Step by Step | Vivianne Miedema and Beth Mead's ACL Journey — Season 1
Step By Step is a five-part series charting the duo's absences and rehab as they battle back from their serious setbacks to star once again for Arsenal's women's team.
About this season
Step By Step is a five-part series charting the duo's absences and rehab as they battle back from their serious setbacks to star once again for Arsenal's women's team.
Episodes (5)
1. Football was my happy place
Aired 18 December 2023 • 25 min
Beth and Viv are hit with their ACL injuries while Gary Lewin is on hand to explain the ramifications. As they begin their journey to recovery, their eyes are opened to the wider issue of ACL injuries in the professional women’s game.
2. There's no people I'd rather go through this with
Aired 19 December 2023 • 17 min
In this instalment Vivianne Miedema runs for the first time since suffering her season-ending injury and the pair discuss the prevalence of ACL rupture in the women's game with Head of Medicine and Sports Science, Gary Lewin.
3. This is only the tip of the iceberg
Aired 20 December 2023 • 23 min
In the latest instalment, Viv and Beth discuss the ongoing risk factors for ACL injuries with a panel of experts, whilst continuing to make great strides towards match fitness.
4. It's our responsibility to look after each other
Aired 21 December 2023 • 19 min
Viv shares the mental struggle professional footballers face as they rehab major injuries and Beth opens up about the tragic loss of her mum.
5. We need to be open about it, we need to be speaking about it
Aired 22 December 2023 • 39 min
In this final episode, Beth and Viv both make their long-awaited return to first-team football, but the journey isn’t over as they vow to continue to highlight, and ultimately change the narrative surrounding ACL injuries in the women’s game.