Nikita Parris: ‘Women’s football needs to build from the ground up to flourish’

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Nikita Parris tempered Phil Neville’s midweek cry for clubs to open their main stadiums to their women’s teams by calling for women’s football to “build from the bottom”.

Speaking after England’s 1-0 loss to Canada at the ground where she players for Manchester City Women, Parris said: “You want to build towards that, but let’s first off get the Academy Stadium full before we try and go to the Etihad.

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from Football | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2UkLmsb