Grew up in Glossp.
In the mid-1980s, Alison Brittain, started her career as a cashier at the Enfield Town branch of Barclays, as part of the bank’s graduate programme. The Hertfordshire suburb is a popular retreat for players of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur and it is not inconceivable that the then young banker cashed the pay cheques of some of North London’s finest players.
Step forward nearly 40 years to next January, and, after an illustrious career in banking and, most recently, hospitality, Brittain will take on a very different role, when she becomes the Premier League’s first female chair.