Football

Female Football Focus: Jessica Lane (Mountain Rangers)

Mountain Rangers ladies with Jess Lane in the front row, fourth from the right

Many of you reading this will already know a lot about Jess.

The 17-year-old recently made the news when she was named Young Volunteer of the Year at the national FAW Grassroots Awards in Cardiff for her work with Caernarfon Town.

Jess also plays football for Mountain Rangers in Division Two of the North Wales Women’s League.

Full Name

Jessica Lane

Date of Birth

20/12/2001

First football memory

Danny Welbeck’s goal for Man United in a 3-1 win over West Ham on December 21, 2013, holds special memories for Jess. Photo: Getty Images

Danny Welbeck’s first Old Trafford goal (in 14 months) against West Ham – 3-1 to Manchester United, December 2013.

Football idol

Jess met her hero at the FAW Grassroots Awards

Aaron Ramsey

Position

Anywhere in defence

Most memorable game played in

Jess celebrates winning the North Wales Cup with coaches Lenny Jones (left) and Ben Bolton

Beating Wrexham 2-0 in the under-16s North Wales Cup Final

Biggest highlight of football career so far

Scoring one of my first goals via a throw-in

Strengths to your game

Jess is renowned for her long throws

Long throws and not afraid to get stuck in

Weaknesses

Skills on the ball

Best team-mate played alongside

Jess and Jody (right)

Jody Cain (Bethel)

Hardest opponent faced

Can’t think of an individual but as a team Llandudno

Biggest influence in football

My uncle and my step dad

Funniest team-mate

Jess and Ffion (right)

Ffion Bee (was in Bethel now in Llanberis)

Which team-mate is the best dancer

Kelly (left) with Jess

Kelly Jones (Bethel)

Favourite away ground

Airbus

Personal football ambitions

To hopefully win the league

Best country visited

Spain

Favourite chocolate

Galaxy

Best film seen this year

Avengers Endgame

Current favourite song

Fashion Week (Steel Banglez, AJ Tracey, Mo Stack)

Are you typical of your zodiac sign?

Never really thought about it

Favourite TV show

S.W.A.T.

TV show you dislike most

Riverdale

Best quality as a person

Caring, friendly, been told I’m quite funny

Worst fault

Can sulk sometimes and I’m very straight forward (can say things as they are)

Best live show/concert seen

Singing group Little Mix at Nickelodeon’s 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards at USC Galen Center on March 11, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

Little Mix

Favourite female footballer

Alex Morgan (USA)

Tell us something about you we might not know

I’m studying beauty therapy in college

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