Wolves Women defender Katie Johnson is next to answer a few quirky questions.
Most memorable place you’ve played football?
I’m going to give the ‘boring’ answer, but it has to be Molineux for me, just because I'm from Wolves and I’ve been a Wolves fan all my life. But this season, there are a lot of teams who are playing regularly in Premier League stadiums, so we've played at Turf Moor and the City Ground, which was exciting, we’ve also played at Stoke’s ground, as well as obviously the Hawthorns. I hadn’t actually played at the Hawthorns before, so that was great for me.
Strangest superstitions you’ve seen from teammates?
I know a few of the girls have a certain order they like to come out of the tunnel. Beth Merrick always comes out the changing room last, and I don't know whether that's a superstition or what, but Merrick Will’s the same as well, so her and Beth would have a fight to see who would come our last! I’m not really a superstitious person though, but if I have a good game, I’ll try and replicate what I did. Last season I was always having Weetabix for breakfast, but I’ve found it doesn’t fill me up as much this season – maybe I’ve got more of an appetite now!
Greatest comeback you’ve been involved in?
It's got to be that Nottingham Forest one. We were three-nil down and then Amber [Hughes] pressed the keeper to make it 3-1, and then there's Beth Merrick putting it in the bottom corner to make it 4-3. I think you could tell by the scenes with everyone just how much that meant to us. But even at 3-0 down, we always thought that we could have got something, but it was really late in the game this one, like 20 minutes or something, but from the tempo and the energy that was on the pitch, I knew as soon as we got one, we were going to get something out of it. I didn't think we were going to win, and we would have taken a draw at that point, but we never really count ourselves out.
Wolves teammate with worst taste in music?
I’d probably say Beth Roberts just because she's the DJ and sometimes she puts some questionable music on before games. We have to ask her to put something on that's actually going to get us up for the game! Although I wouldn’t say Beth’s taste is bad, sometimes it's questionable.
Strangest moment you’ve experienced in a game?
There’s been a few funny moments rather than strange. One was a few seasons ago when someone's boot came off in the game and all their laces had come out, but they were trying to put it back on sat on the pitch, but Helen Dermody just got their boot chucked it off the pitch because we were in the middle of a game!
Oddest thing you’ve heard said during match?
I just completely zone out in games to what people are saying. I don't listen to anyone! But I remember Morph said something in one of the pre-season games which we found hilarious at the time. I can't remember exactly what happened, but there was a tough challenge and a foul was given and she said something like ‘it's physics’, trying to argue that it wasn’t a foul.
Biggest character in a dressing room you’ve been in?
I wouldn’t say we have any massive characters here. We all have our moments but we’re all kind of on a similar level, which is why we work well as a group. If I had to say one, ‘Robbo’ is probably up there. Beth’s a character, especially in training. We get fined if we get megged in training, so she's always trying to megs people, and just being a bit of a nuisance, to be honest.
Most unexpected result you’ve had?
Probably the most unexpected was when we beat Reading 2-1 two seasons ago in the FA Cup. We knew we had a chance, because I think they were in a tough place, but for us to actually win it, against a Championship club at the time, especially going 1-0 down was probably the most unexpected one.
Wolves teammates with the worst dress sense?
I’ll leave Robbo alone this time because I know my dress sense definitely needs some work, but Abi Loydon has got a quirky dress. It's stuff that I would never wear, but she looks great in it. Again, it’s not that Abi’s got a bad dress sense, it’s just different to what I would wear. It’s definitely her own unique sense of style, but she absolutely rocks it, to be fair.
Best goal you’ve ever seen scored?
There's a couple again from a few seasons ago that I didn’t actually see in person because I was on loan, but I saw them on the videos and the highlights. Beth Merrick has a few that are right up there, but the best one might have been when we won the league actually. Helen Dermody scored, I think it was against Forest, when she took it on a chest and volleyed it into the top corner. I wasn’t there for it, but I saw the videos and I voted it for a goal of the season, it was just an absolute screamer.
This article originally featured in Wolves' official 2024/25 matchday programme. Last season's programmes are still available to purchase online through retailers Curtis Sports.
