Someone pass Leah Williamson the aux cable

The Arsenal footballer on the songs she has on repeat and her festive traditions

WORDS: DUSTY BAXTER-WRIGHT

Leah Williamson, 27, captained the England team to victory at the 2022 Euros – but it’s her famous pre-match playlists we wanted the details of… When do you feel the most you? The first thing that comes to mind is when I’m wearing a suit. The one I wore to Wimbledon last year was beautiful, and [I loved] the longline blazer I wore for my OBE. I like anything pinstriped or patterned. Do you have any pre-match rituals? I have a poem that my dad wrote me when I was 17, and I read it before every game. You’d think I would know it off by heart [by now], but no. It’s a reminder that there’s somebody who loves you no matter what happens. It needs reprinting, actually, it’s kind of worse for wear. What’s…

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