The Womens Soccer Forum aims to provide a community where female footballers/soccer players can get information, have fun and share thoughts and experiences.The women’s and girls’ game is now one of the most popular sports in the world, with more and more countries getting involved.Please feel free to explore the site, register and contribute!
The community is founded by a researcher interested in the attitudes and experiences of young women towards soccer injuries and pain.The site hopes to provide an enjoyable environment to encourage all womens’ soccer based discussion, whilst gathering some information on experiences of injury from the players themselves.
You don’t need to be a world-class professional for your opinions to count! Even if you just play the occasional game for a ‘Sunday-league’ team then we would like to hear from you. Once you have registered, an ‘Injury Survey’ link will appear in the navigation bar. Here you will be asked a number of questions about playing womens’ football, along with some more specific injury related questions. It would be very much appreciated if you could take the time to fill in and submit the survey. Thanks!
Womens' Soccer Forum Blog:
Womens' Football - A Potted History
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 21:25
In most countries where men play, women and girls play as well. In England this was not always the case. Women played football until 1921 when the FA banned womens' football as unsuitable for women! This was despite the fact that a crowd of 53,000 had watched a game on Boxing Day 1920!
What happened was that the FA stopped women playing on Football League grounds but, of course, they could still play in parks, on works pitches and so on. The Womens' FA was set up in 1969 and the FA dropped the ban in 1971. Since then we have seen the establishment of a womens' Premier League in England; European Championships and Champions Leagues and a World Cup. For girls, there are thriving leagues in Europe, the USA, Australasia and elsewhere. In England a system of Centres of Excellence looks for, and develops, talent.
The Munitionettes' Cup
Tuesday, 16 February 2010 16:52
In August 1917 a tournament was launched for female munition workers' teams in North-East England. Its official title was the "Tyne Wear & Tees Alfred Wood Munition Girls Cup," but it was popularly known as "The Munitionettes' Cup." The first winners of the trophy were Blyth Spartans, who defeated Bolckow, Vaughan 5-0 in a replayed final tie at Middlesbrough on 18 May 1918. The tournament ran for a second year in season 1918-19, the winners being the ladies of Palmer's shipyard in Jarrow, who defeated Christopher Brown's of Hartlepool 1-0 at St James's Park in Newcastle on 22 March 1919.
