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Sue Lopez is a legend. Agreed? Formerly a Southampton starlet, and a trailblazer in heading over to
Italy to play for expenses only, she's gone into coaching and education, and this book is a
definitive attempt at chronicling the more recent history of the women's game, including the rise
and fall of the WFA. Occasionally it's difficult to follow the narrative line, switching as it does
between historical research and Lopez's own autobiography, but the rather non-linear structure
doesn't make it any less interesting to read.
Before I began my quest into poncy academia, I'm ashamed to say I never realized the struggles
female footballers faced during most of this century, and I certainly never realized just how
pig-headed the FA were about letting the ladies play on proper pitches. Wendy Owen was centre-half
in the first official England teams, and this is her autobiography.
You've read this, right? So there's no need to review this, really. Oh, except to point out the
sentence that has riled me for the best part of a decade and a half now – the sniffy "I have
never met a woman who would make that Wednesday night journey to Plymouth." This from the Arsenal
fan who freely admits that he is only really bothered about attending home games, not particularly
caring about missing something major away from home.
When news is slow it is always a time to look at the schedules for the billionth time and break
them down even more than before. Right? Right...so heres to it: Chicago Fire (4 games) @ CUSA
(9/29); NE (10/6); @ DCU (10/13); LA (10/21) The end is not near for the Fire, two points in last
week's [...]
Looking for another reason for your missus to contemplate conducting an intervention for your
footie addiction? Perhaps you've an interest in regaling uninterested friends & family with useless
information? Or maybe you just need more ammunition for the next time you try to drunkenly out-geek
your buddies at the tailgate (remember, he who talks loudest is right!
