A reflection on contemporary myths of women's football: a historical analysis

Abstract

PurposeThis study aims to provide a social accounting of early women's football as a form of consciousness raising, and to provide a platform to raise questions about the path of the future of the women's game.Design/methodology/approachNewspaper archival materials supplemented by books and journal articles.FindingsBritish woman's football was repressed for 50 years by the football association.Research limitations/implicationsThis is a discussion paper, rather than a full academic manuscript.Practical implicationsThis paper is designed to enable questions to be raised about equality, and what that means in 2022.Social implicationsThere is an opportunity to reconsider a “feminine” version of the field of football.Originality/valueThere is an opportunity to use feminist theories to consider the past and future of women's football.