Taking place on Monday 7th of October, 6:30pm – 9pm in the Gasworks Area, St. Mary’s Stadium, Britannia Road, Southampton SO14 5FP. Refreshments will be available at the venue.

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The event focuses on 3 key themes.

Theme 1 | Inform.
Informing attendees of the current opportunities Hampshire FA provide within the women and girls game, across playing, coaching, refereeing and volunteering.

Theme 2 | Inspire.
Hear from our guest speakers, as they share their journeys within the grassroots game, offering top tips and valuable insight.

Theme 3 | Innovate.
An opportunity for attendees to network and share feedback with regards to female football provision within their regions and discuss creative solutions.

OUR GUEST SPEAKERS

Lee Burch
Head Coach, Rugby Borough Women

Possessing a great deal of experience coaching in the women’s game, Lee Burch is the Head Coach of Rugby Borough Women’s, was most recently the Head Coach of the Hampshire FA Academy.

Lee’s previous managerial roles also include the London Bees in the FA Women’s Championship and heading up the Women’s Super League club Yeovil Town Ladies.
Lee has also managed at Millwall, where he guided the Lionesses to a top-three finish in the FA Women’s Super League 2, as well as picking up the LMA’s divisional Manager of the Year Award for his work at the club.

Jemma Purfield
Defender, Southampton FC Women

Starting her career at Doncaster Rovers Belles, Purfield became the youngest ever player at the time to make a Barclays Women’s Super League debut at 16 years and 2 months, when she came on against Chelsea in 2013.

Purfield continued her career and education in the United States at South Alabama Jaguars, followed by Arizona State Sun Devils before a move back to the UK saw her sign for Barclays Women’s Super League side Liverpool in January 2019.

Leaving relegated Liverpool in 2020 after 17 appearances, Purfield remained in the top-tier with Bristol City, making 27 appearances for the Robins, including an appearance against Chelsea in the Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley in 2021.

Marieanne Spacey-Cale
Director of Women’s Football, Southampton FC

Southampton FC's head of Girls and Women's football Marieanne Spacey-Cale is one of the biggest names of the women's game.
Most notably, Spacey-Cale enjoyed a fruitful spell at the Gunners playing as a deep-lying forward player, described by manager Vic Akers as "one of the most feared forwards in the game."

Alongside a successful club career was an impressive career with England's Lionesses, capped 91 times and scoring 28 goals between the years of 1984 and 2001. She retired after the UEFA Women's Euro 2001, aged 36, with two Mundialito tournament wins, a Wembley Stadium goal and an England hat-trick to her name.

Spacey-Cale continued her affiliation with England by coaching Under-16, Under-17 and Under-19 age groups, as well as working in the coaching departments of Arsenal and Charlton Athletic.

Following being appointed girls and women's football development officer at the Worcestershire FA, Mark Sampson appointed her as his assistant in December 2013, helping the Lionesses to a third placed finish at the Canada World Cup in 2015. Two years later, Spacey-Cale led her England Under-23s team to Nordic tournament victory in Sweden, beating Norway 2-0 in the final match.

In July 2018 she was announced as the head of the girls and women's department at Saints, winning the double in her first season in charge as head coach.

IS IT FOR ME?
The events will allow attendees to visit a number of stalls, each showcasing the variety of ways in which you can get involved in the Women and Girls’ provision in Hampshire.
Are you:

• A club representative wanting to learn more about FA programmes and initiatives to grow the female provision
• A volunteer within a club, league or school who wants to find out more about how they can facilitate the growth of female grassroots football?
• An aspiring or current player, referee or coach in the county who wants to find out what support is available?
• Someone who wants to play football, but doesn’t want the commitment of a competitive league, training schedules, and regular matchdays?

The event is free to attend, and all attendees arriving at 6:30pm will be able to enjoy a small tour of St. Mary’s Stadium upon entry.

There are 70 parking spaces made available for the attendees of the Women & Girls Collective, on a first-come, first-served basis.

WHAT OUR ATTENDEES FROM 2023 SAID

“I loved hearing about the provision for girls and women’s football generally across the county - a really useful overview and I liked the opportunity to talk to people on the stands about specific opportunities.”

“The special guests gave excellent and helpful insight.”

“My favourite part of the event was the networking. I came across different programmes that best suited my interest such as the Female Coaches Community and Female Referee Development Programme.”

“It was all very useful. The Q&A session was very interesting. The best part was prob just having the chance to network with like-minded individuals from the league and clubs.”



Monday 7th October 2024
6:30pm – 9pm
Gaswords Area, St. Mary’s Stadium, Britannia Road, Southampton, SO14 5FP

Reserve your free ticket for the 2024 Women & Girls Collective event.
All events are free to attend but are subject to space availability.

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