Poppy Wallis began playing football at the age of seven with Peddington Diamonds, where she spent one season before moving on to Leigh Genesis.

It was during her time with Leigh that Poppy first came up against Bolton Wanderers – an experience which left such an impression that she decided she wanted to join the club herself.

She made the move to Wanderers at the age of nine and has remained with the club ever since, progressing through the pathway before making the step up into the Women’s team.

Poppy has already enjoyed a number of memorable achievements during her time with Bolton, including winning the treble with the Under-18s and lifting the Barcelona Girls Cup.

She also considers progressing through the club’s pathway and earning the opportunity to step into the Women’s set-up among the proudest moments of her career, with the experience helping her continue to develop as a player.

A winger who can also operate in the No.10 role, Poppy describes herself as hard-working, quick and a good team player.

Her ambitions are to help Wanderers progress and earn promotion as a team, while continuing to develop both on and off the pitch.

Get to know Poppy

Having joined Wanderers at just nine years old, football and Bolton have already formed a major part of Poppy’s life.

Away from the pitch, her musical choice is Bruno Mars, while if football had not been her sport, Poppy says she would have taken up swimming instead.

She also describes herself as very much a night owl.

Favourite artist: Bruno Mars
Favourite food: Chippy chips or noodles from the Chinese
Favourite films: P.S. I Love You or The Notebook
Morning person or night owl: Night owl
If she wasn’t a footballer: Swimming