I wrote Leah and the Football Dragons over ten years ago, but it was only 2014 when it went to print. It was written to highlight the difficulties some girls had to get a team to play football for. Although there are far more girls teams out there than ever before, the Football Association's Girls Football Week is there to encourage girls into the game, those who may not know there is a team on their doorstep, those who want to give it a go and have never had the opportunity

Today is Day 1 of the latest Football Association-driven "Girls Football Week". I am delighted to announce that local, Staffordshire club Wyrley Juniors have purchased a copy of my first book Leah and the Football Dragons for all their girls players in their Academy and their teams from Under 8s up to Under 13s. This is an excitement opportunity for me, as the motivation behind the first story was that girls in football is still less publicised than the men's game. The books