[Zizu]

Karen Carney believes her dancing background gave her the twinkle toes that helped her become a Lionesses legend.

Here, she tells her story of how she went from a disco diva to a wizard on the wing:

“I started dancing when I was just a toddler because my older sister went to a dance club.

“It started out as just something to do but I loved it. It was mainly me just jigging about but I went every week.

“It wasn’t until I moved to Steptoes Dance School in Halesowen when I was 12 that things got more serious and I started going three or four times a week. It was there that I started to compete in some big events.

“I enjoyed football when I was a kid and had loads of kickabouts, but I didn’t join my first club until I was 11. Until then, it was all about dancing for me. We did loads of different routines and genres of music; street dancing, hip-hop, disco, rock ‘n roll, slow dancing, team dances, everything.