#LetGirlsPlay


Status
Not open for further replies.
I'm not sure why there needs to be some huge campaign here. Surely the vast majority of people agree that girls in all schools should be allowed to play football if they wish. Now that the the lionesses are in the spotlight just put the question to the government and I'm sure they'll force a change to the curriculum or to whatever school practices are stopping it.
 
I mean the actual statistics have been posted on the thread, and people are still saying it’s not true because one lass they know used to kick a ball around.
Majority of lasses when I was at school had no interest whatsoever in football they loved playing netball, volleyball and tennis though. The lads didn't even get to play football in PE as much as they wanted we had to do stints of rugby, athletics and basketball. Nothing standing in the way of lasses going to play football if that's what they want to do.
 
Majority of lasses when I was at school had no interest whatsoever in football they loved playing netball, volleyball and tennis though. The lads didn't even get to play football in PE as much as they wanted we had to do stints of rugby, athletics and basketball. Nothing standing in the way of lasses going to play football if that's what they want to do.
Except all the schools that don’t allow them to, aye?
 
Majority of lasses when I was at school had no interest whatsoever in football they loved playing netball, volleyball and tennis though. The lads didn't even get to play football in PE as much as they wanted we had to do stints of rugby, athletics and basketball. Nothing standing in the way of lasses going to play football if that's what they want to do.
When did you leave school?
 
I mean the actual statistics have been posted on the thread, and people are still saying it’s not true because one lass they know used to kick a ball around.
Unbelievable isn’t it :lol:
So girls can play football with equal opportunity then?

So why create the illusion that they can't? Poor and divisive and has already taken in a few on this thread.
Apart from the facts and figures posted to the contrary, you are spot on marra.
 
Last edited:
Girls and often more developed physically at Primary school age so no real surprise.

A very good point. I had no netball opportunities either. This fact is often ignored.
When boys netball (I'm assuming your male) grows as big as girls football has I'd imagine then it would become a talking point as this has started to be.
On that though I remember at our school we were told we did basketball instead of netball, as it was deemed more appropriate for boys than netball. Which in this day and age doesn't fly
 
There are plenty of schools that do offer football for girls but I'll tell you about the school I work at and the area around it.

I ran a girls football club after school last year. We went to play in a tournament in the borough and around 20 schools turned up. I then took the boys to the same tournament the next week. We were one of 4 days with 20 teams. Every school would have been asked for both.

We organised a football tournament between our federation for the boys. 8 schools asked , 8 schools came. I offered to do the same for the girls teams. Everyone said they don't have a girls team.

This is primary school at age 9/10/11.

The simple fact is, there are lots of places where they don't get the same opportunity. I am sure it is better than 20 years ago but it has a long way to go.
 
All the schools that don’t offer it as a PE sport, perhaps?
If the majority prefer netball and hockey, do you sacrifice one of those, or time playing those for football?
What about the tiny minority that want to play rugby? Do you start making lasses play that?

What about cricket?
There are plenty of schools that do offer football for girls but I'll tell you about the school I work at and the area around it.

I ran a girls football club after school last year. We went to play in a tournament in the borough and around 20 schools turned up. I then took the boys to the same tournament the next week. We were one of 4 days with 20 teams. Every school would have been asked for both.

We organised a football tournament between our federation for the boys. 8 schools asked , 8 schools came. I offered to do the same for the girls teams. Everyone said they don't have a girls team.

This is primary school at age 9/10/11.

The simple fact is, there are lots of places where they don't get the same opportunity. I am sure it is better than 20 years ago but it has a long way to go.
When I was young, primary school boys and girls generally did the same PE, including football, hockey, and rugby etc, and had a mixed football team.
 
Last edited:
So girls can play football with equal opportunity then?

So why create the illusion that they can't? Poor and divisive and has already taken in a few on this thread.
You keep ignoring the fact that numerous schools don't allow it. There's even a post by a teacher confirming it mux lad.
 
All the schools that don’t offer it as a PE sport, perhaps?
Like I said in the post majority of girls didn't want to play football, tbh forgot about hockey as one lads just mentioned girls loved playing that and netball. If enough girls were interested I'm sure they'd have put things on after school etc but they weren't. Majority also weren't interested in at as a spectator sport either.
 
If the majority prefer netball and hockey, do you sacrifice one of those, or time playing those for football?
What about the tiny minority that want to play rugby? Do you start making lasses play that?

What about cricket?
What about the sports that boys want to play, but don't get offered? How do you know which sports kids like until they've tried all of them? Do you think the "tiny minority" who want to play rugby is less "tiny" in Welsh or Lancashire schools, maybe?

How about we just offer the same sports to everyone across the board and see which ones people like the most? maybe, just maybe, the fact that football is our national sport and that it is popular (demonstrably) with girls who DO have access to it, we should offer it to everyone, regardless of gender, and see what happens?
Like I said in the post majority of girls didn't want to play football, tbh forgot about hockey as one lads just mentioned girls loved playing that and netball. If enough girls were interested I'm sure they'd have put things on after school etc but they weren't. Majority also weren't interested in at as a spectator sport either.
How od you know they didn't? They weren't offered it.
 
I mean the actual statistics have been posted on the thread, and people are still saying it’s not true because one lass they know used to kick a ball around.
Yup. I presumed lasses could play as they could, but chose not to at ours. Since then many on here have said they couldn't at their school. A teacher has also confirmed it.
 
When boys netball (I'm assuming your male) grows as big as girls football has I'd imagine then it would become a talking point as this has started to be.
On that though I remember at our school we were told we did basketball instead of netball, as it was deemed more appropriate for boys than netball. Which in this day and age doesn't fly
Exactly the point. At school we were segregated which applied to both sexes and both males and females are victims of this. My school didn't really do cricket or rugby either. I had one PE lesson of each. I've actually only bowled one ball with a proper cricket ball on a pitch and bowled the lad out. I'm unbeaten with the bat as well. I might have been a great player but I'll never know.
 
When I was young, primary school boys and girls generally did the same PE, including football, hockey, and rugby etc, and had a mixed football team.
He must be lying then?
Like I said in the post majority of girls didn't want to play football, tbh forgot about hockey as one lads just mentioned girls loved playing that and netball. If enough girls were interested I'm sure they'd have put things on after school etc but they weren't. Majority also weren't interested in at as a spectator sport either.
When did you leave school?
 
Last edited:
Status
Not open for further replies.

Back
Top