2026-05-19 10:53:44
Hannah Hampton feels that focus on mistakes can “tarnish the reputation” of female goalkeepers.
The England goalkeeper feels that too much emphasis is placed on errors made by females between the posts and called for a greater spotlight to be put on positive performances.
Speaking at the Women’s Super League awards, where she won the Golden Glove for the second consecutive season, Hampton said: “Women’s goalkeepers always get scrutiny, but when we do something right there is not enough celebrating or acknowledgement of that.
“We have to start doing it to one another, then the media will hopefully follow. There’s a lot of goalkeepers out there that should get more credit than they do.
“The media have a big impact. If a goalkeeper makes a mistake, all of a sudden they are the first people to put video clips out there and tarnish the reputation of women’s goalkeeping.
“Why put someone down when we’re trying to put women’s football on the map where it deserves to be? We have to champion each other’s successes.
“I think media companies can do a lot better in terms of what they put out there.”
Hampton was heavily criticised by her former Lionesses team-mate Mary Earps in her autobiography, which was published last year, but she feels that goalkeepers in the women’s game should stick together.
The Chelsea player said: “I think goalkeepers hold a unique pressure that really only goalkeepers truly understand.
“When I see other goalkeepers making worldie saves, it pushes me and drives me. The women’s game, and goalkeepers especially, are getting to those standards that we hold ourselves to so highly.
“We’re a group, a union. If we can’t rely on each other, then we can’t rely on anyone.”
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