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Women’s / youth spotlight: Natasha Young in focus

When Natasha Young started kicking a ball about with her eldest son in her garden, she had no idea that this would be the start of a journey that would eventually lead her to coaching, not one, but two Newhaven Youth teams. Despite being a life-long football fanatic, during early adulthood Natasha had found herself drifting away from the sport she loves. She hadn’t played competitively for a team since leaving college at the age of 17 and believed her days of being involved with the sport in any capacity were long over. Then the eldest of her two sons started to show an interest in playing the game and everything changed. “When my eldest started kicking a ball around when he was five, I began to realise just how much I missed it,” explains Natasha. “He started playing for Newhaven when he was seven, while his younger brother joined Mini Dockers around the same time. “I loved watching them play and while I realised that I could no longer play myself, I also realised I could still ...