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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you can’t wait for the next episode of #TedLasso to drop, why not read ‘the real life version’ here? bit.ly/4qFOMBR

Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Read my Guardian Opinion piece today, prompted by the excellent new Ted Lasso series, on why women’s football should be more Mary Beard than Coach Beard… Women’s football shouldn’t have to copy a men’s game that isn’t working – just look at Ted Lasso | Karen Dobres

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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It’s Bitch Invasion paperback publication day🎉 Available online and in all good bookshops. Buy for yourself or any friend who works within in a patriarchal system. Then work on changing that system. #BitchInvasion #PitchInvasion #womanspreading www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1788...

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Football Action Network @footballactionnetwork.com · 29/07/2026

😱 The recent #FIFAWorldCup has almost completely wiped out supporters' confidence in #FIFA. See the results of our fan survey for the full story: footballactionnetwork.com/news/fan-sur... 🚫 Surely this leaves #Infantino with zero mandate for his plan to bring private capital into the #WorldCup

Spain players celebrating with the World Cup, while Infantino hails Trump standing next to them

Text reads: 83% of fans say their opinion of FIFA has worsened as a result of the 2026 World Cup

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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

In a few hours we’ll know whether Brighton or Man City have won the FA Cup. What already know that the winners will take home £430K instead of the £2.12million their male counterparts win, and the runners up will get £108K, ten times less than the men who get £1.06million. We need an #EqualFACup

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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Delighted that Pitch Invasion received Highly Commended at @sportsbookawards.bsky.social @octopusbooks.ca Honoured to be shortlisted amongst seasoned writers, grateful for the recognition. Thanks to all who made it possible! #CTSBA26 #readingforsport #PitchInvasion #Bitchinvasion

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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Have just started a Substack - do follow if you're interested in writing, squiggly career paths, or an outsider's view of football.... Writing About My Writing Journey open.substack.com/pub/karendob...

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Writing About My Writing Journey

1. It's a Long Story

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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

📗Honoured to be shortlisted for the Sports Writing category in @sportsbookawards.bsky.social 🙏 ⚽️Pitch Invasion tells the inside story of Equality FC & my story of how it feels to be a woman in a male bastion. #ReadingForSport #PitchInvasion #CTSBA26 #ReadingForSport #PitchInvasion #BitchInvasion

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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The Rooker Prize is back! ✍️⚽️ Born at Lewes FC & now open to all, the Rooker asks for only the first 400 words of your story. The winner receives: ✨ A feedback session with a top editor at Hachette UK ✨ £250 for charity @lewesfcwomen.bsky.social @lewesfcmen.bsky.social lewesfc.com/news/lewes-f...

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Steph @ste-c.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This week's guest on #MeetTheWriters is former @lewesfcmen.bsky.social / @lewesfcwomen.bsky.social director @karendobres.bsky.social Discussing 'Pitch Invasion' and the politics of the football pitch and soft power - (via Octopus Publishing Group) monocle.com/radio/shows/...

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Karen Dobres and pitch politics - Monocle

It’s International Women’s Day and Georgina Godwin is joined by a former model who helped transform Lewes FC into the...

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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Grateful for the kind words, and to @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social for running the piece 🙏

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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Grateful to the Royal Society of Arts Journal for liking ‘Pitch Invasion’ enough to come down to The Dripping Pan & make this short vid about Equality FC…. @lewesfcwomen.bsky.social @lewesfcmen.bsky.social youtu.be/_WbjOMRwCVI

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Can football lead the fight for equality? | RSA Journal Presents

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Resident Music @resident-music.com · 11/08/2025

. @karendobres.bsky.social popped by this morning to sign a few copies of her new book 'Pitch Invasion' ⚽️ Pick up a copy below & read about her ground-breaking journey as director of Lewes FC. www.resident-music.com/product/dobr...

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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Excited to have a book coming out this year! 📕 Cassell publish ‘Pitch Invasion’ in July. It’s my story of going from football-shunning feminist to director on a football club board, via a passion for gender equality. Ever felt like an outsider? Pre-order here: www.waterstones.com/book/9781788...

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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Lewes FC player Olivia Carpenter has made it to the final 100 of the Puskas Awards. Can we get her to the top 8 by voting & sharing? Easy to do, watch here: www.peoplespuskas.com/contenders/o... #comeonyourooks #equalityfc #lewessupporters #peoplespuskas #livcarpenter #thisgirlisonfire

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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Another match for Lewes FC Women, another work of art posing as a matchday poster from feminist pop artist Charlotte Colbert…gorgeous, intriguing, makes you think ♥️ #matchdayposters #popart #seeusasweare #equalityfc #lewesfc

Matchday poster depicting a pink face with blue hair and two football eyes, held by arms from two other women. A winged, eye flies above. The caption is ‘See Us As We Are’ . The match v Hashtag United takes place on Wednesday evening at the Dripping Pan in Lewes.

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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Another amazing pop art matchday poster for Lewes FC Women from feminist artist #CharlotteColbert What do you see? How do art and football connect? Why is women’s football a feminist issue? #SeeUsAsWeAre #EqualityFC #LewesFC

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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Great piece on the tangible difference it makes to a football club when you identify as ‘Fans of Change’ 💪

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Karen Dobres @karendobres.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Great to be interviewed for #KarenCarney ‘s new documentary on women’s football, ‘The State of It’. Always living in hope that women’s football can move forward independently of the men’s game, in order to 1)keep its culture and 2)thrive according to its own hard won values.

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