{"id":1371,"date":"2025-06-05T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/sywf\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:22:11","slug":"meet-the-woman-aiming-to-encourage-ethnic-minorities-to-play-football-in-south-yorkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/sywf\/2025\/06\/05\/meet-the-woman-aiming-to-encourage-ethnic-minorities-to-play-football-in-south-yorkshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the woman aiming to \u2018encourage\u2019 ethnic minorities to play football in South Yorkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>One woman has given herself the task of levelling the playing field in South Yorkshire, aiming to get as many ethnic minorities involved in women\u2019s football as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-src=\"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/sywf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/06\/FURD-NAIL-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1379 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/sywf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/06\/FURD-NAIL-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/sywf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/06\/FURD-NAIL-480x270.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ban on women\u2019s football in 1921 undone masses of progress for the game, with five-figure crowds being reported after World War One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ending of the 50-year ban saw England, and notably South Yorkshire make strides to offer women the chance to play football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst there is still plenty of room for improvement, South Yorkshire now has four local senior leagues, which provide a pathway into regional, and even into professional football eventually. The aim to make it professionally is no longer a pipe dream for some, however inconsistencies do still lie in some areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, there is an evident lack of representation of ethnic minorities in South Yorkshire, and that is something that Ruth Johnson, the Women and Girls Football Development Worker, as well as South Yorkshire women\u2019s football historian has noticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only has this lack of representation rested on Ruth\u2019s mind, but she has sought to make a change about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/sywf\/2025\/05\/30\/who-is-constance-waller-the-south-yorkshire-womens-football-pioneer-who-founded-atalanta-ladies-sports-club\/\">Who is Constance Waller? The South Yorkshire women\u2019s football pioneer who founded Atalanta Ladies Sports Club<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our women&#39;s team had a blast hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Girlpowerorg1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Girlpowerorg1<\/a> team of Afghan refugees for a close-fought friendly match followed by a Q &amp; A between the teams, facilitated by former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AfghanWnt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AfghanWnt<\/a> captain <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/khalida_popal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@khalida_popal<\/a>, calling on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FIFAcom<\/a> to recognise the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AfghanWnt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AfghanWnt<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3FTre5LScj\">pic.twitter.com\/3FTre5LScj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; FURD (@furdday) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/furdday\/status\/1806010556672811367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ruth Johnson plans to increase opportunities for ethnic minorities in South Yorkshire women\u2019s football<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/sywf\/2025\/05\/23\/the-story-of-the-first-sheffield-united-women-side-told-by-one-of-its-first-players\/\">Ruth Johnson played for the first Sheffield United Women side<\/a> back in 1993, originally named Sheffield Hallam United. Whilst her 11 aside career is over, there is nothing stopping her from igniting the footballing passion for those who maybe haven\u2019t had a chance in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to encourage women and girls from ethnic minority backgrounds and older women to take part,\u201d said Ruth, speaking exclusively to SYWF. \u201cOne of the joys of my job now is that I can introduce women in their 40s and 50s and 60s to football for the first time, because we have recreational sessions and hopefully there&#8217;s no pressure on them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s sharing the joy with people and showing them that it&#8217;s not quite too late.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;re proud that our Women &amp; Girls&#39; Football Worker Ruth Johnson was chosen to feature in &#39;Our Time Is Now&#39;, a brilliant exhibition about grassroots women&#39;s football by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alisonpalmer65?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@alisonpalmer65<\/a> currently on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootballMuseum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FootballMuseum<\/a> till 30th September. Here she is with Alison. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/muhQF708B7\">pic.twitter.com\/muhQF708B7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; FURD (@furdday) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/furdday\/status\/1689228556474228736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked whether enough has been done to promote the women\u2019s game for all walks of life, Johnson said: \u201cThere&#8217;s still a massive gap [between men\u2019s and women\u2019s football].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo I don&#8217;t think we can be complacent about it. My role is to address some of the remaining inequality and even which women and girls get access to football. But there&#8217;s a fairly obvious under-representation of ethnic minority women and girls. All levels of football that&#8217;s been highlighted, viewed in relation to the England team.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can see if you look at the terms of teams at any level, it is relatively disproportionately white, and there&#8217;s many reasons for that. But I think some of the most obvious ones to me are location. So most of the women and girls teams play in the leafy suburbs, because that&#8217;s why the spaces for playing fields and things in the city, areas like this, tend to be where most of the communities live.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo it&#8217;s difficult for those communities to access some of those opportunities. Especially when we&#8217;ve got to drive them. I know a number of players that play with us who have had some not particularly good experiences, even when they do during league teams. So I think there is still a lot of work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Johnson has created her own team to provide opportunities to under-represented minorities the chance to play football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":1379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,60],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-1371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-behindthexi","category-news","tag-south-yorkshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet the woman aiming to \u2018encourage\u2019 ethnic minorities to play football in South Yorkshire - SYWF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ruth Johnson has created her own team to provide opportunities to under-represented minorities the chance to play football.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/sywf\/2025\/06\/05\/meet-the-woman-aiming-to-encourage-ethnic-minorities-to-play-football-in-south-yorkshire\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet the woman aiming to \u2018encourage\u2019 ethnic minorities to play football in South Yorkshire - 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