Premier League: Anna Foster, presenter

Player to look out for

I'll keep it local and say Connor Wickham, who's just signed for Sunderland from Ipswich. Great young talent, developed through Ipswich's own academy and could make them even more money if he performs in the North East. And a mention too for former Newcastle favourite Nobby Solano, who's starting the new season at Hartlepool United and creating massive excitement at the Vic!

One change to make it a better experience for fans

Apart from the obvious lowering of ticket prices to make it more accessible to all, the softie in me would love something that'd stop my fingers and toes freezing off at games in the middle of winter. I suppose that's just part of the fun of watching football, isn't it?

The team I support

I'm a bit coy about who I support, because I live and work in the North East all week and have to cover all the teams there regularly, so I don't want anyone to think I'm picking favourites. I'm a lifelong supporter of one of them, and you'll have to guess which. But I will say that all my local teams - from Newcastle and Sunderland in the Premier League down to Darlington and Gateshead in the Blue Square Premier - look well set for strong starts to the season.

My earliest football memory

I spent my youngest years growing up in West Yorkshire and I remember as a tiny child marvelling whenever we drove past Elland Road at the sheer size of the place, and wondering what on earth happened there that meant it needed to be so huge.

Playing the game today

When I was at primary school we got a girls' football team together. We only ever played one fixture I remember, against a neighbouring school. We borrowed our strips and boots from the boys in the class. After 90 minutes I was the most pristine player on the pitch, not a drop of mud or a scratch on me - despite the fact that it was the middle of winter. Clearly I didn't get stuck in enough, and it's not really a surprise that I've stuck to watching the game (rather than playing it) ever since.

Guaranteed headline this season

'Beckham plans return to English football'. Sub-headline has to be about a completely unlikely team considering a bid for him.

Advice for footballers who use Twitter

Ah, a tough one! The journalist side of me loves that behind-the-scenes insight, the opinions that we so rarely get to hear. But if you're a Newcastle fan and and you'd just seen one of your best players embroiled in a huge row because of it, I can see how you'd feel very differently. Best advice would have to be: 'Think before you tweet.'