It’s exactly 100 years since the Football Association banned women from playing, because “the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged”. The FA disallowed women's football games from taking place on the grounds used by its member clubs: a ban which remained in force until 1971. The FA apologised for the ban, though only in 2008 (a mere 87 years too late).
Licenced today: the Church of St Michael & All Angels, Lambourn, in Berkshire…
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