Women’s football

Title

Women’s football

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Special

TX Date

28 Aug 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:21:43

Description

Part 2 of an LBC Special: Shelbourne Football Club are English League champions, and a women’s football team. Examines sexism: is football a so-called man’s game? And on the history of the football club, how it was founded and how women’s football is becoming a professional sport and on refereeing. The players give their views on the sport, as well as their reasons for playing. Presented by Ingrid Lewis of the Black Women’s Radio Group.

Contributors

Ingrid Lewis; Cheryl Highatt

Keywords

Sports competitions; Women; Association football; Football players; Gender discrimination; Shelbourne Football Club

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