1971 Women’s World Cup:
Interviews with Players:
Part 2

Posted by Ella Williams | Dec 19, 2020 | Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Podcasts, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

1971 Women’s World Cup:<br>Interviews with Players:<br>Part 2

Welcome to Episode 2!

To listen to Episode 1 click HERE

In this episode we’re chatting about Chris, Gill and Leah’s experiences in the World Cup at the ages of just 13, 14 and 15. For a month they were celebrities in Mexico and won the hearts of the Mexican people. I’m so excited to share this part of their story, it’s every footballer’s dream.

Enjoy!

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Listen to Part 3 HERE

About The Author

Ella Williams

I’m a sports feminist, postgraduate research student at the University of Edinburgh where I am exploring Girls’ experiences of Football in PE, driven by my passion to do my bit in moving towards gender equality in football. I’m a footballer myself and have been for as long as I can remember, I love the game and all the benefits it offers to the girls and women who participate: The physical strength, the fitness, the camaraderie, and the feeling of winning of course. I studied languages in my undergraduate degree then moved to Spain where I worked in sports events and studied ‘Mujer y Deporte’ (Women and Sport), a postgraduate course at Madrid Polytechnic University. I’m combining my academic studies with my passion for the game to help work towards creating equal opportunities for girls in football and breaking down gender stereotypes. I am the creator or Futfemreflect, a project which has the overall aim of increasing girls’ participation in football. I aim to do this by chatting to girls and women, sharing their experiences and opening the discussion. I want to increase awareness of the barriers that still exist to participation and to increase visibility of women in sport, because girls can’t be what they can’t see. Women and girls who play football learn to control their bodies and own their physical strength whilst dominating previously male-owned spaces. I truly believe this makes participation in football an empowering experience that should be accessible to all girls. I’m currently exploring the Mexico 1971 Women’s World Cup with members of the England squad, a World Cup that is still to be officially acknowledged by the FA. These women are the pioneers of the sport and deserve recognition for the part they have played, quite literally, in the history of Women’s football.

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