October 31, 2021
When women were banned from playing football on men’s grounds
ONE hundred years ago next week, in a fit of pique, sexism and jealousy, the Football Association outlawed women’s teams from playing on men’s professional football grounds, like Ayresome Park in Middlesbrough, Roker Park in Sunderland, St James’s Park in Newcastle, and Feethams in Darlington.
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