Female Football Focus: Jessica Lane (Mountain Rangers)

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

Football idol

Aaron Ramsey

Position

Anywhere in defence

Most memorable game played in

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

Long throws and not afraid to get stuck in

Weaknesses

Skills on the ball

Best team-mate played alongside

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

Ffion Bee (was in Bethel now in Llanberis)

Which team-mate is the best dancer

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

Little Mix

Favourite female footballer

Alex Morgan (USA)

Tell us something about you we might not know

I’m studying beauty therapy in college