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S7, Ep5 How to Fail: Eniola Aluko
How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
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Any Ola Aluco is a former England footballer. Born in Nigeria, her parents moved to Birmingham when she was six months old. She played from the age of five alongside her younger brother Shawnee. At 15 she joined Birmingham City Ladies where her coach labelled her 'the Wayne Rooney of women's football' In 2016 after being asked to take part in a confidential culture review by the Football Association,. Aluco detailed two years of bullying and discriminatory action by Mark Sampson. Twelve days later she was dropped from the England squad. Convinced that the two were connected she wrote a grievance report detailing specific incidents of racism. It was later dismissed by the FA who then launched a smear
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