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We have just had the women's world cup which reached its finale last weekend - the USA winning, although England did better than I expected. I was wondering whether 2019 would be the 1966 of women's football if you know what I mean. The irony of so-called American Football over there, where football as we know it, is known as soccer - a word that I would discourage using on this side of the pond.
It is great to have such a male dominated sport have female teams, and the irony was some of the players looked rather like David Beckham from a hairstyle perspective 20 years ago. A lot of British league clubs have female teams alongside their male counterparts. To tell you the truth, I believe that there is very little difference between men's football and their female counterparts apart from the gender of the players for obvious reasons. It's a pity that female stars of the game don't seem to be household names as the men do - they are good at the sport, and deserve more prominence. I can't think of any of the players' names as I write this to be honest.
I have always been fascinated by the domination of the men's team in comparison to women's - when one views a match on the television, one sees the nature of the crowd, and it isn't just stereotypical Carling Black Label-drinking men sitting in the terraces, wearing the relevant coloured team shirt and chanting away with the rest of the crowd. One tends to spot a female fan watching the action - it is interesting, and I suppose that in addition to seeing the players play and score goals, in men's games there is the added bonus of the players being of the opposite sex - men in football strips in their 20s probably add to the excitement from what a woman sees! Almost something that male fans see for themselves in women's football!
More to the point, are there any female football managers? I don't think that there have been any of the men's clubs as most managers (I hate the word "coach" in that respect) are former players either at the same club or at others across the league. I believe there must be one or two.
It has been great to watch, and a change to the stereotypical female stuff that we see now and again - I am not sure whether it is every four years or so, but I don't remember this being on four years ago unless Sky Sports had it incognito, but it might be back on the BBC in four years' time, perhaps?
It is great to have such a male dominated sport have female teams, and the irony was some of the players looked rather like David Beckham from a hairstyle perspective 20 years ago. A lot of British league clubs have female teams alongside their male counterparts. To tell you the truth, I believe that there is very little difference between men's football and their female counterparts apart from the gender of the players for obvious reasons. It's a pity that female stars of the game don't seem to be household names as the men do - they are good at the sport, and deserve more prominence. I can't think of any of the players' names as I write this to be honest.
I have always been fascinated by the domination of the men's team in comparison to women's - when one views a match on the television, one sees the nature of the crowd, and it isn't just stereotypical Carling Black Label-drinking men sitting in the terraces, wearing the relevant coloured team shirt and chanting away with the rest of the crowd. One tends to spot a female fan watching the action - it is interesting, and I suppose that in addition to seeing the players play and score goals, in men's games there is the added bonus of the players being of the opposite sex - men in football strips in their 20s probably add to the excitement from what a woman sees! Almost something that male fans see for themselves in women's football!
More to the point, are there any female football managers? I don't think that there have been any of the men's clubs as most managers (I hate the word "coach" in that respect) are former players either at the same club or at others across the league. I believe there must be one or two.
It has been great to watch, and a change to the stereotypical female stuff that we see now and again - I am not sure whether it is every four years or so, but I don't remember this being on four years ago unless Sky Sports had it incognito, but it might be back on the BBC in four years' time, perhaps?
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