Chris Brookes
@chris_brookes
Men’s/women’s football writer. @shekicksmag editor. @swfc 💙 Ex-@BostonBreakers media. Talking music with footballers (since 2011): http://beatsandrhymesfc.com.
For #MUWomen fans (or anyone else), this is the interview feature I did earlier this year with Celin Bizet 🇳🇴 Sharing in depth where she’s come from, her Norwegian-Cuban background, and a lot about how she thinks (football and otherwise). #BarclaysWSL
“Yes, absolutely (I have Cuban rhythm) – I’m not dancing like my father 🇳🇴! I’m more like my mother 🇨🇺, 100%…” Extended 🎶⚽️ feature with Spurs & Norway’s Celin Bizet 🎤 Music, life growing up 🏂, Cuban heritage, #THFC & Robert Vilahamn, PSG 🇫🇷 & more: beatsandrhymesfc.com/celin-bizet-in…
FREELANCE OPPORTUNITY: Women’s football writers interested in paid work for She Kicks/Her Goal (a magazine of 29 years, now on sale in UK supermarkets/retailers). Detailed knowledge of and prior experience covering the women’s game required. 📧 [email protected]
Asked Sweden’s Kosovare Asllani how she’ll remember their 8 years with coach Peter Gerhardsson & #2 Magnus Wikman. #WEURO2025 🇸🇪 “I love working with them. Bottom line, they’re great people, & really good coaches. They’ve been a huge part of our success in the last few years.”
ENGLAND WIN! Sweden kick is over the bar. 🇸🇪 2-3 🏴 #WEURO2025
Jakobsson DENIED. Lucy Bronze hammers it home! 🇸🇪 2-3 🏴 #WEURO2025
Clinton kick SAVED. Instant retribution for Jennifer Falk. 🇸🇪 2-2 🏴 #WEURO2025
Jennifer Falk steps up and puts it OVER. 🇸🇪 2-2 🏴 #WEURO2025
Eriksson hits the post. Greenwood has hers saved. 🇸🇪 1-1 🏴 #WEURO2025
Lauren James for England…SAVED BY FALK. 🇸🇪 0-1 🏴 #WEURO2025
Angeldahl for Sweden…SAVED BY HAMPTON! 🇸🇪 0-1 🏴 #WEURO2025
Alessia Russo up first. SCORES! 🇸🇪 0-1 🏴 #WEURO2025
Penalties to be taken in front of the England fans behind the goal…about half a mile away. 🇸🇪 🏴 #WEURO2025
IT’S PENALTIES! Sweden 2-2 England after extra-time. Who can hold their nerve for a place in the semis? 🇸🇪 🏴 #WEURO2025
‘109 - Lina Hurtig meets the cross from Amanda Nildén. Deflected behind for a corner. England - eventually - survive. 🇸🇪 2-2 🏴 #WEURO2025
‘105 - Leah Williamson goes off for England. Niamh Charles on as we start the second half of extra-time. 🇸🇪 2-2 🏴 #WEURO2025
HT IN EXTRA-TIME: It remains level in this #WEURO2025 quarter-final. 🇸🇪 2-2 🏴
‘103 - Grace Clinton is on for England. Replaces Keira Walsh. 🇸🇪 2-2 🏴 #WEURO2025