Arsenal Women Arsecast Episode 47: Suitable for Females
Arseblog Arsecast, The Arsenal Podcast
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4.8 • 6.9K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of the Arsenal Women Arsecast, Tim talks to Emirates Stadium Venue Director Tom McCann about the decision to play a minimum of six AWFC matches at Emirates Stadium next season. Tom gives us an insight into the marketing strategy, the planning required and why Arsenal have decided to play more AWFC games at Emirates Stadium.
Then in part 2, Tim talks to author and journalist Carrie Dunn about her new book 'Unsuitable for Females' on the history of women's football in the UK. Tim and Carrie talk about the difficulties of documenting history accurately when records are so sketchy, as well as some of the stories and characters she uncovered in writing the book.
You can follow Carrie on Twitter @carriesparkle
You can follow Tim on Twitter @Stillberto
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| 0:48.3 | Hello and welcome to another episode of the Arsenal Women Ask Cast on AskBlog.com. |
| 0:53.2 | Another two-parter coming at you today. In the second half of the episode, |
| 0:58.4 | I will be speaking to Carrie Dunn, author and journalist about her new book, quite unsuitable for |
| 1:04.1 | females. The history of women's football had a really, really interesting chat with Carrie, |
| 1:09.5 | not just about the book itself and what's in it, but the process of putting it together, |
| 1:13.4 | the lack of documentation in the history of women's football, particularly when you go back |
| 1:19.2 | and the era when the game was banned in the UK, really, really interesting half an hour chat with |
| 1:25.0 | Carrie. That's coming up in the second half. However, in the first half of the episode, most of you |
| 1:30.1 | will know by now that Arsenal have committed to playing at least six Arsenal Women Home Games |
| 1:35.8 | at Emirates Stadium next season. Contingent, of course, on Arsenal winning their Champions League |
| 1:40.6 | qualifier, getting into the Champions League group stages and all three of those home. |
| 1:45.1 | Group stage home games will be at Emirates Stadium. So I thought who better to talk to about |
| 1:50.3 | this than the Emirates Stadium venue director Tom McCann. Tom, thanks so much for joining us today. |
| 1:56.0 | No, I'm very sorry, I'm pleasure to be with you. |
| 1:58.2 | Thanks for having me on. Tom, first of all, your job title, I believe, is Emirates Stadium |
| 2:03.6 | venue director, which sounds kind of cool, to be honest. What exactly does that entail? |
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