-1 draw with Liverpool

TODAY’S VISITORS

BRISTOL CITY After a winless autumn in the WSL, the only way is up for the last-placed Vixens – but can they find the formula to cause United a real problem?

The Christmas break couldn’t come soon enough for Bristol City, who will be looking to press the reset button on their season this month to avoid slipping into a relegation battle.

The stark fact for the Vixens is that they are yet to win a Women’s Super League game so far this term, even if they claimed three wins from five in the Continental League Cup to finish third in Group B. Tanya Oxtoby looked to add experience to her squad in the summer by bringing Yana Daniels back to the club, with Meaghan Sargeant (Birmingham City) and Olivia Chance (Everton) also joining the ranks, but the new signings are yet to fully click, with defensive weaknesses becoming a growing issue.

With 30 goals conceded in their first nine WSL games, including 11 in one game against Arsenal at the start of last month – the biggest victory in WSL

history – Oxtoby has a real fight on her hands to plug the gaps in her backline.

The Australian boss has looked to make minor changes to improve the Vixens’ defensive record, experimenting with a back five or dropping Sargeant into defence from midfield. However, in general she has relied on the established quartet of club skipper Loren Dykes, Frankie Brown, Jasmine Matthews and Gemma Evans.

THE NARROW MIDFIELD THREE WILL AIM TO STIFLE UNITED AND BREAK FORWARD WHENEVER THEY GET THE CHANCE

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Midfield dynamo Carla Humphrey in WSL action against Everton

Either Sargeant or Brown is likely to be asked to play an anchoring midfield role against United, with the other playing in defence, as the visitors look to protect a vulnerable back four.

Carla Humphrey and New Zealand international Chance are set to provide the attacking energy, operating as part of a narrow midfield three that will aim to stifle United and break forward whenever they get the chance.

SWITCHING STRIKEFORCE City have clearly had problems with conceding goals, but they have also found it difficult to hit the target themselves this season, with only six scored in nine league outings.

Just as she has done in defence, Oxtoby has also looked to rotate her attacking options to find the correct balance. This has normally included either a three-player strikeforce in behind former United player Ebony Salmon, or a trio with Salmon playing through the middle.

The visitors are likely to go for the second option against United as they seek to start the new year on a positive note. Daniels (see right) provides creativity and speed on the right, while the workrate of Salmon through the middle will cause problems. Charlie Wellings, another summer acquisition from Birmingham, is the main option on the left side of the attack – and like Daniels, she will be tasked with helping out defensively if United dominate possession.

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ONE TO WATCH YANA DANIELS

THE MANAGER TANYA OXTOBY

Daniels returned to the club ahead of the 2019/20 WSL season, as part of a recruitment drive to bring in more players of top-flight calibre. The Belgian international joined Liverpool for the 2018/19 campaign, but has now returned to Oxtoby’s side after a frustrating time in Merseyside. And being back in familiar surroundings looks to have re-ignited her form this season, despite the club’s struggles, with two goals from out wide so far.

Oxtoby is likely to deploy the 27-year-old on the right of an attacking front three, and her intelligent running will be a concern for United.

Oxtoby took over as manager of the Vixens ahead of the 2018/19 season, following the departure of Willie Kirk, and guided the club to sixth place in the WSL in her first ever top-flight managerial job. The former Perth Glory defender signed a new long-term contract at the start of the current campaign, as the club looked to secure her future at the Stoke Gifford Stadium. Despite a poor start to the WSL season, Oxtoby has consistently stated that she remains confident in her squad and their ability to avoid getting bogged down in a relegation battle.

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STATISTICS

TABLES & PLAYER STATISTICS

FA WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE TABLE

Teams

P

1 Arsenal

W D L GD Pts

APPEARANCES/GOALS 2019/20

Player

League

FA Cup

League Cup

Total

App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls

Lizzie Arnot

0 0 0 0 2(1) 2 2(1) 2

Mary Earps

9 0 0 0 2 0 11 0

Leah Galton

9 2 0 0 2 0 11 2

Mollie Green

0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0

Jackie Groenen

7 0 0 0 2 0 9 0

Martha Harris

6 0 0 0 2(1) 0 7(1) 0

Kirsty Hanson

5(4) 3 0 0 3 0 8(4) 3

Lauren James

6(3) 5 0 0 1(2) 2 7(5) 7

Hayley Ladd

9 0

2 Manchester City 10 8 0 2 21 24

Abbie McManus

8 0 0 0 4 0 12 0

3 Chelsea

Aurora Mikalsen

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

10 9 0 1 24 27 9 7 2 0 16 23

0 0 2(2) 1 11(2) 1

4 Manchester United 9 5 0 4 9 15

Lotta Okvist

2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0

5 Everton

9 5 0 4 2 15

Emily Ramsey

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

6 Reading

9 4 2 3 -2 14

Jane Ross

3(4) 1 0 0 2(2) 2 5(6) 3

7 Tottenham Hotspur 10 4 1 5 -5 13

Jess Sigsworth

4(5) 1 0 0 2(1) 2 6(6) 3

8 West Ham United 9 3 1 5 -7 10

Kirsty Smith

3(1) 0 0 0 2 1 5(1) 1

9 Birmingham City 8 2 1 5 -10 7

Ella Toone

3(6) 0 0 0 2(2) 6 5(8) 6

10 Brighton

10 1 3 6 -15 6

Amy Turner

7(2) 0 0 0 2(1) 1 9(3) 1

11 Liverpool

10 0 3 7 -9 3

Millie Turner

9 0 0 0 4 0 13 0

12 Bristol City

9 0 3 6 -24 3

Katie Zelem

9 3 0 0 4 2 13 5

CONTINENTAL LEAGUE CUP GROUP C

Teams

P

W

L

Pns* GD Pts

UNITED CAREER APPEARANCES/GOALS

Player

App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls

League

FA Cup

League Cup

Total

Lizzie Arnot

12(5) 6 1(1) 0 5(3) 3 18(9) 9

2 Manchester City 4 3 1 0/0 7 9

Fran Bentley

0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(2) 0

3 Birmingham City 4 2 2 0/0 2 6

Siobhan Chamberlain 18 0 3 0 6 0 27 0

4 Everton

4 1 3 0/0 -3 3

Mary Earps

5 Leicester City

4

Leah Galton

19(4) 5 1(1) 0 5(2) 1 25(7) 6

Mollie Green

14(4) 13 3 1 8 2 25(4) 16

1 Manchester United 4

4 0 0/0 17 12

0 4 0/0 -23 0

(*Drawn games settled by penalties – 2pts to winner; 1pt to loser)

Jackie Groenen

FIRST START OF SEASON FOR ‘RAMBO’ Emily Ramsey made her first 2019/20 start in last month’s League Cup win away to Birmingham. It marked a fourth United career appearance (not to mention fourth win) for the Salford-born keeper, who has kept three clean sheets: 3-0 v London Bees (as a sub), 5-0 v Millwall and 5-0 v Lewes last term, with her only concession coming in our 3-1 win in Solihull in what proved to be our final fixture of 2019.

Kirsty Hanson

9 0 0 0 2 0 11 0

7 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 17(9) 8 2(1) 0 6(3) 0 25(13) 8

Martha Harris

18(3) 1

Lauren James

18(9) 19 0(3) 2 7(2) 3 25(14) 24

3 0 6(1) 0 27(4) 1

Hayley Ladd

9 0

Abbie McManus

8 0 0 0 4 0 12 0

Aurora Mikalsen

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

Lotta Okvist

2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0

Emily Ramsey

0 0 2(2) 1 11(2) 1

2 0 0(1) 0 1 0 3(1) 0

Jane Ross

3(4) 1 0 0 2(2) 2 5(6) 3

Jess Sigsworth

19(9) 18 3 0 8(1) 3 30(10) 21

Kirsty Smith

16(4) 0 1(1) 0 7 1 24(5) 1

Ella Toone

19(10) 14 3 1 2(8) 6 24(18) 21

Amy Turner

23(2) 2

2 0 8(1) 1 33(3) 3

Millie Turner

29 2 3 0 10 0 42 2

Katie Zelem

27 13 2 0 10 3 39 16

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ATTENDANCE

SCORE

VENUE

KICK-OFF

OPPOSITION

DATE

FIXTURES & LINE-UPS

AUGUST SEPTEMBER WSL Sat 7

Manchester City

3pm

A

0-1

31,213

Earps

Ladd

McManus

M Turner

Okvist

WSL Mon 16

Arsenal

7.30pm

H

0-1

2,530

Earps

A Turner

McManus

M Turner

Smith

Gro

Lad

WSL Sat 28

Liverpool

12pm

H

2-0

2,813

Earps

Smith

McManus

M Turner

Okvist

Lad

OCTOBER WSL Sun 13

Tottenham Hotspur

12.30pm A

3-0 x

1,299

Earps

Harris

A Turner

M Turner

Smith

Lad

CC

Manchester City

12pm

H

2-0

4,042

Earps

A Turner

McManus

M Turner

Harris

Lad

Reading

12.30pm H

2-0

1,997

Earps

A Turner

McManus

M Turner

Harris

Lad

Sun 20

WSL Sun 27

NOVEMBER CC

Sun 3

Everton

12.30pm A

3-0

361

Earps

A Turner 1

McManus

M Turner

Harris

Lad

WSL

Sun 17

Chelsea

2pm

A

0-1

4,790

Earps

A Turner

McManus

M Turner

Harris

Lad

CC

Thu 21

WSL Sun 24

Leicester City

7.30pm

H

11-1

1,127

Mikalsen

Smith 1

McManus

M Turner

Okvist

Gre

Brighton

12pm

H

4-0

1,707

Earps

A Turner

McManus

M Turner

Harris

Lad

DECEMBER WSL Sun 1

West Ham United

3pm

A

2-3

1,736

Earps

A Turner

McManus

M Turner

Harris

Lad

WSL Sun 8

Everton

12pm

H

3-1

1,805

Earps

A Turner

McManus

M Turner

Harris

Lad

CC

3-1

442

Ramsey

Smith

McManus

M Turner

Okvist

Wed 11

Birmingham City

7.30pm

A

WSL JANUARY Sun 15

Birmingham City

2pm

A

WSL Sun 5

Bristol City

12pm

H

WSL Sun 12

Liverpool

12pm

A

CC

Brighton (QF)

TBC

H

WSL Sun 19

Tottenham Hotspur

12pm

H

FA

Round four

CC 29/30 Semi-final

15/16 Sun 26

FEBRUARY WSL Sun 2

Reading

2pm

A

WSL Sun 9

Chelsea

12pm

H

WSL Wed 12

Brighton

7.45pm

A

FA

Round five

Sun 16

WSL Sun 23

Everton

CC

Final

Sat 29

12.30pm A N

MARCH Quarter-final

WSL Sun 22

West Ham United

12pm

H

WSL Sun 29

Manchester City

12pm

H

WSL Sun 5

Arsenal

2pm

A

FA

Semi-final

Bristol City

A

FA

Sun 15

APRIL Sun 19

WSL Sun 26

3pm

MAY Final

N

WSL Sat 16

Birmingham City

TBC

H

WSL TBC

Birmingham City

-

A

FA

Sat 9

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WSL - Women’s Super League

Scorers Bold

First sub

CC - FA Continental League Cup

Penalty •

Second sub

FA - Women’s FA Cup

x Own goal

Third sub

* after extra-time

Yellow/red card

SUBS USED

KEY:

Groenen Ladd

Zelem

Toone

Sigsworth

Ross

Zelem

Toone

Sigsworth

Ross

Sigsworth

James 1

James

Ladd Zelem 1 • Toone

Galton

A Turner

Galton James Galton

Hanson

James

Hanson

-

A Turner

Hanson

-

Ladd

Zelem Groenen

Ladd

Zelem 1 Groenen

Hanson

Ladd

Zelem

Groenen

Groenen

Hanson James 1

Ladd

Zelem 1 •

Ladd

Zelem

Green

Zelem

Ladd Ladd Ladd Green

Hanson 1

Hanson 1

James

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