Shooting star Steph has Fantastic tale to tell

Now England women’s football captain Stephanie Houghton has joined forces with Leeds-based marketing agency Fantastic Media to create a personal website where fans and sponsors can find out more about the Manchester City star’s life and times. The website will be a one-stop shop for all her social media accounts and will feature free and exclusive behind the scenes content, competitions and charity news.

Since bursting on to the England scene in 2007, 27-year-old Ms Houghton has been a leading figure in promoting women’s football.

She made headlines at the London 2012 Olympics when she scored the winner for Team GB against medal favourites Brazil.

Ms Houghton was soon made captain of the national team, whom she led to a third place finish in the 2015 World Cup in Canada, the highest placing of any England team in an international competition since the glory days of 1966. She has more than 73,000 followers on Twitter and her growing profile has seen her feature on BBC’s Question of Sport.

Ms Houghton said: “Women’s football is the fastest growing sport in the UK and, I hope that by creating this website I will give Manchester City, England and football supporters in general greater access to the women’s game.”

Fantastic Media’s creative director, Paul Whitcroft, said: “We are absolutely delighted to be working with Steph on this project. She is an icon of the women’s game and our job is to make sure that her online presence reflects that. It’s an exciting time to be involved in a project like this.”