#LetGirlsPlay


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Absolutely not true in most areas. I've had an absolute nightmare getting my 5 year old girl into football (she loves it, actually sleeping in her Sunderland kit after getting player of the week tonight). In the Consett area there about 10 boys teams just for her age group, the facilities are fantastic, but girls have been forgotten, up until the last few weeks there was zero girls training, never mind an actual team. Being in a city next to a huge club with amazing facilities, is not the reality for most, hence the need for it be part of a school curriculum.
It's called Wildcats at that age. Consett FC have decent girls teams but they don't participate in the Wildcats scheme. Deerness Valley, Waldridge Park and Whickham Fellside all do and are within 10 miles of Consett, depending on which direction you prefer to travel.
 
Let's be clear here, none of us lads got our footie talents from school. It was from hardwork, although we didn't know it at the time, kicking balls around in the summer mainly and then going on to the local footie clubs. Now in the here and now when I watch this play out there are equal numbers participating and local girls teams all over so not quite sure why the focus is on schools.
Exactly. PE and Games at school were pretty pointless for anyone already getting enough physical exercise, which most were. I guess it was better than doing other things, but we did a lot of stuff I wasn't interested in, no one would complain though. Even in secondary school we had no training with the school team, we just rocked up for the game and as far as footie went in games/PE, I think we only played it for one term and it was rotated between that and Rugby, possibly even something else like soft ball.
 
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Should do all team sport like ice hockey , let the lasses play 2 years down and select on merit .Very few wanted anything to do with it (odd very skilfull, well liked and not targeted exception) once they started playing under 15's.
 
Seems like the movement is gathering momentum. Wrighty is all over it (could be the face of it). Good to see it constantly being advertised during the seasons curtain raiser.
Loads of girls play if they choose to do so. Warra load of bollocks.
 
I've been sent this and thought it may interest some of you:


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THE WOMEN FOOTBALLERS WHO SUPPORTED STRIKING MINERS
Article by Catriona Kelly – a Museum Studies student on placement at the National Football Museum

"During the First World War, women’s teams consisting of munitions, textiles and other factory workers sprung up across Britain to play in football matches with the money from tickets being donated to the war effort.Considering that crowds turned up in their thousands on many occasions to watch women’s football, these games were incredibly popular and resulted in impressive sums being raised.For example, the Dick Kerr Ladies win of 4 – 0 against Arundel Courthard Foundry on Christmas Day 1917, which had over 10,000 spectators, accumulated a donation of £200 for a military hospital. This sum would be worth £13,966 today.

After the war, teams such as Dick Kerr Ladies and St Helens Ladies’ AFC (reformed from Sutton Glass Works) continued to play and, in most cases, continued to attract large crowds to their games. In the years to follow, women’s football would again be utilised to raise funds for charity however, this aid would be on a far more local level than the war effort.
During the First World War, like munitions, the manufacture of coal was imperative, and the industry was nationalised in the early stages of the war effort. Focus turned to maximum output resulting in wage inflation and by 1920, the coal industry was hugely struggling as demand had fallen drastically post-war.

As the government sought to return mines to private ownership, disputes between the Miners’ Federation and the Mines Association (coal owners’ representative) arose surrounding pay and a National Strike took place between 16-28 October 1920.

Agreement was reached and a scheme was to be settled and presented on 31 March 1921 – the day in which the mine industry would be reprivatised. Coal owners made clear their intention to reduce wages and as control was handed back from the government on 1 April 1921, the miners withdrew their labour and declared themselves locked out.
Agreement was not reached until 29 June 1921, during which time living conditions in the mining communities became almost impossible as the industry attempted to starve the miners back to work.

Women’s football again became a huge source of aid with money raised from games being donated to local distress relief and soup kitchens set up to support the mining community.
There are significant reports of teams such as Silksworth in Durham, Blyth Spartans and Barrington in Northumberland and Bentley Ladies in South Yorkshire participating in fundraising matches for those affected by the lockout.

The Dick Kerr Ladies, Lancashire’s most famous team, also contributed to local causes as well as playing matches in mining areas such as Cardiff, Swansea and Kilmarnock.
The involvement in women in the Miners’ Lockout 1921 was not well received by the Football Association who were already deeply concerned with the popularity of the women’s game. Indeed, in December that year, the FA would announce their ban on women playing football in FA grounds.

Many consider the charitable role of women’s football during a national political movement to have been the last straw for the FA.

On December 5, 1921 the FA outlawed female teams from playing on FA grounds and using FA officials or any FA-run facilities thus in one dramatic gesture effectively killing the women's game."

The ban was lifted in 1971 but it's taken another 50 years for Women's football to be given the media coverage and status that it has today.

*Author of this piece – Catriona Kelly – is a Museum Studies student at Leicester University who has been on placement with the National Football Museum.
(The picture is of the Blyth Spartans Munitions Ladies)
 
My school had a lads teams at every year group, but not a single lasses team





Mind you it was St Aidan's all boys school
 
Loads.... That's alright then, no worries about all those schools that don't offer it as an option to girls in P. E.

As you were saying, worra load of bollocks.
Name me a school that doesn't allow girls to play football? TBH the majority of girls choose not too as most hate sport. When I went to school they did anything they could to avoid PE. Most preferred to just watch the lads the pervs.
 
I've been sent this and thought it may interest some of you:


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THE WOMEN FOOTBALLERS WHO SUPPORTED STRIKING MINERS
Article by Catriona Kelly – a Museum Studies student on placement at the National Football Museum

"During the First World War, women’s teams consisting of munitions, textiles and other factory workers sprung up across Britain to play in football matches with the money from tickets being donated to the war effort.Considering that crowds turned up in their thousands on many occasions to watch women’s football, these games were incredibly popular and resulted in impressive sums being raised.For example, the Dick Kerr Ladies win of 4 – 0 against Arundel Courthard Foundry on Christmas Day 1917, which had over 10,000 spectators, accumulated a donation of £200 for a military hospital. This sum would be worth £13,966 today.

After the war, teams such as Dick Kerr Ladies and St Helens Ladies’ AFC (reformed from Sutton Glass Works) continued to play and, in most cases, continued to attract large crowds to their games. In the years to follow, women’s football would again be utilised to raise funds for charity however, this aid would be on a far more local level than the war effort.
During the First World War, like munitions, the manufacture of coal was imperative, and the industry was nationalised in the early stages of the war effort. Focus turned to maximum output resulting in wage inflation and by 1920, the coal industry was hugely struggling as demand had fallen drastically post-war.

As the government sought to return mines to private ownership, disputes between the Miners’ Federation and the Mines Association (coal owners’ representative) arose surrounding pay and a National Strike took place between 16-28 October 1920.

Agreement was reached and a scheme was to be settled and presented on 31 March 1921 – the day in which the mine industry would be reprivatised. Coal owners made clear their intention to reduce wages and as control was handed back from the government on 1 April 1921, the miners withdrew their labour and declared themselves locked out.
Agreement was not reached until 29 June 1921, during which time living conditions in the mining communities became almost impossible as the industry attempted to starve the miners back to work.

Women’s football again became a huge source of aid with money raised from games being donated to local distress relief and soup kitchens set up to support the mining community.
There are significant reports of teams such as Silksworth in Durham, Blyth Spartans and Barrington in Northumberland and Bentley Ladies in South Yorkshire participating in fundraising matches for those affected by the lockout.

The Dick Kerr Ladies, Lancashire’s most famous team, also contributed to local causes as well as playing matches in mining areas such as Cardiff, Swansea and Kilmarnock.
The involvement in women in the Miners’ Lockout 1921 was not well received by the Football Association who were already deeply concerned with the popularity of the women’s game. Indeed, in December that year, the FA would announce their ban on women playing football in FA grounds.

Many consider the charitable role of women’s football during a national political movement to have been the last straw for the FA.

On December 5, 1921 the FA outlawed female teams from playing on FA grounds and using FA officials or any FA-run facilities thus in one dramatic gesture effectively killing the women's game."

The ban was lifted in 1971 but it's taken another 50 years for Women's football to be given the media coverage and status that it has today.

*Author of this piece – Catriona Kelly – is a Museum Studies student at Leicester University who has been on placement with the National Football Museum.
(The picture is of the Blyth Spartans Munitions Ladies)
I've got to admit if there was a an apocalyptic war on I'd watch women's footy.
 
Name me a school that doesn't allow girls to play football?
56% of them.
Experience. Might have just been my year group like. Swimming was the worst, a lot of lasses were just permanently on their period. I hope they went to the doctors.
Of course! Your experience as a man is more relevant than women’s.

I WISH MEN WOULD JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN TO THE WOMEN.
Most girls won't want to play it. That's the truth. But you've obviously got some sort of agenda.
MEN. SHUt THE FUCK UP AND JUST LISTEN TO WOMEN FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIVES. THIS ISN’T ABOUT YOU.

LISYEN TO THE WOMEN. PLEASE.
 
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