\n Millie Bright made her 300th Chelsea appearance in Sunday’s Women’s Super League win over Tottenham Hotspur and to mark that landmark two people who have known her since the start, Katie Chapman and Gemma Davison, share their memories of the Blues captain.
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Chapman and Davison were both in the Chelsea line-up when a young Bright made her Blues debut in a Women\u2019s FA Cup tie against Watford in 2015, and have seen her develop on and off the pitch into a hugely successful club captain and one of the world\u2019s best defenders.<\/p>\n
Both of her former team-mates expressed their pride at the player and person Bright has become over the 10 years since she first arrived at Cobham and shared some of their memories from those early days of her Blues career.<\/p>\n
That includes Chapman \u2013 herself the Chelsea captain in that period, before passing the armband on in 2018 \u2013 revealing our stalwart centre-back wasn\u2019t originally delighted about playing in defence at all!<\/p>\n
\u2018I remember when Millie first came to the club and she reminded me of myself. She played just like me, she was that one who would get stuck in and would love a challenge and was a winner. I could see it in her from the moment she arrived,\u2019 said Chapman, who skippered the Blues to our first-ever Women\u2019s Super League title in Bright\u2019s debut season here.<\/p>\n
\u2018She started off in midfield with me and as her career developed she moved back into centre-back, which allowed her to see the pitch in front of her, get on the ball, and she learned so much more of the game. She didn\u2019t want to play at centre-back, I think it took her a while to get her head around that it was actually her best position!<\/p>\n
\u2018The minute she came here she always wanted to learn and get better. She was always that player who gave 100 per cent on the pitch and always asked questions about what she needed to improve on. We knew she was going to continue to develop and she\u2019s at the best club to do that, and the coaches she\u2019s had over the years helped with that.<\/p>\n
\u2018And she has a heart of gold. She would do anything for anybody and I love that about her. Now she is the captain of the club. It took her a while to get there, but she\u2019s there and she leads with pride.\u2019<\/p>\n
Davison is also well placed to see how Bright has developed over the years. Not only was she a team-mate of Bright and Chapman during that 2015 season, but also the young defender\u2019s housemate.<\/p>\n