About this episode

Beth Mead interviews Karen Carney about her career in women's football and her experience on Strictly Come Dancing.

Beth sits down with her close friend, the former England international and Strictly Come Dancing winner, Karen Carney to reflect on her formidable career that helped shape women’s football today. From her upbringing in a football-obsessed family in Birmingham, breaking through barriers and facing sexism in the game to winning Strictly Come Dancing and Beth’s role as chief cheerleader, we get to see Karen open up about her incredible life. This episode contains a bunch of surprises abou...

People in this episode

Host: Beth Mead

Guest: Karen Carney

Topics covered

• women's football
• sexism in sports
• Strictly Come Dancing
• personal growth
• friendship

Keywords

• Karen Carney
• Beth Mead
• women's football
• Strictly Come Dancing
• sexism
• Birmingham
• personal stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Strictly Come Dancing

Places: Birmingham

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