Tag: football

Debate

Aitana Bonmatí won her third Ballon d’Or Féminin last week. No shock there. The shock was our Instagram replies. So we invited two Glorious community members with very different views to the pub for a healthy debate…

By Glorious

The Playmaker

Emily Bisgaard’s art breaks the rules, mixing paint and play to challenge how we think about identity and belonging. From bold murals to engaging community projects, she turns life’s messy edges into spaces where courage and connection take centre stage.

By Glorious

Swiping Sport

Five first dates. Two sweaty, ridiculous, unexpectedly brilliant weeks. I swapped pub chat for river runs and penalty shootouts to see if sport could save my love life.

By Frankie The Dater

Rules Reset

What if sport wasn’t built around winners and losers? Gabriel Fontana is designing new ways to play that challenge competition, hierarchy, and fixed identity, proving that changing the rules can change the whole game.

By Glorious

Louis Bever

Louis Bever collects football shirts, shoots on film, cooks in Le Creuset, and wouldn’t be caught dead in a Spurs kit. His portraits are proof that football and feeling can live in the same frame.

By Glorious

Football-Core

It’s not just a tournament. It’s about belonging, a patchwork, a movement, a thousand remixed kits spinning through fan parks and fashion feeds. Find out why at UEFA Women’s Euro 2025, football-core is taking centre stage.

By Kaz C

Fields of Change

In the heart of Yaoundé, Cameroon, teenage girls are dodging dust, doubt, and defiance to chase football dreams. On cracked pitches and in a system that rarely makes space for them, they’re pushing forward with focus, fire, and a refusal to fade out.

By John Lewis & Sam Diss

Bend It Like Barriers

Lounging on the sofa on Sunday I found myself watching Bend It Like Beckham again. It made me wonder: have things really changed for South Asian women in football? A deep dive into whether Jess Bhamra's fight is still a reality today.

By Sarah Chandra & Glorious

Girlz Are Playaz Too

They said sport wasn’t for us. Priscilla Anyabu and Girlz Are Playaz Too is proving them wrong, turning hesitation into confidence and silence into roars, starting with football. But this is just the beginning, and now you’re invited to be part of what comes next.

By Natasha

Equal The Contest

The Australian Football Women’s League (AFLW) is the fastest-growing sport in Australia. So why are women and gender-diverse people still underserved? Director and film maker, Mitch Nivalis, captures the realities in their new film, Equal The Contest.

By Ellë Bolland