The secret history of women’s football
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
The Women’s Super League kicked off this weekend, following the euphoria of the Lionesses' win at Euro 2022 this summer. How was that success won? We trace the little-known history of women’s football from struggle to the success - including a time when the Football Association banned the women's game completely.
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Guests:
- Professor Jean Williams, author and sport historian.
- Molly Hudson, The Times Sport Reporter.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: talkSPORT, BBC Sport, ITV News, Sky News, Sky Sport News, Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, BBC Archive.
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| 0:31.0 | This summer, after years of dashed hopes and false storms, |
| 0:39.0 | it finally happened. |
| 0:41.0 | We're waiting since 1966 for this bad boy to come home |
| 0:44.0 | and it's finally done it! We've brought it home! |
| 0:47.0 | Almost 18 million people watched |
| 0:51.0 | as England beat Germany to win the finals of the Euro 2022, |
| 0:56.0 | making the women's football team |
| 0:59.0 | the pride of the nation. |
| 1:01.0 | I wish right now that I was five years old, six years old, |
| 1:04.0 | even 16 years old, watching this game today |
| 1:07.0 | because I'm telling you right now, |
| 1:09.0 | I would want to be one of those players right now. |
| 1:11.0 | It's unbelievable to inspire the next generation of talent. |
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