Part I
Pathways for Marginalised Voices
1 Women’s Football, Culture, and Identity
2 Researching Women’s Football: Place, Nostalgia, and Voice
Part II
Development, Opportunities, and Friendships
3 Formative Footballing Experiences: Early Aspirations and Playing Football at School
4 Sociality, Community, and the Importance of Friendships in Women’s Football
Part III
Encouraging Inclusivity: Challenges and Reconfiguration
5 Developing Football Players: Challenges and Reconfiguration
6 Voice, English Football Culture, and Encouraging Inclusivity: Contestation and Change
7 Women’s Football in a Contested Culture: A Reflection on Voice and Nostalgia
Appendix: Research Participants
Biography
Kate Themen is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
“Based on interviews of active amateur women’s football players of varying age and experience living in the UK, this book focuses on the lived experiences of these women as a lens with which to challenge dominant gender ideology within the exclusionary culture of the national English sport of football ... Summing Up: Recommended”, A. Curtis, Lake Erie College, CHOICE
