The She Kicks Locker Room: Kit Check with Sophie Walton

Notts County’s Sophie Walton answers the magazine’s recurring kit questionnaire and declares herself the owner of the cleanest boots she knows: dirty boots are a pet hate and she does not feel properly prepared unless they are spotless, a habit inherited from a father who always cleaned them for her. Her first pair were blue and lime green Lottos, she now wears white Nike Magistas, and she still misses old two-tone Nike Tiempos. She keeps only shirts she has worn herself, including both Leeds jerseys from FA Cup finals she lost and England shirts from the Under-19 Euros and Under-20 World Cup, having given many away to a junior club that sponsored her. Her essential item is Tubigrip, used to hold her shin pads in place.