Sports Consultant. Director of Women in Football. Ex FA Women's Pro Game Director
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Kelly Simmons OBE retweeted
May 31
When are we going to properly tackle what porn and the manosphere are doing to young people, predominantly boys?
If VAWG is really a govt priority, then this is where is starts
Boy, 15, charged with 22 sexual assaults including rape of girl under 13
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Thank you Arne for our 20th league title 🏆
Best of luck for the future
May 30
Liverpool FC can confirm Arne Slot is to depart his role as head coach with immediate effect and that the process to appoint a successor is under way.
He leaves with a Premier League title to his name and our deepest gratitude and appreciation.
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Mexico 🇲🇽
Liga MX Femenil has become the world's most-watched women's football league with 22 million TV viewers, surpassing the US, German and English leagues in global reach.
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Kelly Simmons OBE retweeted
What kind of world are we becoming when children can be harmed in the most devastating way, and the response still feels like it protects the perpetrators more than the victims?
This news should make every decent person stop, think, and feel angry, especially parents.
Girls and boys are becoming more vulnerable, and yet too often the message sent is weak, confused, and unforgivable. Victims are left carrying life-changing trauma while those responsible avoid the full weight of consequence. That is not justice. That is failure.
We cannot keep looking away, staying quiet and accepting a system that appears more concerned with avoiding consequences for offenders than protecting children from harm.
Have your say. Raise your voice. Challenge this. Because silence changes nothing, and our children deserve far better than this.
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Kelly Simmons OBE retweeted
I’m still thinking about this. It’s great that this unduly lenient sentence is being reviewed BUT:
1. It should not take public outrage for this to happen in 2026;
2. The sentencing guidelines must be urgently reviewed;
3. Judge Nicholas Rowland must be removed. He chose to protect and praise serial rapists. No excuses. He must go.
“None of you need go to prison today” Excuse me? 11 counts of rape against two different girls and Judge Nicholas Rowland said this and “I should avoid criminalizing these children unnecessarily.”Unnecessarily? So targeting different girls, using a knife, gang rape and filming and posting it are not serious crimes? WTF? 🤬
They criminalized themselves. They are serial rapists who knew what they were doing and they filmed it.
Two girls now have to live with trauma forever. They deserve prison time and the Judge must be removed. He’s a misogynist and there’s no place on the bench for men like him at a time of increasing male violence to girls and women. Get him out 🤬
#CrimeAnalyst #Pattern #serialperpetrator #MaleViolence @laurarichards99
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Kelly Simmons OBE retweeted
May 24
FT: Club América 5, Washington Spirit 3
Club América is the 2025-26 Concacaf W Champions Cup winner, clinching a spot in January's FIFA Champions Cup 2028 Club World Cup as Barcelona did earlier today.
That was one of the most ridiculous, entertaining games you'll ever see.
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Kelly Simmons OBE retweeted
May 21
Horrific. Appalling. Unacceptable.
Women and girls left to wonder when the justice system will actually deliver for them.
Inexplicable the choice that these rapists get puny rehabilitation orders.
The 2 girls affected - will be affected for ever.
If you rape at knife point - apparently you can still avoid jail.
In no way can this ever be acceptable.
Justice for them both and their families must prevail
@aliciakearns
May 21
Teenage gang who lured schoolgirl, 15, to underpass and laughed as they filmed themselves raping her handed youth rehabilitation orders trib.al/RkAJsUQ
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This has made my evening
What a fantastic choice as fan of the year. ❤️
Our WSL Football Awards Fan of the Year winner, Jo Davis. 🏆
So well deserved! 💙🤍
ALT Jo Davis our Fan of the Season winner. Congratulations!
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The new governance reforms include important developments in the representation of the women’s game ❤️
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Absolutely awful news. Thoughts with loved ones and families.
May 13
The bodies of three women have been recovered from the sea in Brighton, police say.
More here: bbc.in/4393dTK
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What a win for the seagulls today.
Exciting times for the club and fans
Brighton turn it around in the final moments of stoppage time!
Nadine Noordam gets the goal to send them to the Women's FA Cup final! 😱
📺 TNT Sports and HBO Max
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Delighted to see Sarina’s incredible contributions and achievements recognised at the SIA ⭐️ 👑
A moment to remember for this year's recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Sport Award, in association with @EYnews. Regarded as one of the best coaches in women's football, she will be forever remembered in English football history for her achievements with the @Lionesses. Congratulations to our deserving recipient, Sarina Wiegman! ✨⚽️
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Great to see Rachel Pavlou in the pic with Sarina.
Pav has made such a huge contribution to the development of the womens game
Next up is our award for Sport Team of the Year, in association with Freemans Event Partners! What a year it was for our winners in 2025, who became back-to-back UEFA European Champions. Congratulations The FA - @Lionesses! 🦁⚽️
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Some incredibly brave women incl @khalida_popal ( her book is a must read) have fought incredibly hard for this moment. Well done all involved.
FIFA and AFC enable Afghan women to represent their country in official matches through landmark governance reform:
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Kelly Simmons OBE retweeted
Apr 28
This will be special. Women in Football will be marking their 20th anniversary. So much has changed since then, much due to the incredible support network and growth model that Women in Football have created.
The football industry event like no other is back! The Women in Football Be Inspired Conference 2026 takes place at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday 16 September, and tickets are on sale now 🏟️🎟️
Secure your place at tickettailor.com/events/wome….
#WIFevents | #WomeninFootball
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Proud to be on the judging panel that selected three very special people to be inducted into the WSL Hall of Fame and who leave a lasting legacy. ❤️
Three legends, who helped shape the #BarclaysWSL to what it is today. Their talent, class and above all dedication to drive women's football forward have left an eternal impact on the game we love. ❤️
Introducing the three 2026 #BarclaysWSL Hall of Fame inductees: Casey Stoney MBE, Kerys Harrop and the late Matt Beard 🌟
ALT A graphic announcing the Barclays WSL Hall of Fame 2026. The background is a textured gold gradient. On the right side, a stylized gold swoosh design sits next to the cyan and white Barclays logo, above the gold text "WSL HALL OF FAME 2026". On the left, three figures are superimposed together with softly blended edges: Casey Stoney MBE in a red Arsenal kit on the far left, the late Matt Beard in a black zip-up jacket in the middle background, and Kerys Harrop in a blue Birmingham City kit in the foreground, looking intently to the right.
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Kelly Simmons OBE retweeted
Join us this Wednesday for the first session in our Careers in Football series!
Our first guest Kelly Simmons OBE joins us at midday on Wednesday to offer 60 minutes of open talk, practical advice, and networking. Register for a free place at events.teams.microsoft.com/e….
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Kelly Simmons OBE retweeted
Apr 18
A great season for England Women’s U23s as they won their European cup trophy yesterday. I spoke to Izzy Goodwin about it and you can listen to the interview at HT of Iceland v England on Radio 5 Live Sports Extra today 🏴
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Great two days in Lisbon with @EFC_Football led by the wonderful @JacquiOatley
Apr 16
Back from a brilliant couple of days in Lisbon hosting the @EFC_Football Club Connect event, this one for European club execs from the women’s game.
Lots of ideas, honesty… and plenty of belief in where the women’s game is heading 🚀 ⚽️ 🌎
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Kelly Simmons OBE retweeted
Apr 6
From today, the two child limit is lifted. That means 450,000 children will no longer grow up in poverty.
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