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May 19, 2024 · The incredible growth of the Women’s Champions League is a result, in part, of a strategy put in place by UEFA five years ago, and that will be renewed ahead of this final. The Time for Action ...
Sep 27, 2024 · In the last four years, the number of women and girls playing football has increased by 56 per cent. Knowing that for most girls their first taste of football comes in the playground or on the school playing fields, Inspiring Positive Change set the target of 75 per cent of schools to be offering girls equal access to football by 2024.
In order to better understand FIFA’s commitment to the women’s game, we have to go back to October 2018. The FIFA Women’s Football Strategy set out four key objectives, and five pillars, charting the course for how FIFA would work with confederations and Member Associations (MAs), clubs and players, the media, fans and other stakeholders to realise the full potential that exists within ...
- In The Beginning
- The Peak and The Fall
- Around The World
- A New Era
- International Recognition
- Unbanned and A New Life
- A Brave New Dawn
- Modern-Day Boom
The accuracy regarding the early days of women’s football is somewhat questionable, to say the least. But that’s not to say it’s hopeless – thanks to legend, along with some in-depth research, modern-day enthusiasts of one of the world’s quickest-growing sports have been able to learn about the formation of the women’s game, both in the UK and arou...
It was just as women’s football was starting to grow and garner crowds that at times exceeded that of its male equivalent, that everything was brought to a halt, in a moment which is now renowned in women’s football history. On 5 December 1921, the Football Association effectively banned women’s football, brandishing it “quite unsuitable” for women...
Sadly, women’s football in some of Europe’s major countries was experiencing exactly the same kind of issues as it was in England, in almost exactly the same time period. Where the sport had begun to flourish across the continent, associations in Europe were also threatened by the apparent rise of the women’s game, as had been the case with the Foo...
Fifty years after the ban on women’s football in the UK had first been implemented in 1921, it was finally overturned in 1971. Women’s football could officially be played at football stadiums around the country again. Sadly, all progress had been shattered, with women’s football no longer in the public consciousness. The Women’s Football Associatio...
While women’s football was just starting up again in the UK, things were beginning to thrive around the world. In 1970, the first unofficial Ladies World Championship took place in Italy, before a second edition followed a year later in Mexico. The first official women’s international match took place between France and the Netherlands on 17 April ...
Back in England, two years after the first World Cup, the Football Association took back control of running the women’s game, with the WFA disbanded. The FA was keen to increase participation levels, with England having not qualified for the first World Cup in 1991, however, not everyone was happy with how the association was leading the game, desp...
Forty years after the ban on women’s football was lifted, England took a step into a new era when the FA Women’s Super League was established in 2011. It marked a major tick off the list, with eight licensed teams competing, all stacked with recognised England stars and a smattering of foreign talent, as well as a TV deal with ESPN and modest crowd...
The 2015 World Cup in Canada marked a huge turning point for women’s football, not just across the world, but specifically in England. Under the guidance of Welsh head coach Mark Sampson and with household names such as Steph Houghton, Ellen White and Lucy Bronze in the squad, England went on an unprecedented run that captured the nation like the w...
Jul 5, 2019 · Women footballers are still fighting for stable footing. Richard Sellers/PA Wire/PA Images. As the World Cup has vividly shown, women’s football is growing in popularity and status with ...
May 4, 2022 · Women's football is expected to get even more popular after this summer's tournament Credit: getty. Worth around £8million-a-year, it became the biggest broadcast deal of any professional women ...
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The number of women and girls playing organised football has increased by nearly a quarter compared to 2019 (up to 16.6 million) 88% of member associations surveyed have a women’s football strategy. 67% have a safeguarding policy. 55% of member associations have a club licensing system in place at their top tier of domestic women’s football.
