Carter, Lindsey

13/07/2009

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Lindsey Dawn Carter is originally from California but lives in Hackney. She is going to try and raise awareness of women's football and say hello to her niece and nephew in America. She has always played football except when she was employed as a contemporary dancer. She is the youngest of a family of 7 children who all played football. She plays for Flanders ladies football club which was set up last year. Football gives her a safe place to express her comptetiveness and release any agression; she likes the engagement, interaction and social elements too. She is wearing an England ladies football kit. Good friends and enjoying London are important to her, she is also missing her family. She is an account manager for a graphic design agency. She moved to Manhattan when she was 18 and found it much easier when she moved to London, although she wasn't prepared for the culture change. She is doing the project a lot for herself and also for women's football. Her friends see her football as quite normal but finds that there is a masculine stigma attached to women's football. She hopes to move to full 11 a side football and dreams of experiencing some professional coaching. She thinks it is easier for women to play football in the USA.