Lancashire Football Association is delighted to announce the appointment of two new directors to our Board – Steve Daley MBE and Rachel Brown-Finnis.

Daley and Brown-Finnis are very prominent figures in the world of football and we are excited to have them on our Board of Directors as they will undoubtedly use their vast expertise and experience to bring new and innovative ideas to the Association.

Steve Daley

Steve is an Ex England Para Player with 150 caps for England, and was captain of the Partially Sighted England Team from 1995 -2020 making him the longest servicing England Captain in history.  

The Belfast-native played in 2 World Cup finals and is the only England person to have played and coached in a World Cup final.  He is passionate about making the game more inclusive, more diverse and more accessible for all who wish to be part of the game we love.  

Steve is currently the National Para Talent Manager for the FA, responsible for a small talent team who look after all Talent ID through to England Development Squads for players aspiring to become the future England Para Player.  

Rachel Brown-Finnis

Rachel is a former England international goalkeeper, with 82 caps for England, and played for the likes of Liverpool and Everton during her career.

She hails from Burnley and started her football journey by playing on the boys team at her primary school before she joined Accrington Ladies, then moving to Liverpool just after her 15th Birthday. 
 
Rachel has played in three FA Women’s Cup Finals, winning with Everton in 2010, four European Championships and two World Cups, and she represented Team GB at the 2012 London Olympics, something she described at the time as “the pinnacle of her career.”
 
Since her retirement from the game, she regularly appears on BBC & TNT and has been a big advocate and inspiration for getting more women and girls involved in football.