When I think about it, everything in my life was building towards me joining Arsenal. It sounds cheesy but it’s true – so let me explain. I started playing football when I was about five years old, in my front yard with my brother and two or three boys from around my neighbourhood in Melbourne. We played two-on-two every night and, as the only girl, it was my job to make sure I was as good as them, as fast as them and as strong as them right from the start.  I would always follow my brother around so when he eventually joined our local club in East Bentleigh, naturally I went with him. He’d be out there training while I’d be running up and down the sidelines, showing off in front...
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