She Kicks Back – Toni-Anne Wayne (Tottenham Hotspur)

This Arsenal-supporting Tottenham keeper wants to help Spurs join the Gunners in the FA WSL.

1 Name: Toni-Anne Wayne

2 Age: 31

3 Team: Spurs Ladies

4 Position (and have you always played there)? Goalkeeper. No, I used to play centre-back.

5 Team Supporter / Fave player? Arsenal. Olivier Giroud

6. Occupation / or what are you studying? Accounts manager

7 Are there other footballers in your family? My whole family play and are football mad.

8 Favourite game played in by you (and why)? This season, against Charlton when we won 5-2. Probably the best we have ever played.

9 Your best attribute as a player? Probably my kicking and distribution

10 What are your ambitions in football? To guide this team into the WSL and finish my career at Spurs.

11 Who has been the biggest influence in your footballing career? My mum, she took me to games every week and arranged for my trial at Arsenal.

12 What is the best thing about playing for your team? Team spirit, there are no cliques or groups, everyone, players and staff are united and get on really well.

13 If you got to design your team’s kit, what would it look like? It would be a little more fitted!

14 Do you listen to music to get you motivated, or while you train – if so, what tracks? I like to have a sing on the way to a game and like different types of music, depending on my mood.

15 Who, that plays for your team, should we know more about and why? Sophie McClean – she is a young right back who has just excelled this season and has been impressive every game. One to watch for the future, as she is still very young.

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