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A Beats & Rhymes FC message from Germany midfielder Julia Simic

Beyond just the dance celebrations and headphone-clad emergences from a team bus on match day, there is a whole world more connecting football and music. Beats & Rhymes FC tells the stories of how a song lights the fuse for a player, how bands and artists colourise their lives outside the game, and how music itself can bond an entire team.

The nostalgia of a first album, the weakness in the knees before an initiation song, or even those who’ve swapped the stadium for the studio. Since 2011, the performers and personalities from all around the men’s and women’s game have shared their soundtrack, along with career talk, teammates, memories and lessons learned from a life in the sport.

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U.S. Women's National Team midfielder Julie Ertz (Johnston) with a Beats & Rhymes FC message

Most recent interviews

  • Anthony McNamee interview: Homegrown hype: The evolution – Ex-Watford winger weaves the next act
  • Lucy Bronze interview: Grounded on top of the world – Backstage through the Bronze Age, with Lionesses star
  • Tziarra King interview: Nuthin’ but a ‘Zee’ Thang – OL Reign forward, straight from the soul
  • Carlton Palmer interview: TFI Wednesday… – Lost in the magic, with a blue-and-white band on the run
  • Fran Kirby interview: Revival of the slickest – Chelsea and England star Frantastically remastered
  • Fern Whelan interview: Love, laughter and the long goodbye – Ex-England international rewinds the track
  • Luther Blissett interview: Golden Boys and the legend of the lost tape
  • Zećira Mušović interview: Here for a reason – Sweden stopper and the rhythm that runs within
  • Erin Nayler interview: Unplugged in Berkshire – Kiwi keeper and the Royal riffs
  • Brett Ormerod interview: Together in Tangerine dreams – Blackpool legend and the improbable anthem
  • Bethany Balcer interview: ‘Unexpected: The sequel (and soundtrack)’ – Back to Reign for Rookie of the Year
  • Magdalena Eriksson interview: More than words – Between the notes with Chelsea’s six-string skipper
  • Brett Holman interview: Green, gold and Oranje-infused – Around the world in 80 riffs for ex-Aussie star
  • Ana-Maria Crnogorčević interview: ‘Like a true nature’s child’ – Action Ana, Barça’s Swiss rock ‘n’ rolla
  • Debinha interview: ‘When the world knows your name’ – Brazil star sealed safely in sound
  • Peter Gerhardsson interview: Press play for possibility – Sweden’s boss, beyond the bronze rush
  • Gemma Davison interview: Drop a Gem on ‘em – Sounds to step to, from a hot-footing Hotspur
  • Daniel Amokachi interview: 95 ‘til Infinity for the Evertonian Super Eagle
  • Kevin Mbabu interview: Swiss the style up – International right-back runs with the Wolves
  • Yuki Nagasato interview: Rhythm meets life at the serendipity cookout for world champion Red Star
  • Dejana Stefanović interview: ‘Don’t worry, be Deki!’ – Vålerenga’s Serbian vibe prescriber
  • Kennya Cordner interview: Bago to the world – Sandviken’s soca scoring star
  • Morgan Brian interview: Six got her groove back – The rebuild to the repeat, for a world champion once Moe
  • Pernille Harder interview: (Never) Fading Like a Flower – Denmark captain and the notes that will hold
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