Teens Take Centre Stage (Karen Carney & Eni Aluko)

A joint feature on the two teenagers who lit up Euro 2005, both of whom began under Marcus Bignot at Birmingham City, went on to play professionally in America and were by 2016 together at Chelsea. Tony Leighton talks to Karen Carney about a tournament that seems like yesterday, the Euro 2009 final she insists Germany had to be at their best to win, Birmingham’s 2012 FA Cup as one of the best days of her life, and Arsenal’s 2007 European triumph over a Umea side containing Marta. Chris Brookes speaks to Eniola Aluko about music: Girls Aloud around her 2005 FA Cup winner against Everton, beginning the Denmark group game with a history exam, T.I. and Lil Wayne in Atlanta with Tina Ellertson, gospel music, and Ji So-yun’s Korean playlists at Chelsea.