Charl Galloway
@charlgsport.bsky.social
Consulting: https://www.charlgalloway.com/
Women’s football and inclusive sports person 🩵
Chairperson of Cardiff Dragons FC 🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️
Co-Founder and Director of
The Women’s Football Collective
Founder of the LGBTQ+ Sports Network Wales
Nb 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Women’s football and inclusive sports person 🩵
Chairperson of Cardiff Dragons FC 🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️
Co-Founder and Director of
The Women’s Football Collective
Founder of the LGBTQ+ Sports Network Wales
Nb 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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✍️ "I’m taking everything one step at a time": Freya Godfrey relishing her first Lionesses call
Freya Godfrey has become the latest member of the England U23s to graduate to the Lionesses. We caught up with the London City Lionesses player at the start of a memorable 10 days: tinyurl.com/452ceree
Freya Godfrey has become the latest member of the England U23s to graduate to the Lionesses. We caught up with the London City Lionesses player at the start of a memorable 10 days: tinyurl.com/452ceree
"I’m taking everything one step at a time": Freya Godfrey relishing her first Lionesses call
Freya Godfrey has become the latest member of the England U23s to graduate to the Lionesses. We caught up with the London City Lionesses player at the start of a memorable 10 days.
tinyurl.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
✍️ "I’m taking everything one step at a time": Freya Godfrey relishing her first Lionesses call
Freya Godfrey has become the latest member of the England U23s to graduate to the Lionesses. We caught up with the London City Lionesses player at the start of a memorable 10 days: tinyurl.com/452ceree
Freya Godfrey has become the latest member of the England U23s to graduate to the Lionesses. We caught up with the London City Lionesses player at the start of a memorable 10 days: tinyurl.com/452ceree
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Quotes from Manu Zinsberger (with thanks to @flashscore.com) on becoming Arsenal's second choice goalkeeper last season and her future with the Gunners ✍️
www.onlinegooner.com/articles/vie...
www.onlinegooner.com/articles/vie...
Manu Zinsberger: “It’s not nice to be number two right now, but I’ll keep pushing”
The Arsenal goalkeeper opened up on her future with the Gunners
www.onlinegooner.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Quotes from Manu Zinsberger (with thanks to @flashscore.com) on becoming Arsenal's second choice goalkeeper last season and her future with the Gunners ✍️
www.onlinegooner.com/articles/vie...
www.onlinegooner.com/articles/vie...
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González’s double inspires Spain to emphatic Euro 2025 win over Portugal
González’s double inspires Spain to emphatic Euro 2025 win over Portugal
The minute’s silence was immaculate, poignant, loaded, and ultimately broke into applause. “Rest in piece Diogo Jota,” spelled a series of cards held up behind Inês Pereira’s goal; the air was thick with emotion in those moments and one of the first things to say is that Portugal’s players deserve the highest admiration for turning out to compete. They may not have shared a dressing room with Jota or his equally mourned brother, André Silva, but that cannot minimise the fact two members of their nation’s close-knit footballing family had been taken away in devastating circumstances.
It took guts and no little honour to show up and keep running, scrapping, hunting for moments to take pride in while Spain set about reaffirming their status as runaway favourites for this competition. Spain themselves deserve credit for resisting any temptation to go easy, starting at a rattling pace and completing a thoroughly professional job. In their case that often means administering a sound beating and there is no escaping that they delivered one here. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
González’s double inspires Spain to emphatic Euro 2025 win over Portugal
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Penn erases trans swimmer Lia Thomas from school records under pressure from government in settlement - www.outsports.com/2025/7/1/241...
July 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Penn erases trans swimmer Lia Thomas from school records under pressure from government in settlement - www.outsports.com/2025/7/1/241...
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Arsenal women are on their way to becoming established not just the best women’s team in Europe but bigger than many male 1st tier European clubs.
Average crowds should top 40 000 and the days of giving tickets away for a fiver have long gone.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Average crowds should top 40 000 and the days of giving tickets away for a fiver have long gone.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Arsenal: Champions League winners to play all home WSL games at Emirates Stadium next season
Women's Champions League winners Arsenal will stage all 11 of their WSL home games at Emirates Stadium in the new season.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Arsenal women are on their way to becoming established not just the best women’s team in Europe but bigger than many male 1st tier European clubs.
Average crowds should top 40 000 and the days of giving tickets away for a fiver have long gone.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Average crowds should top 40 000 and the days of giving tickets away for a fiver have long gone.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
As a Brit largely unaffected by any of Kang’s investments, this is such an interesting ready! Thanks @bigragu.bsky.social
I decided to write an op-ed discussing the larger implications of Jona's departure from the Spirit. Let me know what you think! #NWSL #ThatsTheSpirit #WoSo
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Dropping the Rose-Tinted Glasses: Michelle Kang and Multi-Club Ownership
Dropping the Rose-Tinted Glasses: Michelle Kang and Multi-Club Ownership I know Jona leaving the Spirit is old news now, but I have finally organized my thoughts about Jona, Michelle Kang, and this e...
docs.google.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
As a Brit largely unaffected by any of Kang’s investments, this is such an interesting ready! Thanks @bigragu.bsky.social
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✍🏻 I'm working on a piece about players Arsenal Women might look to sign in the upcoming transfer window.
Got any contributions? Leave them below 👇🏻
Got any contributions? Leave them below 👇🏻
June 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
✍🏻 I'm working on a piece about players Arsenal Women might look to sign in the upcoming transfer window.
Got any contributions? Leave them below 👇🏻
Got any contributions? Leave them below 👇🏻
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2 x tickets for Liechtenstein match available
£35 for the 2 (adult & young adult)
Canton Stand
Grateful for a share if you can please 🙏🏽 - diolch
@gwylwalgoch.bsky.social @podcastpeldroed.bsky.social @charlgsport.bsky.social @buzzboncath.bsky.social @iwanwills.bsky.social
£35 for the 2 (adult & young adult)
Canton Stand
Grateful for a share if you can please 🙏🏽 - diolch
@gwylwalgoch.bsky.social @podcastpeldroed.bsky.social @charlgsport.bsky.social @buzzboncath.bsky.social @iwanwills.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
2 x tickets for Liechtenstein match available
£35 for the 2 (adult & young adult)
Canton Stand
Grateful for a share if you can please 🙏🏽 - diolch
@gwylwalgoch.bsky.social @podcastpeldroed.bsky.social @charlgsport.bsky.social @buzzboncath.bsky.social @iwanwills.bsky.social
£35 for the 2 (adult & young adult)
Canton Stand
Grateful for a share if you can please 🙏🏽 - diolch
@gwylwalgoch.bsky.social @podcastpeldroed.bsky.social @charlgsport.bsky.social @buzzboncath.bsky.social @iwanwills.bsky.social
Naaaah that touch from Macario 👌 👌 👌
Alyssa Thompson with the footwork and ball in, Cat Macario sets it up, and Sam Coffey BOOTS IT 🚀
(via @uswnt.ussoccer.com)
(via @uswnt.ussoccer.com)
May 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Naaaah that touch from Macario 👌 👌 👌
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We are very excited to announce that we'll be launching a buddy scheme for trans & nb🏴 fans
Offering some company/support for🏳️⚧️ fans in getting to & into the stadium
Supported by the wonderful @elysiumgallery & @footballvhomophobia.com
Info👇🏽
@wmenywod.bsky.social @charlgsport.bsky.social
Offering some company/support for🏳️⚧️ fans in getting to & into the stadium
Supported by the wonderful @elysiumgallery & @footballvhomophobia.com
Info👇🏽
@wmenywod.bsky.social @charlgsport.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We are very excited to announce that we'll be launching a buddy scheme for trans & nb🏴 fans
Offering some company/support for🏳️⚧️ fans in getting to & into the stadium
Supported by the wonderful @elysiumgallery & @footballvhomophobia.com
Info👇🏽
@wmenywod.bsky.social @charlgsport.bsky.social
Offering some company/support for🏳️⚧️ fans in getting to & into the stadium
Supported by the wonderful @elysiumgallery & @footballvhomophobia.com
Info👇🏽
@wmenywod.bsky.social @charlgsport.bsky.social
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Hate or Pride?
Burberry, Adobe, KLM, Listerine, Nissan, Radisson Hotels, SoundCloud, Squarespace, Trainline and VistaPrint: the big brands that fund GB News' revolting homophobia whilst claiming to support Pride.
Here's how you write to them and ask them to choose.
goodlaw.social/xoau
Burberry, Adobe, KLM, Listerine, Nissan, Radisson Hotels, SoundCloud, Squarespace, Trainline and VistaPrint: the big brands that fund GB News' revolting homophobia whilst claiming to support Pride.
Here's how you write to them and ask them to choose.
goodlaw.social/xoau
You can’t support Pride and fund attacks on LGBTQ+ people | Good Law Project
Firms who advertise on GB News are paying for a channel built on hatred. It’s time for companies to pick a side – hate or Pride.
goodlaw.social
May 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Hate or Pride?
Burberry, Adobe, KLM, Listerine, Nissan, Radisson Hotels, SoundCloud, Squarespace, Trainline and VistaPrint: the big brands that fund GB News' revolting homophobia whilst claiming to support Pride.
Here's how you write to them and ask them to choose.
goodlaw.social/xoau
Burberry, Adobe, KLM, Listerine, Nissan, Radisson Hotels, SoundCloud, Squarespace, Trainline and VistaPrint: the big brands that fund GB News' revolting homophobia whilst claiming to support Pride.
Here's how you write to them and ask them to choose.
goodlaw.social/xoau
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So the World Sevens is supposed to happen 4 times a year with at least one more in North America in fall this year. And I understood they are also planning one in Asia for now. Would be awesome if they would get all the winners together for the ultimate W7F winner. #W7F
May 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
So the World Sevens is supposed to happen 4 times a year with at least one more in North America in fall this year. And I understood they are also planning one in Asia for now. Would be awesome if they would get all the winners together for the ultimate W7F winner. #W7F
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After experiencing 💔 at Reading when the owner removed funding and the team went from the Championship to the fifth tier, Rachel Dugdale is facing déjà vu at Blackburn Rovers.
This time, she’s breaking her silence to defend the future of women’s football.
🔗 since-71.com/from-reading...
This time, she’s breaking her silence to defend the future of women’s football.
🔗 since-71.com/from-reading...
May 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
After experiencing 💔 at Reading when the owner removed funding and the team went from the Championship to the fifth tier, Rachel Dugdale is facing déjà vu at Blackburn Rovers.
This time, she’s breaking her silence to defend the future of women’s football.
🔗 since-71.com/from-reading...
This time, she’s breaking her silence to defend the future of women’s football.
🔗 since-71.com/from-reading...
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"Blackburn Rovers have withdrawn from Women’s Super League 2 next season after deciding against paying to meet the division’s minimum standards, with their decision underlining the fragility of the women’s domestic game"[Times]
But banning trans people is what is important to protect women's sport
But banning trans people is what is important to protect women's sport
May 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"Blackburn Rovers have withdrawn from Women’s Super League 2 next season after deciding against paying to meet the division’s minimum standards, with their decision underlining the fragility of the women’s domestic game"[Times]
But banning trans people is what is important to protect women's sport
But banning trans people is what is important to protect women's sport
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LaBonta has a degree in engineering from Stanford. In 2015 the NWSL minimum salary was $6,842. At any point in her soccer career LaBonta could have made substantially more money outside the sport.
She was waived by Sky Blue and eventually found her way to the FC Kansas City practice squad. (1/x)
She was waived by Sky Blue and eventually found her way to the FC Kansas City practice squad. (1/x)
May 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
LaBonta has a degree in engineering from Stanford. In 2015 the NWSL minimum salary was $6,842. At any point in her soccer career LaBonta could have made substantially more money outside the sport.
She was waived by Sky Blue and eventually found her way to the FC Kansas City practice squad. (1/x)
She was waived by Sky Blue and eventually found her way to the FC Kansas City practice squad. (1/x)
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It’s important to look back to contextualise the present.
This is an article I wrote for #IDAHOBIT in 2020.
It’s hard to believe LGBTQ+ rights have rolled back even further in the last 5 yrs & that trans women can no longer play affiliated football ⚽️ 🏳️⚧️
www.footballvhomophobia.com/activism-in-...
This is an article I wrote for #IDAHOBIT in 2020.
It’s hard to believe LGBTQ+ rights have rolled back even further in the last 5 yrs & that trans women can no longer play affiliated football ⚽️ 🏳️⚧️
www.footballvhomophobia.com/activism-in-...
Activism in 2020
This week the Fundamental Rights Agency for Europe published the results of its 2019 survey of nearly 140,000 LGBTI people throughout Europe. Titled ‘A long way to go for LGBTI Equality’, it makes for...
www.footballvhomophobia.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It’s important to look back to contextualise the present.
This is an article I wrote for #IDAHOBIT in 2020.
It’s hard to believe LGBTQ+ rights have rolled back even further in the last 5 yrs & that trans women can no longer play affiliated football ⚽️ 🏳️⚧️
www.footballvhomophobia.com/activism-in-...
This is an article I wrote for #IDAHOBIT in 2020.
It’s hard to believe LGBTQ+ rights have rolled back even further in the last 5 yrs & that trans women can no longer play affiliated football ⚽️ 🏳️⚧️
www.footballvhomophobia.com/activism-in-...
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NEW: A rugby match between a team of trans women players and a team featuring former international women’s players is set to be held in Oslo on June 1.
Ex-England prop Sasha Acheson tells me why she’s making it happen, three years after the RFU’s trans ban.
For @outsports.com
#LGBTQ #sports
Ex-England prop Sasha Acheson tells me why she’s making it happen, three years after the RFU’s trans ban.
For @outsports.com
#LGBTQ #sports
'Ruck You' rugby match will see trans women face ex-internationals - Outsports
Former England prop Sasha Acheson tells Outsports she hopes the game will challenge perceptions of trans athletes.
www.outsports.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
NEW: A rugby match between a team of trans women players and a team featuring former international women’s players is set to be held in Oslo on June 1.
Ex-England prop Sasha Acheson tells me why she’s making it happen, three years after the RFU’s trans ban.
For @outsports.com
#LGBTQ #sports
Ex-England prop Sasha Acheson tells me why she’s making it happen, three years after the RFU’s trans ban.
For @outsports.com
#LGBTQ #sports
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I’ve had the privilege of playing on the same team as Emily several times over the years. She is kind, brave, and deserves the world.
We should call the ban out for what it is: the FA is banning trans kids from playing grassroots sports with their friends. It’s not about protecting women at all.
We should call the ban out for what it is: the FA is banning trans kids from playing grassroots sports with their friends. It’s not about protecting women at all.
When your kids heart is completely broken and there is nothing you can do 😞.
May 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I’ve had the privilege of playing on the same team as Emily several times over the years. She is kind, brave, and deserves the world.
We should call the ban out for what it is: the FA is banning trans kids from playing grassroots sports with their friends. It’s not about protecting women at all.
We should call the ban out for what it is: the FA is banning trans kids from playing grassroots sports with their friends. It’s not about protecting women at all.
88’ - Blackstenius: comes on
89’ - Blackstenius: offside
89’ - Blackstenius: offside
May 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
88’ - Blackstenius: comes on
89’ - Blackstenius: offside
89’ - Blackstenius: offside
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I completely agree. All the petitions do (additionally to what Lee says) is make people feel like they've done something so they don't end up doing something else more effective (talking to people, writing to MPs/orgs etc). It stifles resistance.
I write about this in the next Trans Agenda but I think we need to stop organising petitions to get debates in the House of Commons. All we do is give the worst people a large platform to attack trans people and the papers more fodder.
If we had decent allies there, maybe. But we don't.
If we had decent allies there, maybe. But we don't.
May 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I completely agree. All the petitions do (additionally to what Lee says) is make people feel like they've done something so they don't end up doing something else more effective (talking to people, writing to MPs/orgs etc). It stifles resistance.
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‘There is no life here’: Palestinians fear Israel is imposing its Gaza endgame
‘There is no life here’: Palestinians fear Israel is imposing its Gaza endgame
As Israel’s aid blockade continues and humanitarian zones disappear, there is talk of a ‘second Nakba’ being realised
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
‘There is no life here’: Palestinians fear Israel is imposing its Gaza endgame
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Press release: 141 LGBTQ+, feminist and allied organisations call for transphobic political parties to be banned from Pride events
Press release: 141 LGBTQ+, feminist and allied organisations call for transphobic political parties to be banned from Pride events
141 LGBTQ+, feminist and allied organisations have signed an open letter calling for the organisers of Pride events to take a stand against transphobia by barring all political parties advocating for ...
transsafety.network
May 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Press release: 141 LGBTQ+, feminist and allied organisations call for transphobic political parties to be banned from Pride events
Rated Baggaley ever since she was at Bristol City. I think she’s a class keeper, so seeing everyone melt down as she pulled off save after save against Arsenal is funny.
Or it would be if I weren’t an Arsenal fan.
Or it would be if I weren’t an Arsenal fan.
May 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Rated Baggaley ever since she was at Bristol City. I think she’s a class keeper, so seeing everyone melt down as she pulled off save after save against Arsenal is funny.
Or it would be if I weren’t an Arsenal fan.
Or it would be if I weren’t an Arsenal fan.
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It is truly incredible that these people believe they are on the side of right. Racism is a hell of a drug.
tucson.com/news/local/b...
tucson.com/news/local/b...
May 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It is truly incredible that these people believe they are on the side of right. Racism is a hell of a drug.
tucson.com/news/local/b...
tucson.com/news/local/b...
Football For Some
The decision from the FA today to bow to a small minority of people who don’t watch women’s football, in order to exclude an even smaller (yet more vulnerable and stigmatised) minority, is appalling.
The decision from the FA today to bow to a small minority of people who don’t watch women’s football, in order to exclude an even smaller (yet more vulnerable and stigmatised) minority, is appalling.
May 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Football For Some
The decision from the FA today to bow to a small minority of people who don’t watch women’s football, in order to exclude an even smaller (yet more vulnerable and stigmatised) minority, is appalling.
The decision from the FA today to bow to a small minority of people who don’t watch women’s football, in order to exclude an even smaller (yet more vulnerable and stigmatised) minority, is appalling.