The She Kicks Locker Room: The Before & After with Gemma Davison

Chelsea forward Gemma Davison describes her matchday. She keeps to scrambled egg on toast or similar and does not like eating much before a game, taking a banana or just a drink at half time. She gathers her thoughts on the game plan and on the opponents she will face, and cuts her socks so she can wear the short training pair underneath, taped – a routine she says is common among players and one she could not now go back on. Motivation, she says, comes from a good training week. In the Chelsea dressing room Ji So-Yun and Ana Borges lift people and Eniola Aluko brings the banter. She coaches children and cannot go a day without kicking a ball.