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“Ref! Stop the game! They have a boy on their team! Not fair!” Girls on this under 12s team received such aggression from opposition parents that they grew scared to keep playing So they have started a campaign: ‘Girls can have short hair - get over it’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/613...

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“Ref! Stop the game! They have a boy on their team!” Meet the under 12s team conquering grassroots football with their campaign ‘Girls can have short hair - get over it’

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Some people would have you believe women’s football would be better off without Barbra Banda But they picked the wrong sport. The view inside the game is the reverse. Women’s football’s history of inclusion gives it a unique place in trans rights and gender debates www.nytimes.com/athletic/601...

submitted 48 days ago • 3 comments

Been beyond gutted all day, for a player who wears his heart on his sleeve and has carried them in the way Andy Cook has. Felt like the form he was in would last forever. Thinking of what every footballer would give to have what Cook has with #bcafc fanbase ❤️💛 Special connection and special goals

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

We spoke to @gavindimmock.bsky.social for a piece on male fans in the women’s game and now he’s started a blog on following the Lionesses in Switzerland next summer, family and how he got into the women’s game. Enjoyed reading it. Have a look here: gavindimmock.com/2024/12/28/d...

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Wales’ Euro2025 qualifying playoff final first leg is tonight. It’s huge - for the future of women’s football in Wales and for its past. So here’s Jess Fishlock telling you to enjoy tonight in the present, because she certainly is. www.nytimes.com/athletic/595...

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

Why do the big players in women’s football - in boardrooms and leagues - keep mentioning Taylor Swift, friendship bracelets and the Swifties? What can the sport learn from the Eras tour and what does it mean for the future of women’s football fandom? www.nytimes.com/athletic/595...

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Some of the most powerful people in women's soccer have turned their attention to Taylor Swift. Specifically, the importance of capturing the "Taylor Swift fanbase" as a means of growing the game. nyti.ms/4i2BhYh

submitted 95 days ago • 13 comments

Why do the big players in women’s football - in boardrooms and leagues - keep mentioning Taylor Swift, friendship bracelets and the Swifties? What can the sport learn from the Eras tour, and what does it mean for the future of women’s football fandom? www.nytimes.com/athletic/595...

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

I give you Project Andy Cook #bcafc

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Will get up to speed on here at some point, but ICYMI from last week, male and female players from across the divisions on the off-field reality of being a footballer: mental health, finances, motherhood & fatherhood, social media, families, houses, injuries t.co/3bKuyojYYn

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment