Kit Check

The Locker Room’s Kit Check slot quizzes Charlton Athletic midfielder Charley Clifford, a former England Under-19 international who has spent her entire career at the club and has taken superbly to life in the FA Women’s Championship. Her first boots were old-school Adidas Predators, which remain her favourites for their comfort, and she now wears black Nike Tiempos, keeping three pairs at a time, two moulds and one of studs, and throwing old ones away once they have holes. She nominates Gemma Bryan for the cleanest boots on the grounds that she always has new ones, and would kiss Frank Lampard’s boot as her idol. A Chelsea supporter who had the new shirt every year growing up, she names her first England shirt as her most meaningful.