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Hillsborough, record attendances and the South Yorkshire Ladies League: Women’s football in the First World War

Hillsborough, record attendances and the South Yorkshire Ladies League: Women’s football in the First World War

by Oliver Pallas | Jun 6, 2025 | Doncaster Rovers Belles, Historic Pieces, Rotherham United, Sheffield United Women, Sheffield Wednesday Ladies, Uncategorised

Women’s football in the region is steeped in history, from the ban on women’s football in 1922, lasting over four decades, to women’s football pioneers such as Constance Waller, women’s football has seen varying degrees of change in the last 100 years.  During...

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