The beautiful female player responded when trolled “with looks rather than talent” -Young man

The 22-year-old has been playing soccer since she was a child, and while she loves the sport, trolls say she knows nothing about it.

Gabby has responded to sexist trolls and wants girls not to be kicked out of football

Gabriella Howell of Bromley in south-east London, has been playing football since the age of eight. Gabby said, She has three older brothers who all play Soccer and often go to their training sessions. One day, she was by her mother’s side watching her brothers play in a school game when a coach of the girls’ team ran up to her and said: “You have three brothers, can you play? We don’t have enough players?” Despite the fact that the girls on the team were several years older than Gabby, she happily jumped in to play and she never looked back.

Gabby has been playing football since childhood

“When I was about 9 or 10 years old, I was scouted in an elementary school game and then I started playing for Crystal Palace.” she recalls.

Gabby, a Spurs fan, played for Palace until the age of 16, when she moved to Carshalton. After Carshalton closed, she went to Sutton United FC, where she has played in the First Team ever since.

Gabby explains: “The club has a really good foundation for women’s football. They really want to encourage young girls when they come in and there is no difference between male and female players.”

She added that she liked the fact that the coaches weren’t “soft” on her because she was a woman – which she thought could be an issue in the women’s game.

While the midfielder is proud of her sporting achievements, she says she can be haunted by the bad guys who follow her Instagram, TikTok and Twitter pages.

Gabby decided not to delete troll comments on social media posts

She shared some of the sexist comments she received on her TikTok account: “Gabby why are you out of the kitchen?”, “It’s a woman trying to play a man’s sport”, “That’s the trouble with women’s football, I think the players are chosen. by looks rather than talent.

Gabby also has to contend with men who say women “can’t compete” with men. In addition to sexist comments, she also receives offensive messages on Instagram from men who don’t take her seriously.

“Men say they are very upset underneath pictures of me playing football – and if I tag my club in the post it’s embarrassing.” she said.

She wants to inspire young girls to get involved in soccer

Gabby says one of the reasons she’s been targeted is because she likes to dress up, put on makeup and go out every weekend. “You are both – you can play football and like to wear heels.”she said.

Despite facing sexist trolling, Gabby is determined to use her platform to inspire young girls to get involved in soccer. She also wants young women who play football to stay in the game and not let sexism get to them.

She explained: “I like to keep a lot of people’s objectionable comments and not delete them. Young girls think they want to be an influencer but they don’t see the downside, I like to make it known.”

Although she admits that there was one time trolling “disruptive”, she has never let that happen since.

“Not everyone likes you. I repeat that to myself when I see these comments. You just need to develop a thick skin,” She added.