Leah Williamson

In this week’s edition of the Football Interview, first broadcast on the Football Daily, Kelly Somers speaks to England captain Leah Williamson. They discuss her early memories of getting into football, the impact her family have had on her, and how she nearly dropped out of the Arsenal academy at the age of 15. She relives captaining England to back-to-back European titles and reveals to Kelly the one thing that's missing that would complete her career. TIMECODES: 0’40 - First memories of football and not being very good. 2’20 - How she nearly dropped out of the academy at Arsenal at 15. 3’50 - Has there been a turning point? 4’55 - What match from her career would she relive? 6’00 - Did she realise what she’d done [winning Euro 2022]? 7’42 - How has it changed her life? 8’09 - The fuel to do win it again in 2025. 8’40 - What was she like growing up and her family dynamic. 10’26 - How she escapes from football and love of fashion. 12’53 - What else does she want to achieve?

In this week’s edition of the Football Interview, first broadcast on the Football Daily podcast, Kelly Somers speaks to England captain Leah Williamson. They discuss her early memories of getting into football, the impact her family have had on her, and how she nearly dropped out of the Arsenal academy at the age of 15. She relives captaining England to back-to-back European titles and reveals to Kelly the one thing that's missing that would complete her career. TIMECODES: 0’40 - First memories of football and not being very good. 2’20 - How she nearly dropped out of the academy at Arsenal at 15. 3’50 - Has there been a turning point? 4’55 - What match from her career would she relive? 6’00 - Did she realise what she’d done [winning Euro 2022]? 7’42 - How has it changed her life? 8’09 - The fuel to do win it again in 2025. 8’40 - What was she like growing up and her family dynamic. 10’26 - How she escapes from football and love of fashion. 12’53 - What else does she want to achieve?

Ben Haines and Em Sanders are back at St. George's Park as the Lionesses get ready to start their journey to the 2027 World Cup in Brazil. Ben and Em look ahead to the first fixtures of England's qualifying campaign against Ukraine and Iceland early next month and the squad are boosted by the return of captain Leah Williamson who is back in the squad for the first time since Euro 2025. Leah joins Ben for a quick chat to discuss being back with the squad and what, or more specifically who, she missed while she was away recovering from her knee injury. Ben is joined by another member of the squad, Manchester City's Lauren Hemp, who discusses bringing her good form and confidence from club to country, enjoying her football again and what she's packed for an extended time away on camp. Plus, Ben and Em ask what Jess Park's best position is in this side given her current form and discuss the key positions in the back and forward lines that could be up for grabs over the next few weeks. TIMECODES: 00:03 - Ben Haines and Em Sanders are back at St. George's Park for the start of the 2027 World Cup cycle. 05:10 - England captain Leah Williamson joins Ben. 09:00 - How could England's defence line up over these two qualifiers? 12:05 - Lauren Hemp's brilliant form this season. 14:25 - England and Manchester City forward Lauren Hemp joins Ben. 29:22 - Ben and Em react to Lauren's interview. 32:20 - What are the key positions in the forward line that could be up for grabs?

Lioness captain Leah Williamson and her co-writer and cousin Jordan Glover join me this week to talk about The Lord of the Rings. We talk about how Leah takes inspiration from Aragorn as the England captain, fancy dress family parties, and the Lost Lionesses of the 1971 Women’s World Cup who inspired their most recent book. You can find The Wonder Team series, The Lords of the Rings and my own books at: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/acaseforbooks The podcast is produced by Adam Collier with artwork by Hester Kitchen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Legendary Lioness Leah Williamson brings news of her new children’s book, The Wonder Team and the Rainforest Rescue, out tomorrow. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam is joined by England captain and Arsenal defender Leah Williamson to talk through her 18 years at Arsenal, that seismic 2022 Euros win for the Lionesses, and who her fashion icons are. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

England football heroes Leah Williamson and Chloe Kelly join Tim Dunn on the new episode - two years since they won the Euros on home soil. Tim travels to St George's Park to sit down with the Lionesses to hear their thoughts about the newly named Lioness line on the London Overground - and what that represents for the women's game. They also talk about their impact on football and beyond, selling out Wembley Stadium, and how they’re still fighting to change perceptions. It's a podcast of two halves, and in the second half Tim goes inside Wembley Stadium itself for an inspiring chat with the FA Grassroots Referee of the Year, Surekha Griffiths. Follow presenter Tim Dunn Mind The Gap is an official podcast from Transport for London (TfL). An 18Sixty production. The producers were Marnie Woodmead, Verity de Cala and Clarissa Maycock. The Executive Producer for 18Sixty is Gareth Evans. Additional writing by Tim Dunn. The Executive Producer for TfL is Adrian Hieatt.

Tobin and Christen do a deep dive on the 8 teams who played in the World Cup quarterfinals and the 4 teams remaining in the tournament. In this international episode, they celebrate the countries that were eliminated from competition and discuss what made them so great. Then, they shine a light on the two upcoming matches and what they expect to see. Later, Tobin sits down with the captain of England’s national team, Leah Williamson, to discuss the current state of their program, how winning the Euros helped prepare the team for the World Cup, her outlook on England’s upcoming semifinal match with Australia and what it’s like having an injury during the World Cup. Finally, Christen and Tobin are joined by their friend, teammate and captain of New Zealand’s national team and Angel City FC, Ali Riley, fresh off her appearance at the World Cup. Ali tells incredible stories about the New Zealand national team nearly missing their opening match against Norway due to traffic, the difference between her first World Cup 16 years ago and her fifth World Cup this year, Tobin accidentally running a 5k in slides, playing in an abusive environment and making the hard to decision to do something about it and so much more. And, as always, community questions, two semifinal predictions and Tobin’s Top Things! Listen to semiweekly episodes every week. Watch the video version of the show on YouTube . Follow Tobin on Instagram and Twitter Follow Christen on Instagram and Twitter Pre-Order Ali Riley’s new cookbook, Girls Gone Veg: Plant Based Recipes by Athletes, for Everyone here ! Follow RE—INC: YouTube: Youtube.com/@re__inc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/re__inc/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@re__inc TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@re__inc Twitter: https://twitter.com/re__inc This first season of The RE—CAP Show wouldn’t be possible without the support of our incredible sponsors including OOFOS , <a href="https://www.ally.com/go/watch

On this episode of the Arsenal Women Arsecast we deal with the two big announcements at Arsenal Women this week. Firstly, we have an exclusive interview with Arsenal defender Leah Williamson about her decision to extend her contract, her Arsenal legacy, her reassurance at the direction of the club and her recent injury. Then we get into the news that the Gunners have signed Swedish forward Stina Blackstenius. Tim talks to Swedish football analyst and journalist Mia Eriksson about Blackstenius' career to date, her qualities and how she might fit in with "Eideball." You can follow Tim on Twitter @Stillberto Get extra bonus content and help support Arseblog by becoming an Arseblog Member on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/arseblog See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Beautiful Game Podcast – Episode 91 – EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW LEAH WILIAMSON - We discussed the carer of Arsenal defender Leah Williamson (@leahcwilliamson) with the woman herself. We spoke about how it feels to play for the club she grew up supporting, her transition from a midfielder to a ball playing centre back, making her #England debut in the 2019 World Cup and the experience of playing in that ill-tempered match vs Senegal. We also discussed Leah’s hopes for the future as she one day wants to captain #AFC, we spoke about the cross collaboration between the men and the women’s team, deep dived into life outside of football, touched on the hobbies that Leah’s is into such as box sets and music. We also discussed her sense for fashion and her all conquering drip + much more. SPECIAL GUEST = Arsenal Defender Leah Williamson PLEASE LEAVE A 5* REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS Twitter: @BujTheGooner @LfcNino @Dej_TBG Get involved in the discussion using the #TBGPOD Twitter: @Podcast_TBG Instagram: @pod_tbg Youtube: The Beautiful Game Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.