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Laura Joint @LauraJoint

Freelance writer. Ex BBC journalist. Football reporter since the '80s. Love: cricket, football, living by the sea. Fan of Torquay Utd & Somerset CCC. Plymouth.

Joined March 2011
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I'm no longer using this site. I'm still everywhere else 👍
River Tamar Estuary at Stonehouse in Plymouth.

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Laura Joint@LauraJoint
1 Dec 2024
Three interviews with former Lioness Rachel Daly, US captain Lindsey Horan and England Women’s U17 coach Natalie Henderson in the England v USA women's international match programme at Wembley 😍 #Lionesses
The cover of the England v USA women's international match programme, with illustrations of players.

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Loved interviewing these legends for the feature in last night's match programme 😍
Lionesses
@Lionesses
4 Dec 2024
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1⃣1⃣8⃣ Sue Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1⃣4⃣6⃣ Laura Bassett @suesmith8 and @laurabassett6 received their legacy caps in Sheffield last night! 👏
Sue Smith and Laura Bassett receiving their legacy caps in Sheffield.

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I met these #Lionesses legends at Wembley last night. Check out their England legacy numbers - these women were among the very first pioneers of the women's game in England. And they were absolutely lovely to chat with 😍
Dr Carol Thomas B.E.M., D.Univ - Lioness # 22@First_2_Fifty
1 Dec 2024
Once a @Lionesses always a @Lionesses 👇 Photo courtesy of @LauraJoint 👍👏👏⚽️⚽️⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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Lebby Eyres@LebbyE
1 Dec 2024
There’s a reason middle class women of a certain age complain about inappropriate men Gregg - because we are not afraid of men of a certain age any more. #greggwallace
Sky News
@SkyNews
1 Dec 2024
Gregg Wallace releases new video responding to complaints. trib.al/2oJASyu
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Girls on the Ball
@GirlsontheBall
30 Nov 2024
By the way, this attendance set a new world record for a women's international friendly
Girls on the Ball
@GirlsontheBall
30 Nov 2024
ATTENDANCE ℹ️ | 7⃣8⃣,3⃣4⃣6⃣ here in Wembley tonight. 0-0 | #ENGUSA | #Lionesses | #GOTBLive
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Lionesses
@Lionesses
30 Nov 2024
Make sure you get your special edition matchday programme! 😍

Click to purchase online!

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Looking forward to seeing #Lionesses legend Rachel Daly receive her legacy cap at tonight's game 😍 englandfootball.com/articles…

England legend Rachel Daly set for Wembley tribute at USA game

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Congrats to our local boy, Ollie Watkins!
England
@England
29 Nov 2024
Congratulations to @HKane, @BukayoSaka87, Ollie Watkins, @BellinghamJude, @PhilFoden, @_DeclanRice and Cole Palmer, who have all been shortlisted for #TheBest FIFA Men's 11! ✨
Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane celebrate.

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Bukayo Saka and Cole Palmer celebrate.

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Phil Foden and Declan Rice celebrate.

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Ollie Watkins celebrates scoring.

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Also a very special celebration for 2 other former @Lionesses Yours truly & Liz Deighan celebrate the 50th anniversary of our debuts (7-11-1974) v France at Plough Lane - we won 2-0 & it was 40 years b4 we beat them again🤷‍♀️ Wimbledon to Wembley in 50 years 👍👏👏⚽️⚽️⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Lionesses
@Lionesses
28 Nov 2024
Join us at @wembleystadium on Saturday to celebrate @RachelDaly3's incredible international career! 🎉 There will be a special moment for the former #Lionesses player on the pitch ahead of kick-off - so make sure you're early! 🎤 🤠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Rachel Daly celebrates with an England cowboy hat on.

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Wow, the signing I've been waiting for! I've got my Somerset Women's membership, looking forward to next summer 😍
Somerset Women
@SomersetWomen
29 Nov 2024
Somerset County Cricket Club is delighted to announce the signing of England Captain Heather Knight! ⤵⤵⤵ #WeAreSomerset
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Lionesses
@Lionesses
28 Nov 2024
Join us at @wembleystadium on Saturday to celebrate @RachelDaly3's incredible international career! 🎉 There will be a special moment for the former #Lionesses player on the pitch ahead of kick-off - so make sure you're early! 🎤 🤠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Rachel Daly celebrates with an England cowboy hat on.

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I'll be increasingly posting on Blue Sky, over at bsky.app/profile/laurajoint.… To celebrate, here's a blue sky picture of Plymouth
Blue skies over the Tamar Estuary, with the Royal William Yard on the left of the estuary.

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Torquay United FC
@TUFC1899
9 Nov 2024
86' Today's attendance has been given as 3⃣,2⃣5⃣0⃣ including 44 away fans. Thank you once again for your tremendous support 0-0 #tufc #TORTON
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Raf Nicholson@RafNicholson
1 Nov 2024
Important piece about Afghanistan women cricketers. The ICC have now been called out for their appalling lack of action on this issue by Amnesty International, no less. skysports.com/cricket/news/1…

Banned, ignored and still in exile: The story of the Afghanistan women's cricket team who fled for...

Women in Afghanistan have been banned from sports since Taliban regained control in 2021; Women cricketers have urged the ICC for help to form a refugee team with Amnesty International now adding...

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Alison Mitchell@AlisonMitchell
1 Jul 2024
After Afghanistan’s Men made it to the #T20WorldCup semi-finals, members of the former #Afghanistan Women’s Cricket team based in Aus have written to the @ICC asking for support in setting up a refugee team. They want this letter to be shared #bbccricket
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Rosie Holt@RosieisaHolt
31 Oct 2024
I do not understand why what is going on in Afghanistan is not bigger news. Women now banned from “hearing other women’s voices” independent.co.uk/asia/south…

Afghan women ‘banned from hearing each other’ in bizarre new Taliban rule

Prohibition comes two months after the Taliban banned women’s voices in public spaces

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Sarah Rendell@rendellx
8 Nov 2024
Bristol and Saracens women’s teams changed in offices and showered at a nearby gym with the men’s teams in the stadium facilities for their double header in October. My story for @guardian_sport 👇🏻 #PWR theguardian.com/sport/2024/n…

Bristol and Saracens women changed in offices as men’s teams given priority

Bristol Bears and Saracens women’s rugby union teams had to shower at a nearby gym away from the stadium last month while the men’s teams were given full access to the changing facilities

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Devon County FA
@devon_fa
7 Nov 2024
COACH DEVELOPMENT WINNERS 🏆 We’ve been awarded the Coach Development Award at the 2024 County Recognition Awards at Wembley Stadium! An incredible achievement and testament to the hard work of our staff and our Devon Football Family 🙌 #DevonFootball
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