Get to know Adelaide women's marquee player Chelsea Randall
Guernsey number: 26
Twitter: @randall_chelsea
Instagram: @chelsearandall26
Nickname: Chels, Randall, Rambo, Randy, Cheezels
Preferred footy position: Forward
Occupation: Adelaide Football Club Community Programs Officer
Best piece of advice you have received: My gran always said “if you can’t do something, simply take off the 't' and YOU CAN”
Sporting highlight or greatest achievement to date: Being announced a Marquee Player for the Adelaide Crows
What’s your brief history in footy:
- 3x All Australian
- Inaugural Women’s Draft (2013) Draft pick 3 across Australia to Melbourne Demons.
- Melbourne Demons Player 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
- Best on Ground 2014 Melbourne v Bulldogs Match
- 2x Western Australian Women’s Football League (WAWFL) Best and Fairest
- Played 8 years with Swan Districts Football Club in the WAWFL, Perth
- Started playing with the boys at Safety Bay Stingers at 11 years old
If you weren't a footballer, what would you be doing: Maybe a basketballer, I have no idea really, football has given me a career on and off the field, friends for life and so much more, it’s kept me on the right track
Motto you live by: Make it Happen (stop talking about doing it and just do it basically)
If you could ask one person to be your mentor, who would it be: Nathan Van Berlo
Morning or night person? Morning
Preferred timeslot to play matches: Late afternoon/night match
Match day superstitions: Not really a superstition, but I tend to do a double knot on my right boot and not on my left
Worst injury you have had: I’ve got eight screws and a plate from my broken ankle. In the 2009 Open Women’s WA v Victoria Match, I was the youngest acting captain (17 years old), super excited and lasted 5 minutes of the game. Spent my 18th birthday in a wheel chair
Last text you sent: Explaining to my dad that I was in bed by 10.30pm for New Year’s Eve. #EliteLife #Nanna
What couldn't you live without: My dog, Koda
Favourite sport other than footy: There’s so many, probably Basketball or Indoor Beach Volleyball
Dream travel destination: South America
Tea or coffee: Does Mocha count?
Savoury or sweet: Sweet
Go to pump up music pre game: Phil Collins
Go to meal pre game: Anything with carbs, a good Spag Bog
Favourite movie: PS I love you
Favourite TV series: At the moment, Chicago Fire
