TONI DUGGAN

I dreamt of playing in front of thousands of people as a kid, but I dreamt of playing in World Cup finals as well.

I'm trying to create a better pathway for the next generation.

It would be a dream to go to my first World Cup.

I'd recommend for any little girl starting out to play with the boys as long as possible.

I think you judge players and managers on how they perform at World Cups.

I think it is just something in my head that tells me to keep believing. Andy Spence, my manager at Everton, wrote me a little card before we came away and wrote at the bottom, 'Just remember, it only takes a second to score a goal.'

Clubs in other countries can step up, and we can kick on with women's football even more.

If the goals were a bit bigger, maybe I'd score a few more goals!

For me, Barcelona are the biggest club in the world, and naturally, I wanted to come here.

It's kind of nice, and rewarding, to have been on the journey from having to play football and work to being a professional.

I don't like to compare coaches.

I'm not too bad at reading, but I've got a bit of a confidence problem with speaking, with going from Scouse to Spanish.

I loved playing in England. But after a few years, I didn't find it challenging enough. I wouldn't say I was bored, but it was becoming too repetitive - playing with and against the same players year after year.

I believe the girls should be better paid but not the same as the men.

Any athlete will tell you that it's the most difficult thing in the world being injured.

I've always been willing to get on the ball when I play for England. I've never hidden, but I'm more relaxed; my decision making is better because I'm calmer. Technically, it's a different level in Spain, and I've had to bring myself up to that at club level.

Naturally, managers and coaches are trying to find different ways to work.

It's great for the little girls coming through the system now to have women to look up to because, when I was younger, my role models were more, like, Michael Owen and players from the men's team, but I get kids messaging me now saying they look up to me, and that's really touching for me, but it's great for the kids to have people to look up to.

It was a big step for me to take, going away from my family to go and play in a different culture, and I understand why people don't do it.

It was always our aim to raise the profile of the game, and I believe it's only going to get bigger.

Hopefully, now there are kids, both male and female, even senior players, who open themselves up now and are more open to going abroad and playing their football. I've learnt so much, and they can, too.

I can only thank Manchester City for everything they have done for me. What we have achieved in such a short space of time has been amazing.

When people ask me, 'Should I earn the same money as the men?' No, I don't believe I should because they're on a bigger scale than me, they have more fans, are more popular.

Women's sport is embedded in the mainstream consciousness now, and that is a hugely positive thing. That's not to say that our sport can't get even more popular - because I think it can - but perceptions have definitely changed for the better.

I didn't have role models to look up to because there was no access to them.