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1. www.thefa.com › news › 2024Women's and girls' football sees record growth in a historic ...

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   Sep 27, 2024 · In the last four years, the number of women and girls playing football has increased by 56 per cent. Knowing that for most girls their first taste of football comes in the playground or on the school playing fields, Inspiring Positive Change set the target of 75 per cent of schools to be offering girls equal access to football by 2024.

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   20 hours ago · Missy Bo Kearns knows how important it is for girls and women to have opportunities to progress in the game. She was eight-years-old when she started her footballing journey at the Liverpool FC Women Academy. Fifteen years later, Kearns is now firmly established as a Women's Super League regular and is now with Aston Villa Women and is part of ...

3. www.wemakefootballers.com › news › changing-theChanging the mindset of girls in football - We Make Footballers

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   May 26, 2022 · The increasing number of female role models in football is helping to change the mindset of young and teenage girls, who now see women at the top of the game promoted and heralded as genuine superstars alongside their male counterparts.

4. www.bbc.com › bbcthree › articleWhat it's like being a modern-day female football fan

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   Aug 24, 2018 · So what do female football fans really look like, as captured by Jacqui, Amy, and Laura? Here, they give us just a snapshot of some of the people they’ve encountered.

5. theconversation.com › how-fans-fall-in-love-withHow fans fall in love with women’s football - The Conversation

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   For our interviewees, women’s football mega events – especially Olympic tournaments and Women’s World Cups – were a key route into fandom. Events like this were discussed by 91% of US fans and 69% of English fans. In most cases, they encountered these events on television, although some fans had attended live matches. Our respondents often mentione...

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   Just under a quarter of the fans we spoke to said that their fandom developed through online spaces, such as websites, streaming services and social media. For some of the youngest fans, their interest in women’s football began with social media sites. Felicity (age 25, England) only became a fan of the England women’s national team and the domesti...

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   For 42% of US fans and 16% of England fans, becoming fans of women’s football was linked to playing football themselves. Importantly, we found that this pathway existed only among women. Having been a woman player led an interest in the women’s game. For example, Abigail (age 24, US) said: A total of 26% of US fans and 18% of English fans in our st...

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6. www.bbc.co.uk › newsround › 59532731100 years since the women's football ban - what has changed?

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   Dec 6, 2021 · Last year the Football Association (FA) announced that the number of women and girls playing football in England has now reached 3.4 million, a 54% increase since 2017.

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   Do women play football?

   • For 42% of US fans and 16% of England fans, becoming fans of women’s football was linked to playing football themselves. Importantly, we found that this pathway existed only among women. Having been a woman player led an interest in the women’s game. For example, Abigail (age 24, US) said:

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   Is football for girls?

   • This lack of opportunities is not through lack of demand, either. Research found that 91 per cent of girls who do not currently have access to football in PE want their school to start offering it. Clearly, there are schools up and down the country stuck in the mindset that football is not for girls.

   Changing the mindset of girls in football | We Make Footballers

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   Do girls have equal access to football?

   • Knowing that for most girls their first taste of football comes in the playground or on the school playing fields, Inspiring Positive Change set the target of 75 per cent of schools to be offering girls equal access to football by 2024. That target was met in 2023 and has now been surpassed, with 77 per cent of schools offering equal access.

   Women's and girls' football sees record growth in a historic four years

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   What percentage of women's football fans are women?

   • A total of 26% of US fans and 18% of English fans in our study were recruited into women’s football fandom by others, typically girls or women with a strong interest in women’s football. This included just under half of the men in the total sample.

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   Are girls allowed to play football?

   • One of the biggest mindsets that often prohibits girls from taking up football is the idea that the sport is unladylike. It is aggressive, dirty and not desirable for girls to play. There are parents that might be concerned that their child will be pigeonholed as a tomboy for playing the sport and so dissuade them from showing interest.

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   Why do girls play football?

   • For some girls playing football is helping them succeed with other aspects of their lives outside of sport. One girl told Newsround: "Before I was shy, but now I am confident". Another girl said: "Whatever emotion I'm feeling, when I play football it all goes away and I'm only thinking about football."

   100 years since the women's football ban - what has changed?

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8. www.thefa.com › womens-girls-footballWomen's and Girls' | The Football Association

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   Football is now the top participation sport for women and girls in England, but see how it's evolved. An update on the progress made across our women’s and girls’ game strategy – Inspiring Positive Change – since it launched in October 2020.