Focus on errors can 'tarnish' goalkeepers - Hampton

Focus on errors can 'tarnish' goalkeepers - HamptonImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Hannah Hampton was a standout performer for England at Euro 2025ByEmma SandersBBC Sport women’s football news reporterPublished1 minute agoEngland number one Hannah Hampton says media companies can "tarnish the reputation" of female goalkeepers by focusing on mistakes and not their positive performances.The 25-year-old was speaking at the Women's Super League awards where she won the Golden Glove for a second successive season.Chelsea's Hampton is a two-time European champion with England and starred at Euro 2025 with her penalty shootout heroics, before being named the best female goalkeeper at September's Ballon d'Or ceremony."Women's goalkeepers always get scrutiny, but when we do something right there is not enough celebrating or acknowledgement of that," said Hampton."We have to start doing it to one another, then the media will hopefully follow. There's a lot of goalkeepers out there that should get more credit than they do."The media have a big impact. If a goalkeeper makes a mistake, all of a sudden they are the first people to put video clips out there and tarnish the reputation of women's goalkeeping. "Why put someone down when we're trying to put women's football on the map where it deserves to be? We have to champion each other's successes."I think media companies can do a lot better in terms of what they put out there."Hampton's rise to best keeper in the worldPublished22 September 2025How generation of cool keepers silenced trollsPublished3 October 2025Hampton's career has been far from smooth sailing, with the ex-Birmingham City goalkeeper hitting headlines when she was dropped from the England squad in 2022 shortly after their first Euros triumph.Reports said it was a result of her behaviour and she had to wait until March 2023 for a recall, when...