How Man City Is Changing Mary Fowler

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

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Sam Mewis (0:51)

You're listening to the MIB Media Network, and this is The Women's Game.

Mary Fowler (0:55)

It's just such a lovely working environment to be in, because this is my club and my working environment every day. It's just helped me so much to flourish on the field.

Sam Mewis (1:13)

Hi, everyone, and welcome back to Friendlies, brought to you by The Women's Game. Today on the podcast, we have Man City and Matilda's attacker, Mary Fowler.

SPEAKER_4 (1:21)

Fowler, quick footwork from her. And just to get it in, only on to Blinkkiller-Brown, though, at the byline, cuts it back on for Fowler, who finds the back of the net.

An offensive mistake from Birmingham, and Fowler pounces. The dominance pays off, and Manchester City leads.

Sam Mewis (1:46)

Fowler started off on the right-hand side.

SPEAKER_4 (1:47)

Good pick up by Blinkkiller-Brown.

Mary Fowler (1:51)

And again, she just pounced.

SPEAKER_4 (1:51)

First-time finish, and she gives Bagley no chance at all. As soon as she takes a touch, then Bagley can set herself. But a first-time finish with that much power, keeping it low, bottom corner.

Mary Fowler (2:02)

Top, top finish from Fowler.

Sam Mewis (2:04)

That was Mary scoring the opening goal of the season for Man City, something I know she will be doing much more of for the rest of the season. I loved having this conversation with Mary so much because she's just so open and vulnerable with all of her experiences. I'm so happy that you all get to see this right now. So without further ado, here is Mary Fowler.

Hi, everyone, and welcome back to Friendlies. I'm Sam Mewis, and today I am sitting down with an absolute star of the global game, someone who is known for her creativity and vision on the field, and her wisdom and vulnerability off of it. It's Manchester City Ford and beloved Matilda, Mary Fowler. Mary, welcome to the show.

Mary Fowler (2:58)

Thank you so much. That was a very lovely introduction.

Sam Mewis (3:01)

Oh my gosh. Well, I'm so excited to have you here. We have been dying to chat with you. I know you just got back to England after spending some time in Australia with your partner, Nathan Cleary, who's a Rugby League star recovering from an injury. I'm sure he was so happy to have you helping him through his injury, but I was personally very impressed by your latte art.

Oh my gosh.

Mary Fowler (3:21)

Thank you so much.

I had someone tell me they thought it was from a cafe this whole time, so they never complimented me. But thanks for noticing. I've been practicing really hard on that.

Sam Mewis (3:31)

Oh my gosh. How do you do it?

Mary Fowler (3:33)

We actually have a coffee machine at the club, so it's like a full-on barista level machine. So just out there every day. There's quite a few of us in the team that are really into it. So just practice.

Sam Mewis (3:44)

Oh my gosh. Okay. Good to know. I make little lattes and quartados at home a lot because I have one of those little personal espresso machines.

Mary Fowler (3:52)

Yeah.

Sam Mewis (3:53)

I tamp the milk down. Do you know what I mean? I froth it and then I tamp it down. Then I hold my cup a little bit sideways and I try to pour the milk from the bottom and then the foam from the top. But I could never get an art out of it. It's just a big blob.

Mary Fowler (4:09)

You'll get there. It sounds like you're doing everything right.

Sam Mewis (4:12)

I mean, I've watched videos.

Mary Fowler (4:14)

That's where I started too many videos. But you know what? Someone in my team kept saying, it's going to just not work for ages and then one day, it's suddenly going to click.