Maddie Phillips: A Week in the Life

There’s one fixed in Maddie Phillips’ weekly pre-game schedule: chilli, rice and cheese.

The Brentford Ladies defender says she has the meal earlier than each sport, only one facet of her structured weekly schedule that enables her to be at her greatest come Sunday afternoon.

She balances soccer along with her job at Heathrow Airport, in addition to a busy social calendar that features watching the lads’s first group every time she will.

“I work Monday to Friday at Heathrow Airport, I’m a CTIM for terminal 4. The world of logistics is a bit completely different to soccer,” says Phillips.

“Usually clearly Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday we’re in at coaching down right here [at Bedfont Sports Club] or at Jersey Street.

“Saturday is generally my chill day, my calm down day, usually see some family and friends, get out and be a bit social. If the lads are enjoying, we’ll usually go down and help them which is at all times good.

“Straight into Sunday, clearly gameday. A whole lot of preparation goes into that all through the week. Sunday morning, I prefer to take a while for myself and relax, get myself sorted and prepped.

“Usually at all times have a chilli beforehand, chilli, rice and cheese, that’s form of my go to.”

Phillips has loved a profitable journey all through her soccer profession, beginning with Chelsea Academy from the age of 11 to 19, earlier than ultimately becoming a member of Charlton Athletic.

“My soccer profession has been very up and down, much more highs than there was lows. I’m very fortunate I haven’t had a whole lot of, contact wooden, important accidents in my profession,” she continues.

“I’ve had so many highs with soccer; clearly I spent eight years with Chelsea which is simply one of many issues that you just dream about.

“It offers you so many life expertise and issues that aren’t nearly soccer and it simply adjustments you as an individual which was an ideal expertise for me to have.

“Then stepping straight out of Chelsea into Charlton, it was an incredible set-up to go straight right into a Championship group and it gave me an actual check.”

A interval away from the sport ultimately led her again to Brentford, a membership she and her household have supported their complete lives.

“Sadly, I did fall out of affection with the sport however taking that point away from it makes you miss it,” she says.

“It was good to have the time away and have the time to myself to grasp what I needed and what I needed to do with my life.

“Having the ability to come again to a membership like Brentford that could be very supportive and lets you take that step however in your personal means.

“Karleigh’s been nice in permitting me to do it in my very own means and doing what’s proper for me which has been actually nice. I’ve been capable of come again and actually take pleasure in my soccer and simply take pleasure in the person who I’m round across the women.”

Phillips and her team-mates might be in motion on Sunday as they welcome Ascot United to Bedfont Sports activities Membership for the FA Cup first spherical conflict. Kick-off is at 3pm.