Originally from Nottingham, Mary Earps is a goalkeeping legend and a fierce advocate for equality in the women's game.
She initially started her footballing career at Leicester, before moving to Nottingham Forest and then Doncaster Belles, where she found regular game time.
In 2012, Earps joined Birmingham City and made her UEFA Women’s Champions League debut in 2013. Earps moved to Bristol City in 2014 and became a regular starter, before the team were relegated a year later.
Earps then made a move to Reading and won the PFA Team of the Year in her first season. Finding her rhythm, Earps made a BIG move abroad to defending Bundesliga Champions VfL Wolfsburg.
In 2018, the team won their third consecutive domestic double. But Earps was lured back to the WSL and made a bold move to join the recently recreated Manchester United.
The move paid off. Earps shone and England manager Sarina Wiegman made her England No.1 for that historic 2022 European Championship winning summer.
Earps went on to win the WSL Golden Glove in the 2022-23 season with Manchester United, with the club finishing second in the WSL, securing Champions League football for the first time in its history.
Earps again shone on the international stage and won Golden Glove at the Women’s World Cup in 2023. Earps joined PSG in summer.
Earps tells us about her career journey, the pressures of advocating for the women’s game, the changing relationship with fans and why she made the move to PSG.
Our Point of View interview series will tell the most interesting story in football and it doesn’t get more interesting than this…
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Timestamps:
00:00 - 01:38 - Intro
01:38 - 02:!5 - Childhood and Growing Up
02:15 - 03:16 - Parents support
03:16 - 03:59 - Biggest Role Models
03:59 - 04:55 - Changes to GK position
04:55 - 05:32 - Mary Earps style of GK
05:32 - 06:26 - Mary Earps on being herself
06:26 - 09:50 - Mary Earps on advocacy
09:50 - 13:24 - One thing that needs to change about Womens football industry
13:24 - 14:43 - Being recognised as a Female Footballer
14:43 - 17:50 - Fans and Privacy/Security
17:50 - 24:37 - Moving to PSG
24:37 - 27:27 - Issues within Womens Football
27:27 - 28:04 - Most difficult played against
28:04 - 28:10 - Highlight of her Career
28:10 - 29:17 - Biggest regret
29:17 - 29:59 - How it would have felt to win the World Cup
29:59 - 30:48 - Life after Football
30:48 - 31:04 - Outro
