The Rest Is Football: Daly Brightness

Millie and Rach debate the merits of living in an igloo or a sandcastle, and answer a popular football debate - short or long sleeve shirts? Also, in this week’s episode. What is their favourite scent? When is DIY Daly getting an insta page? And is 20 too old to take up something new? British Gas is proud partner of the Barclays Women’s Super League and The Rest Is Football Daily Brightness. Powering the perfect Sunday with half price electricity every Sunday from 11am-4pm. Over a million people already use it to save money. Search ‘British Gas PeakSave’ to start saving. T&Cs apply - Up to 60 kilowatts per session. Eligible tariff and smart meter required. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Millie reflects on Chelsea’s astounding 6-0 win over Roma, and her well-deserved POTM award, in the Champions League midweek. She also previews their big final group game against Wolfsburg this Wednesday. Rach looks back at an equally superb 3-0 drubbing of Liverpool in the WSL, her first two goals of the season - one scored after just 27 seconds - and her POTM award. A great week to be a Daly Brightness footballer! They also discuss the amazing form of Bunny Shaw as she scores her 100th goal and take a good look at why Manchester City are team to catch in the WSL title race as we go into the Winter Break. There’s an update on Rach and Millie’s young hero Noah Playforth and his admirable fundraising efforts, as well as some superb Block & Deletes. British Gas is proud partner of the Barclays Women’s Super League and The Rest Is Football Daily Brightness. Powering the perfect Sunday with half price electricity every Sunday from 11am-4pm. Over a million people already use it to save money. Search ‘British Gas PeakSave’ to start saving. T&Cs apply - Up to 60 kilowatts per session. Eligible tariff and smart meter required. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What is your favourite month? Which film could you watch on repeat? What’s your number one Christmas food item? Millie and Rach also discuss which of their teammates they’d most like to swap lives with for a day and what they were like at secondary school. British Gas is proud partner of the Barclays Women’s Super League and The Rest Is Football Daily Brightness. Powering the perfect Sunday with half price electricity every Sunday from 11am-4pm. Over a million people already use it to save money. Search ‘British Gas PeakSave’ to start saving. T&Cs apply - Up to 60 kilowatts per session. Eligible tariff and smart meter required. Whether it’s the same roast every year or something new that somehow becomes tradition overnight - Tesco’s food helps make every Christmas feel like Christmas. Shop Tesco food this Christmas, either in-store or online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Millie and Rach dig down into an exciting weekend of WSL action where Chelsea lost for the first time in an astonishing 585 days, allowing City to go six points clear at the top of the table. Whilst Aston Villa suffered a heart-breaking defeat in stoppage time at Spurs. Off the pitch, find out what Rach and Millie are getting up to in the lead up to Christmas. Spreading joy with visits to children in hospital, a bit of training and a huge dose of excitement ahead of Rach’s wedding. And looking ahead to next summer - how does our resident America expert Rach think England fans will fare in Dallas next summer for the Fifa Men’s World Cup? Which cities are her must-visits? And is there a chance Daly Brightness will go on tour for some matches too? Rach brings to our attention the heart-warming story of Noah Playforth, a 7 year old boy from Rotherham, who has raised over £35,000 for his local hospice. To donate follow this link: https://www.justgiving.com/page/nrp-christmas-bluebellwood?msockid=2905de98b8b762d30735ca1db94f63ea British Gas is proud partner of the Barclays Women’s Super League and The Rest Is Football Daily Brightness. Powering the perfect Sunday with half price electricity every Sunday from 11am-4pm. Over a million people already use it to save money. Search ‘British Gas PeakSave’ to start saving. T&Cs apply - Up to 60 kilowatts per session. Eligible tariff and smart meter required. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Millie and Rach have begun their gaming journey. After a slow start on the tech side they’re up and running, but the question is, will they become the next big thing in streaming? Also in today’s episode, the listeners have sent in some mad “would you rathers…”. Would Millie and Rach prefer to live on the moon or under water? Would they rather be a living room or a kitchen? And how would they cope never winning a football match again? The “would you rathers” get even more challenging - would you rather not be able to taste or not be able to see colours? And would you prefer to know how you die, or when? Thanks Amelia… British Gas is proud partner of the Barclays Women’s Super League and The Rest Is Football Daily Brightness. Powering the perfect Sunday with half price electricity every Sunday from 11am-4pm. Over a million people already use it to save money. Search ‘British Gas PeakSave’ to start saving. T&Cs apply - Up to 60 kilowatts per session. Eligible tariff and smart meter required. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What would Millie and Rach buy each other for Secret Santa? Which kitchen utensil is their most used? How would their dogs describe them in one word? And who is the better cook? Today’s Q&A is probably our most random selection of listener questions yet! But - of course - Millie and Rach can debate kitchenware as enthusiastically as they can debate who is going to win the WSL. There’s also a tricky “would you rather” conundrum mulled over - Hawaiian shirts in winter or Christmas jumpers in summer? Millie and Rach take a pause to discuss a really important topic, particularly with Christmas around the corner, about their experiences of loneliness. Despite being professional footballers surrounded by people everyday, it may surprise you to hear they also have suffered from being lonely in the past too. British Gas is proud partner of the Barclays Women’s Super League and The Rest Is Football Daily Brightness. Powering the perfect Sunday with half price electricity every Sunday from 11am-4pm. Over a million people already use it to save money. Search ‘British Gas PeakSave’ to start saving. T&Cs apply - Up to 60 kilowatts per session. Eligible tariff and smart meter required. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Millie and Rach are discussing all things League Cup and Champions League. They also give their thoughts on the new UWCL format and preview the big Nations League final double-header between Germany and Spain. Plus they invite their very first guest onto the pod - a Villa servant for 15 years and Rach’s fiancée, Sarah Mayling. British Gas is proud partner of the Barclays Women’s Super League and The Rest Is Football Daily Brightness. Powering the perfect Sunday with half price electricity every Sunday from 11am-4pm. Over a million people already use it to save money. Search ‘British Gas PeakSave’ to start saving. T&Cs apply - Up to 60 kilowatts per session. Eligible tariff and smart meter required. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Forget what you think you know about reality. The Rest Is Science is a mind-bending new show from Goalhanger that tears down familiar ideas… time, randomness, beauty, it will reveal just how bizarre the world truly is. Join Professor Hannah Fry and science creator Michael Stevens (aka Vsauce) twice a week to explore big, small and surprising questions as they deep dive into theories, concepts, objects and thoughts and take us on a journey into the unexpected. If you love digging into details that usually get skipped over, this is the show that proves reality is stranger than fiction. Click here to subscribe to The Rest Is Science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Faced with a food or physical challenge on I’m A Celeb, which would the girls rather do? If they had to swap dogs for the day, which would they choose? And what was it like for Millie playing with Magdalena Eriksson? The girls also answer some more “Would You Rathers” and get creative making up a few of their own… British Gas is proud partner of the Barclays Women’s Super League and The Rest Is Football Daily Brightness. Powering the perfect Sunday with half price electricity every Sunday from 11am-4pm. Over a million people already use it to save money. Search ‘British Gas PeakSave’ to start saving. T&Cs apply - Up to 60 kilowatts per session. Eligible tariff and smart meter required. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Millie and Rach deep-dive into Sky’s short-lived TikTok channel HALO aimed at female sports fans and why it its existence became a problematic concept. They also breakdown the weekend’s fixtures and mark Millie’s record-breaking 211th WSL appearance with a message from the woman she surpassed - Jordan Nobbs - or Peanut, as she is known to Rach. New favourite format BLOCK AND DELETE gets spicy this week with some very strong picks from the girls and some superb ones from listeners. British Gas is proud partner of the Barclays Women’s Super League and The Rest Is Football Daily Brightness. Powering the perfect Sunday with half price electricity every Sunday from 11am-4pm. Over a million people already use it to save money. Search ‘British Gas PeakSave’ to start saving. T&Cs apply - Up to 60 kilowatts per session. Eligible tariff and smart meter required. Find your local Greene King sports pub and book your seat at https://www.greeneking.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Which actor would the girls would choose to play them in a movie of their life? Which career blooper lives rent free in the girls’ minds? And which skill do they both wish they could master? Also, Millie and Rach do some excellent impressions from their favourite Christmas movies and enthusiastically debate biscuits. You’ll be astonished to hear their Jaffa Cake eating methods… British Gas is proud partner of the Barclays Women’s Super League and The Rest Is Football Daily Brightness. Powering the perfect Sunday with half price electricity every Sunday from 11am-4pm. Over a million people already use it to save money. Search ‘British Gas PeakSave’ to start saving. T&Cs apply - Up to 60 kilowatts per session. Eligible tariff and smart meter required. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s episode is jam packed with the highs and lows of football, and life. The girls celebrate Millie’s record-equalling 210 WSL appearances, re-live Villa’s superb win over United and break down the rest of last weekend’s WSL fixtures. Also, Millie’s fresh back from a midweek jaunt to Austria playing in the Champions League and Rach gives us a sneak peak of her Christmas decorations. You won’t want to miss Rach’s audition to become a commentator as she reports live on the Champions League action as we’re recording. GOALLLLLLLLL!!! British Gas is proud partner of the Barclays Women’s Super League and The Rest Is Football Daily Brightness. Powering the perfect Sunday with half price electricity every Sunday from 11am-4pm. Over a million people already use it to save money. Search ‘British Gas PeakSave’ to start saving. T&Cs apply - Up to 60 kilowatts per session. Eligible tariff and smart meter required. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What if being a mother was seen as a career risk? What if talking about fertility was still considered taboo in 2025? And what if female footballers had to choose between the game they love and the family they dream of? In this powerful Q&A episode, Rach and Millie dive deep into one of the most important and under-discussed topics in women’s football: motherhood, fertility, and the right to choose without fear. From Hannah Blundell’s inspiring return to Manchester United after giving birth, to the need for clubs to support fertility education, smear tests, and open conversations. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How have Jess Park and Ella Toone become such a dangerous duo for Man Utd? What makes Chelsea so solid at the back after five clean sheets in their last seven games? Are Arsenal finding some form at just the right time, ahead of big game against Chelsea this weekend? Millie and Rach also discuss their frustration with fireworks and what they'd do to fix it. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What’s the girls’ favourite scary movie? Who would they haunt if they were a ghost? And which England teammate would swoop in to save them from a spider? Millie and Rach are getting into the Halloween spirit (quite literally) in this week’s special spooky Q&A episode 👻 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Millie and Rach breakdown England’s 2-1 defeat against Brazil at the Etihad. They discuss Khiara Keating’s international debut, Maya Le Tissier’s performance and how a little shake up of England’s lineup is refreshing to see. They explain how tough it is to play international fixtures again after becoming European Champions, and why losing games can actually be a positive in the long run. And Millie’s had a great new idea! Block and delete. Listen to the full episode to find out what it is all about… For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What exactly is it about a top tier pub that makes it so brilliant? Why is the community around a pub so important? What memories do Millie and Rach have of spending time around their local boozers growing up? The pair also discuss what they’d like to be doing in life in 10 years and what their favourite ever football kits are. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What do the girls think of the Subway League Cup and how do they think it could be improved? Is it still an important competition for female players up against the WSL, UWCL and FA Cup? Who shone last week in the Champions League? And how impressed are the girls with Manchester United this season? The pair also look back on Millie’s England retirement news. And Rach has some very special messages of support for Millie… including one surprise appearance! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why is now the right time for Millie to step back from international football? How difficult a decision was it for her to make and how did she go through that process? What does she hope her legacy will be as a Lioness? Millie explains to Rach everything that went into her decision about international retirement and thanks everyone for their support throughout her journey with England. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rachel and Millie sit down to discuss World Mental Health Day on Friday 10th October 2025. Millie - as an ambassador for Young Minds - explains why she’ll be wearing yellow. They delve deeper into the topic of Mental Health & Professional Sport explaining how they cope with their own mental health both on and off the pitch, and how they support each other in difficult times. If you need support with any topics discussed in this podcast please consider using the resources below: MIND: ⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/⁠ YOUNG MINDS: ⁠https://www.youngminds.org.uk For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.comLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices