NewsTeagan Micah interview: New season hopes, goalkeeping unit and St Helens move

The Reds’ pursuit to build on last season’s fourth-placed finish begins on September 22 when they host Leicester City at St Helens Stadium, their new home ground.

Micah missed the end of 2023-24 with an ankle problem but returned to be part of Australia’s squad at the Paris 2024 Olympics in the summer.

After reporting to the AXA Melwood Training Centre for pre-season, Micah is now fully fit and ready to compete with Rachael Laws for the coveted No.1 jersey again.

Read on as she spoke to Liverpoolfc.com about her hopes for the term ahead…

• Get your tickets to see the Reds' friendly v Everton in St Helens on September 15

On being back with the group after the Olympics…

It feels really good, it’s great to be back with the girls. I love it here at the AXA Melwood Training Centre and we are all working really hard and have hit the ground running.

On pre-season…

We are super-excited. We just want to keep the games going and we are all looking forward to the new season. We have had a few tough training sessions [and] we’ve been getting the minutes in with the pre-season games.

On great competition for the No.1 position with Laws and the return to fitness of promising young stopper Faye Kirby…

We all get along really well. We are looking forward to having Faye back with us on the pitch, so that will be good, and we’ve also got Eva Spencer training with us. We’ve got a good little group going. We get pushed every day in training and we are pushing each other. We’ve always got each other’s back, which is good.

On new arrivals joining the group in Olivia Smith, Cornelia Kapocs and Gemma Evans…

What I’ve seen so far, the three of them have been quality and they are gelling in quite well, to be fair. We did well last season and the back end of the season was good when we finished in the top four. It was a bit frustrating for me on a personal level as I had that ankle injury, so it took me a good 10 weeks to get over that. But I’m feeling really good now and I’m looking forward to what will hopefully be a better season for me. I had a tough summer, I trained really hard and I was in the gym every single day, so I’m feeling really good and feeling fit and I can’t wait for the games to start.

On a new era for the club with the move to St Helens Stadium…

I’m really looking forward to it and I’ve heard a lot of really good things about it, so we can’t wait as a group. Hopefully the fans will be out to fill it up for us and support us as they always do. We are also looking forward to playing at Anfield this season as well, which is something really exciting. It’s an unbelievable feeling to play there and we can’t wait.

On that first game at St Helens, a pre-season friendly against Everton on September 15…

It’s always competitive against them, they have got a great side and, of course, it’s the derby, so it’s got that edge to it. We can’t wait to see our supporters there for the first time at St Helens.