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KitSileya

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4. Reminds me of the women's football teams (soccer for you heathen Americans) in England

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Sun Apr 20, 2014, 11:03 AM

Apr 2014

During WWI, women formed football teams that played matches in England, and after the war, they continued playing. In fact, they became as popular as men's football, so in 1921, the Football Association outlawed them playing on Association members' pitches, threatening to ban member teams who allowed women to play on their pitches.

Pretty typical attitude to women's sport in those days, and one we haven't gotten rid of completely yet.

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Reminds me of the women's football teams (soccer for you heathen Americans) in England KitSileya Apr 2014 #4

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