Football is truly a family affair for Hednesford Town?s Hazzana Parnell and her fellow forward Remaya Osbourne
?As a mother you try to give your child the best you can,? says the Hednesford Town forward Hazzana Parnell before the tier five side?s Women?s FA Cup second-round match against fourth-tier Sporting Khalsa on Sunday. ?The ball will be on the line and I?ll lay it back for her, as if saying: ?Go on, you have it.??
This isn?t like letting your kid beat you at Uno, or half-hearted efforts to save the ball when standing in goal at the local park. This is a mother, Parnell, 38, and her daughter, 16-year-old Remaya Osbourne, playing on the same team in the FA Cup, fulfilling a dream many footballers probably have when they hold their newborn in their arms, and that so few have achieved, in men?s and women?s football.
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