Keep It Moving
By Liberty Simons
Progression wasn’t just being part of the 60,063 strong crowd as Arsenal took on Wolfsburg at the Emirates after selling the place out for the first time in their history. Nor was it watching Matilda’s fans break Australian attendance records at the Women’s World Cup. Or watching the Roses reach the Netball World Cup finals for the first time. It was in the smaller moments. It was in taking my lifelong Gooner Grandpa to his first Women’s North London Derby. It was when he accidentally called Vivianne Miedema ‘quite good’ not realising the scope of a player that she was. Or when I went to visit my grandparents and we had a 30-minute discussion about whether Alessia Russo would be joining the Arsenal. Or texting various family members and friends to tell them how they ...