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A discussion is presented on the many and varied ways in which women in the UK have connected with football, past and present. It is noted that football in general has undergone a revolution in recent years: the rise of the 'soccerati', the fanzine explosion, players becoming fashion accessories, and fantasy football teams. The number of women who follow the game has now reached unprecedented heights, with one in eight fans at a Premier League game being a woman; and of the fans who started going to football since the advent of all seater stadia six years ago, women represent one in four; there are increasing numbers of female football journalists; and there are now over 21 000 women players registered with the Football Association. Six discursive chapters examine: generation games, the women football forgot; femme fever pitch, why can't a woman be more like a fan?; saturday's girls, football's cultural revolution; home and away, stories of players' wives; behind the ball, giving the game a feminine touch; and, bird in the box, tales from the pressroom.
20 x 13 cms, softback, 230 pages.
1997
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