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1. • • Women like football. And some even like going to watch matches. That will come as a surprise to absolutely no one. Yet the way female fans are sometimes portrayed in the media - and in football circles themselves - can be more 1980 than 2018. And it's prompted a group of like-minded women to start tackling certain stereotypes head-on.
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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:

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   Do female football fans have a'real' understanding of football?

   • If you put "female football fans" into a search engine, most of the results will still show images of women in shirts that appear to have shrunk in the wash. Then there's the assumption female football fans wont have a 'real' understanding of the game. Or that they must have received their footballing knowledge from a male loved one.

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   Are women interested in football?

   • Since modern football’s inception in 1863, the sport has tended to be male-dominated. But now, more women than ever are invested in the game. A recent survey by RunRepeat found that viewership of women’s football would increase by up to 350% if shown on TV, proving that there’s a real appetite for the game in female demographics.

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   Do women like watching women's football?

   • “There is a misconception that women just like watching women’s football, but everyone who loves playing just wants to watch football whether it’s the women’s or men’s games. It’s so important to show and represent both.” “I’m a born and bred Arsenal fan from a big football family. I grew up playing in the park with my dad and my older brother.

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3. www.womenshealthmag.com › uk › fitness4 Female Football Fans on Why They Love the Sport

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   Sep 14, 2021 · Since modern football’s inception in 1863, the sport has tended to be male-dominated. But now, more women than ever are invested in the game. A recent survey by RunRepeat found that viewership...

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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.

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5. www.tandfonline.com › doi › full‘The game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ...

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   Jan 27, 2022 · ABSTRACT. On 5 December 1921, the English Football Association (FA) implemented a ban on affiliated clubs allowing women’s teams to use their grounds and the use of FA registered referees, thus undermining and restricting the women’s game.

6. www.bbc.co.uk › sport › footballTwo-thirds of women in football have experienced ... - BBC

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   Oct 8, 2020 · Two-thirds of women who work in football have experienced gender discrimination, a new study reports. The survey for Women in Football, which represents more than 4,000 women who work...

7. talksport.com › football › 1318022A rise in female pundits and Her Game Too - How women are ...

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   Feb 1, 2023 · Starting as an anti-sexism campaign in 2020, the campaign has partnered with 65 clubs across the 92 in England’s professional game to stamp out the existence of misogyny against women in ...

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   Apr 11, 2022 · 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.

9. www.bbc.co.uk › sport › footballHer Game Too: The campaign to tackle sexism within football - BBC

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   Sep 2, 2021 · By Sophie Hurcom. BBC Sport. When Bristol Rovers fans Lucy Ford and Caz May began speaking to other female football fans, they quickly realised the abuse they had experienced both online and in...