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21. Girls With Balls: (General); The secret history of women's football by Tim Tate John Blake, £17.99 Reviewed by Georgina TurnerFrom WSC 324 February 2014 Buy this book "The secret history of women's football" seems a tall prom ...; Created on 12 February 2014
22. Weekly Howl 28-03-13: (2013); A small portion of despair and enlightenment delivered to your inbox every Friday 28 March 2013 ~ Arsenal have reached the Women's Champions League semi-finals – if they win the competition perhaps Arsèn ...; Created on 03 April 2013
23. Taking flight: (Clubs); ... with plans for another 500, which would allow them to host Wales Under-21 games and European first-round matches – they have already hosted the Victory Shield. The club have five academy sides and a ...; Created on 01 May 2012
24. Global gathering: (Women's football); Georgina Turner went to Germany to watch the 2011 Women's World Cup, which had underdog winners, individual skill and a welcoming atmosphere I don't make a habit of arm-wrestling strangers for the b ...; Created on 21 September 2011
25. Powers that be: (Governing bodies); ... l teams, enhancing football expertise at the new St George's Park national centre at Burton, and making a go of the new Women's Super League. From Wembley to local schools football, it looks to improve fa ...; Created on 21 February 2011
26. Letters, WSC 287: (Readers' letters); ... e murder of Eudy Simelane was shameful, but there are encouraging signs for gay British female footballers. I am involved with a fourth-level English women's football team. Of our squad of 20 players, 16 are o ...; Created on 21 January 2011
27. Out of mind: (Players); ... rmer midfielder for Springs Home Sweepers and a fixture of South Africa's women's team. Simelane was openly lesbian and had died just two years before in KwaThema, a victim of "corrective rape", where me ...; Created on 21 December 2010
28. Letters, WSC 286: (Readers' letters); ... ws from its first floor windows onto Eppleton Colliery Welfare Football Ground, home to Sunderland Reserves and Sunderland Women's FC. A memorial to Bob Paisley has also been erected outside the Hetton ...; Created on 21 December 2010
29. National revival: (South America); ... ture of domestic football. In among specific goals for both the men's and women's games, his main focus was increased financing for the development of coaches at all levels. Colombia hope to follow the ...; Created on 21 November 2010
30. Optimism breaks out: (Women's football); Natalia Sollohub examines whether a proposed semi-professional women's super league will actually happen Anyone with even a passing interest in the women’s game in England will get a sense of déjà ...; Created on 21 December 2009
31. Three Lions On Her Shirt: (General); The England Women's Story by Natalia Sollohub & Catherine Etoe Tempus, £14.99 Reviewed by Pete Green From WSC 252 February 2008 Buy this book If women’s football still lacks credibility in the ...; Created on 17 January 2008
32. China crisis: (Women's football); Another England quarter‑final exit... Anjana Gadgil assesses the progress of the women’s team and explains why the host nation struggles for players despite a population of 1.6 billion Imagine a Premier ...; Created on 14 November 2007
33. A sport for all?: (Women's football); Football has more female fans than ever before but Simon Tindall wonders if they are to likely to take an interest in the women’s game I’ll watch any kind of football from sons and dads on the beach, ...; Created on 14 November 2007
34. The unprofessionals: (Women's football); What's next for women's football? Steve Menary reports As more money pours into the Premier League through television, where this cash should end up – apart from players’ pockets – is a topical ...; Created on 14 February 2007
35. England 3 Finland 2: (Match of the month); Euro 2005 ended early with disappointment for the hosts, but this opening win highlighted – rather noisily – the growing enthusiasm for the women’s game, writes Helen Duff One-second pause. Two-second ...; Created on 14 August 2005
36. Women of substance: (Women's football); In spite of Sepp Blatter's recent crass remarks, football females are on the rise and England may soo have a professional league, as Dianne Millen writes As tantrums go, it was almost Keeganesque. ...; Created on 14 March 2004
37. The non-professionals: (Women's football); Nowhere is the women’s game more buoyant than in Germany. Margot Dunne reports on the homecoming for the World Cup winners and the hopes for a full-time league Six months ago, all the average German ...; Created on 14 March 2004
38. Women on the verge: (Women's football); Mike Woitalla explores where it all went wrong One must be careful, when sending out emails, not to hit the wrong button. Take a girls’ soccer coach in Wisconsin. This man claims he intended to send ...; Created on 14 December 2003
39. Claire objective: (Women's football); With China beckoning, Paula Cocozza checks on the development of England's feminine side When the whistle blew on England’s 1-0 win over Iceland at St Andrews on September 22, the coaching staff and ...; Created on 14 November 2002
40. New bent: (Films); Carolyne Culver watches a film aimed at dispelling a myth or two “Anyone can cook aloo gobi, but who can bend it like Beckham?” From this bizarre strap line emerges a comedy drama about women’s football ...; Created on 14 May 2002

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