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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.
Dec 6, 2021 · They said that no teams should allow women to play in their grounds. This decision was overturned in 1971 - after 50 years had gone by!
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On 5 December 1921 The FA met at its headquarters in London and announced a ban on the women’s game from being played at the professional grounds and pitches of clubs affiliated to The FA, stating “the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged.”
Sep 27, 2024 · 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.
Jun 12, 2022 · It is 101 years since women's football was banned by the FA on the grounds that the sport was "quite unsuitable for females", a date marked by London-based amateur club Goal Diggers FC (GDFC ...
The Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation has announced its game-changing commitment to providing women and girls with priority access to great places to play. 68,000 more girls are playing now compared to before the Lionesses brought home the UEFA Women’s EURO trophy in 2022.
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2021 marks 100 years since the Football Association banned women’s football in England - to mark the anniversary, an expert from The University of Manchester has published work which describes how women fought to earn the right to play before the ban, and how this echoed the wider struggle for women’s rights in society.
