Julie Porter

Episode 11 is a cracker as I was privileged and honoured to speak with a pioneer/trail blazer for football in this country and our Illawarra region.

The interviewee only had two years of junior soccer in the early 1970s when she was 10 and 11. After a few years off, due to girls not being allowed to play in their teenage years Julie Porter burst onto the Australian Women's soccer scene in the late 1970s firstly with the Bulli ThunderBirds.

Her talent and work ethic took her into regional teams, state teams and the Australian Women's National team. She is a talented soccer player/coach but above this she has great respect of where she came from and who supported her throughout her magnificent career. Humble and articulate, Julie is a soccer person who deserves more recognition about her journey as do the rest of her peers from the late 1970s and 1980s. As these women gave so much to Australian Women's soccer in its infancy, which ultimately gave the sport great foundations in this country.

I apologise if it times the interview sounds disjointed, this was solely my fault due to technical and research issues. Regardless Julie's journey shines through and was a great pleasure to record, please enjoy!

Music by Luke Nolan