straight to your inbox England and Manchester City captain Steph Houghton has joined fellow Lionesses Anita Asante and Danielle Carter to call on players to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement when the Women’s Super League season kicks off next weekend.
Houghton revealed that teams have been taking a knee in their pre-season friendlies, and added that she expected it to continue in Saturday’s Women’s Community Shield match against Chelsea at Wembley. "We'll certainly be doing that at the weekend as well," Houghton told MEN Sport ahead of the game. “It’s a club point of view.
We’ve seen the male players doing it. We’ve had conversations with our team-mates about how comfortable we are, and the answer is yes, we want to.
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