Our record goalscorer sat down with host Caz De Moraes to discuss a wide range of topics surrounding the women's game and her personal experiences within it.

After arriving at Chelsea from Reading in 2015, Kirby has become one of the most recognisable faces in the sport having won every major domestic honour, as well as the European Championships with the Lionesses in 2022.

But the spotlight that has shone on the forward has created its challenges, as Kirby discusses honestly and in detail.

‘That [attention] was really hard for a period,' the 30-year-old explains. I felt that at one point everybody wanted a piece [of me] when you’re doing well and playing well, everything else comes with that.

‘I think I struggled a lot with that in terms of being able to block that out and just focus on the football. It took me a couple of months to be like, "No, you’re a footballer, you’re here to play football and play well, you need to block everything else out."

‘That was quite tough because it wasn’t happening for many others in the women’s game. I was the first that was kind of exposed to that, in terms of the media and all of that side of it.

‘I had to learn very quickly how to deal with that, how to park it. I like to share that with the youth coming through, I can make them understand that first and foremost you’re a footballer. And if you give everything to football, look at what you can achieve.’

Kirby has never lacked self-awareness or the confidence to speak publicly about her mental health in the past – and she has also opened up on battling back from serious injury and illness on multiple occasions.

She still admits that ‘if I lose a game I’m miserable' but also spoke about how her winning mindset has helped take her to the next level.

And when asked how she wants to inspire the next generation of female footballers, Kirby offered insight into her daily mentality as a Chelsea player.

‘I want to inspire them to win and to be competitive. To push themselves to the limit. But also to be a good person, be a good teammate.

‘All of these things are my core values like, how can I be a good teammate and how can I win? That has driven me, so that when I come into training, I train the absolute hardest that I can, whether I am playing or not playing.

‘If I’m not playing, I’m making your [teammates] life hell, because that is what they [opposition] are going to do on Sunday.

‘It’s how can I be my best and make it difficult for you. At a club like Chelsea, where you are looking to win titles, you need players who will push players to have the same ambitions and drive.

‘If I can still show that, after winning the trophies that I have, every day, hopefully that inspires other people to win X amount of WSLs. That is what a club like Chelsea should be aspiring to do.’

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