1st Edition
A Game for Rough Girls? A History of Women's Football in Britain
By Jean Williams
Copyright 2003
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Can we truly call football England's 'national' game? How have we arrived at this point of such clear inequality between men's and women's football?
Between 1921 and 1972, women were banned from playing in football League grounds in the UK. Yet in 1998 FIFA declared that " the future is feminine " and that football was the fastest growing sport for women globally.
The result of several years... Read more
Introduction: Ladies Football or Women's Soccer? Part One: A History of Women's Soccer in Britain Part Two: The Rise of a Global Game 1. Women's Soccer in the US 2. Women's Soccer in Europe 3. Women's Soccer in Africa 4. FIFA and the Olympic Movement Part Three: A Professional Era 5. Professional Women Players 6. Coaching Women 7. Coaching Women 8. Women's Soccer and the Media Conclusion: The Future is Feminine?
Biography
Jean Williams is a senior lecturer in education in the School of History and International Studies at De Montfort University, Leicester. She is a consultant to media and sports organisations including FIFA, and is currently involved in a major cross-national research project into women's football.
'Jean Williams' book helps us understand how women have coped with the historical and contemporary roots of (the peculiarly English) male contempt for their offence in playing a supposedly man's game. The book is a product of detailed research using official reports, minutes, newspapers, magazines, photographs and other documentary material, personal memorabillia as well as observation, interviews or questionnaires from players, fans, investors, administrators and coaches. Their views make fascinating reading'. - Soccer History
