Womens football biography
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Pioneers of Women’s Football
WOMEN’S football was high on the national agenda when England won the European Championship in July 2022.
Womens football biography
The triumph of the ‘Lionesses’ was celebrated throughout the country and seen as a watershed moment, specifically for women’s sport and, in general, for equal rights.
As Chloe Kelly raced around the Wembley pitch, pulling off her top in a wild celebration after grabbing the winning goal against Germany she might have shouted: “Three cheers for Nettie J Honeyball!”
In 1894 Nettie founded the British Ladies Football Club – the first of its kind, although women had played previously in public exhibition games.
Forming two teams to play each other, their debut in north London on March 23 1895 attracted over 10,000 spectators, mostly men. Riding high on that success, they toured Britain, featuring in over 100 games in the following two years, provoking the wrath of the male Establishment whose criticism ranged from playful jokes about their lac