At The Hawthorns
Olivia Houlston & Marika Malinowska were pitchside at The Hawthorns today to talk about Proud Baggies FC during @wbawomen’s Black Country Derby against Wolverhampton Wanderers. A transcript of their interview with matchday host Piero Zizzi can be found below.
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TRANSCRIPT: Piero Zizzi speaks with PBFC members Olivia and Marika
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥.
𝐈𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛; 𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐆𝐁𝐓𝐐+ 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡; 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐆𝐁𝐓𝐐+ 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐯 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐣𝐨𝐡𝐧. 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐆𝐁𝐓𝐐+ 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐂 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧.
𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝑶𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒂, 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝑮𝑩𝑻𝑸+ 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐. 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝟐 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔?
It’s hard to believe they’ve only been going for 2 years as they’re such an integral part of people’s weeks now.
𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝑲𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝑲, 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝑩 𝑭𝑪 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃’𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍. 𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕…
It was an amazing feeling! A moment that will stay with me forever. I am honoured to be a part of the history for this amazing club.
I feel like our whole team needed that goal. As it was one of our first competitive games and we all worked hard to enjoy that moment, it was a massive relief for everyone involved in the club as we worked for months to improve our skills and become one team!
There is still a long way ahead of us like playing regular games and joining a competitive league. Recently Liv Rabjohn has joined our coaching staff and it’s an amazing opportunity for all of us to become a better team and to develop LGBT+ inclusive football across the West Midlands.
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑭𝑪?
I think it is the atmosphere and safe space that we all worked hard to create.
A safe space where everyone feels comfortable to be themselves without fear and judgement. We are a team with people of different ages, backgrounds and somehow we managed to create a space where everyone belongs and feels important.
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑭𝑪?
My advice is to be yourself. Don’t be afraid to open up in front of others. I have always struggled to fit in and be comfortable with my sexuality due to my past experiences but I feel safe with this team!!
𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒘𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒔?
It’s a massive step forward to improve women’s football! All the Women in WBA are inspirations to me. Most of them have jobs besides football! It’s crazy to think about that as I feel so tired after my job and they still work hard after hours to improve the football and to represent this club!
What you see today is a group of women who are truly passionate about this game! And all of you here today are the reason for the women’s game’s growth so I would like you thank you all for coming today!
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐂 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲!
