FAN CHAT: Meet Alice Nama

My interest in women’s football started in 2021 when I watched a little bit of the men’s EURO final. We then saw that there was a women’s match for the EURO on 17th July  2022 in Brighton and we booked it, mainly for the experience. It was Austria vs Norway and I really enjoyed it, we then found out there were England matches and decided to watch them too. I was glued to it and started learning the players instantly, the first England match I watched I knew I was going to enjoy it.

18th August 2022 I wanted to make a football fanpage, to show my love for the game and the players. I called it ENGLANDXLIONESSESX (now h34rtsforlotte). The first few videos were random photos of players old and recent. Shockingly, the first few videos got 1k likes so I kept doing them. I started realising I could go into editing and so I did. Making a fanpage was a great idea. I’ve learnt knew editing skills but also learnt more about the game. Since there’s so many fanpages doing the same thing, it helps. I then decided on making an instagram account. Tagging players in some of my stories, and then getting noticed by them. Which still excites me everytime.

In the future I see a lot of change, since England won the EURO there’s already been a lot of progression in the last year and they have been recognised for their talent. I hope for the future, more people realise that women can play football and it’s not just a men’s sport, sadly there’s still idiotic people who think women can’t play and men are better. But I hope those people realise women are amazing at playing.

SK: Who have you enjoyed watching the most for England in the group stage games and why?

AN: The player that I’ve enjoyed watching the most in England during the group stage games has to be Lauren James. She has so much potential, she’s amazing on the ball with her technique and keeping it in her possession and not loosing it to the other team. She’s scored amazing goals and I think in a few years she will become the best player in the world.

SK: What’s your favourite socials content that the Lionesses accounts have shared and why?

AN: It is  definitely their funny videos, their challenges that they do on TikTok and YouTube. Every video always makes me laugh, as they some how in every single video find a way to make their fans happy, I love that. My favourite video that they’ve done is the headphone challenge where one of them can’t hear and have to try to find out what the other is saying.

SK: Who are your ‘second team’ at this tournament and why? 

AN: If the Lionesses aren’t to lift the World Cup trophy, my ‘second team’ would have been Canada, sadly they got knocked out by Australia. I wanted to support Canada because one of my family members is Canadian. I do feel quite bad for the players but they all did the best that they could. Even if England aren’t to get to the final, I’m going to carry on watching the games. No matter the outcome for England, I’ll still support them no matter what.

SK: Oh and how did you find out about She Kicks? 

AN: My aunt gave me a subscription to the magazines as a Christmas present, which helped me find out about She Kicks. I had already had some knowledge of SheKicks but getting the magazines has taught me loads.