Anthony Saunders

The Mindful Game – Exploring Dementia in Football

In 2002 West Brom legend Jeff Astle sadly passed away in his daughters’ home at the age of 59, the cause of death was later ruled to be the neurodegenerative disease CTE. As this is disease is often associated with boxers it had come as a shock to the family, but the coroner stated thatContinue reading “The Mindful Game – Exploring Dementia in Football”

COVID-19 is killing Women’s football

2019 will go down as the year that Women’s football finally came into the public spotlight. The Women’s World Cup was a major success, drawing a viewership of 1.2 billion over the tournament, the final between the USA and Netherlands topped out at 264 million unique viewers, a figure that was up 56% from the previousContinue reading “COVID-19 is killing Women’s football”

Lionesses will benefit from Euro 2021 delay

Following the pushback of the men’s Euros 2020 competition to the following summer, we have also seen the women’s competition be delayed from 2021 to 2022. Although many people may see this as the women’s competition being an afterthought with it having to make way for the men’s competition, I believe it will actually beContinue reading “Lionesses will benefit from Euro 2021 delay”

The Unstoppables

Arsenal Ladies Quadruple winning season 2006/07 Since their inception in 1987 no women’s side has been more successful than Arsenal, both in terms of on field dominance and bringing eyes to the women’s game. No more was this true than in the defining season in 2006/07, in which the team won every single competition availableContinue reading “The Unstoppables”

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Creating the Crest

The crest was the first thing on my list that I had to create, the reason for this is that all the other design elements going forward are going to utilise it, so it is important that I get this done first. In the development of my designs for the academy crest I wanted toContinue reading “Creating the Crest”

How is the best female footballer not at the World Cup?

Imagine you sit down to watch the World Cup, Argentina vs Portugal are scheduled to play, however there is something wrong, there is no sign of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo because they have taken a stance not to feature in the biggest sporting competition on the planet. It is impossible to imagine, however, overContinue reading “How is the best female footballer not at the World Cup?”