‘The talent is there, it’s just a marketing issue’ Karen Carney has said the marketing of women’s football is holding the sport back as new research reveals 44 per cent of Brits can’t name a professional female footballer. Carney spoke to JOE as part of Three UK’s We See You campaign which saw the 37-year-old […]
11 months ago
Well said, by all three We are four days into the 2022 World Cup, and FIFA are doing their best (or worst) to keep themselves in the headlines, Over on ITV, Roy Keane, Ian Wright and Karen Carney all stuck the boot in. Fifa have been accused of ‘blackmailing’ several of the teams that were […]
3 years ago
Souness and Carney were part of the punditry team Graeme Souness has been criticised for his tone-deaf comments after he described the draw between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea as a “man’s game” while sat next to former England women’s international Karen Carney. Souness and Carney were both part of the Sky Sports punditry team who watched Spurs […]
3 years ago
“They’ve made me up my game” Ian Wright says he is embarrassed at the sexist abuse received by female football pundits. The former Arsenal and England striker, who has appeared regularly in punditry roles since his retirement, told the Game Changers podcast that the professionalism of the female pundits he has worked alongside in recent […]
5 years ago
Pundit Karen Carney has deleted her Twitter account after being subject to abuse from thousands of football fans in the aftermath of Leeds United’s 5-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday. Following the victory, the club’s official Twitter account called out Carney, who was appearing as a pundit on Amazon Prime’s coverage of […]
5 years ago
It’s 9pm on a cold night late in December Your side has just defeated West Bromwich Albion by five goals – a demolition if ever there was one – and social media is awash with praise for your team and their exploits You should be celebrating it, soaking up the fact that your side will […]
5 years ago