Today, Chingford C of E Primary hosted AFC Leyton for a special one off activity/fun day, called The Big Football Day. They had two lioness legends on site doing meet and greets. They were the England lioness legends,  Fara Williams, the most capped England player of all time (male and female) and Nikita Paris, a Euro 2022 winner with England. There was fun and games, coaching and learning a plenty! 

 AFC Leyton are one of a very limited number of female only football clubs in London and the only one with a pathway from youth through to their first team.

Leyton FC were approached by the FA and National Lottery to host the event and Chingford CofE was delighted to offer a venue as lots of our girls, past and present, play for AFC Leyton and it is a great opportunity to promote girls football and for local girl players to meet their heroes and have some very special coaching.

BBC1 breakfast news covered the event live at 7.24, 8.38 and 9.24 if you want to catch it on i-player! BBC Five Live also covered the event! We are very proud to host it! Good luck to England and Wales today!