It’s all play and sport both on and off the football field for this speedy attacker with Hertfordshire-based Garston Ladies FC.
1. Name: Stephanie Plested
2. Age (D.O.B): 18, 14th October 1995
3. Team: Garston Ladies (96) FC
4. Position (and have you always played there)? Striker/right winger, which is where I have played for most of my football career.
5. Team Supporter/Fave player? Watford and Lloyd Doyley
6. Occupation/or what you are studying? I’m a Play Assistant at Parents’ Paradise and I’m also studying Sports Science at college
7. Are there other footballers in your family? No.
8. Favourite game you have played in (and why)? Last season against Harvesters, because the pitch was a complete swamp and you could hardly run on it but we still managed to win.
9. Your best attribute as a player? Speed.
10. What are your ambitions in football? To eventually win a league trophy!
11. Who has been the biggest influence in or on your footballing career? Dave Annal who got me involved with Garston Ladies and Mark Denham and John Alexander who have coached me for the past nine years.
12. What is the best thing about playing for your team? How well we all get on both on and off the pitch.
13. If you got to design your team’s kit, what would it look like? It would definitely still have to be purple for a start! With white shorts and purple and white socks and all personalised with players’ names on the back!
14. Do you listen to music to get you motivated, or while you train – if so, what tracks? I always listen to a bit of Michael Jackson before games to get me in the mood for football.
15. Who, that plays for your team, should we know more about and why? Dani Freeman, because she’s been playing football for even longer than I have!
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