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Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane scores their side's first goal of the game from a penalty during the Premier League match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London. Picture date: Thursday May 12, 2022.
IT USED to be a running joke between myself and the former Arsenal Women’s manager, Joe Montemurro.
There was a spell, when, during every post-match interview he gave as boss, I’d purposely ask him when his team would play regularly at the men’s stadium.
Joe, a likeable Aussie that I had huge respect for, led the Gunners’ female arm for four years between 2017 and 2021. Yet, he was always polite, but non-committal in his answers on that subject.
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