I don’t care if you are offended. Jess Grant: mother, grassroots footballer, founder of a Brighton-based female-focused FC, England Position: Midfield Temporarily relegating football from competitive priority to recreational activity was a no-brainer for Grant after giving birth in 2021. The 29-year-old Chelsea fan works with sexual violence survivors, mentors underprivileged girls, and founded a Brighton-based female-focused grassroots team in 2018. A non-judgmental, empowering and accessible space for women, non-binary and trans folk to play football, and then in 2019 founded a more social-based spin-off. The groups spearheaded the launch of Brighton’s only 5-a-side women’s league that same year