Steph Houghton : (2)

" When I was named captain under Mark Sampson, there were a lot of questions about whether I was ready for it. I wasn’t a certain starter. There were more experienced players than me; I was only 25. I was trying to nail down a centre-half spot, and it was a difficult situation. " - Steph Houghton

" I started playing with my dad, and then I started going to soccer schools in Sunderland and managed to get scouted from there. " - Steph Houghton