From pink goalposts to blue plaques: a history of women’s football

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From outraged 17th-century ministers to the 2019 World Cup via world war, the suffragettes, coffee houses and Jennifer Lopez’s Let’s Get Loud

Almost 50 years have passed since they stepped off the plane and into a parallel universe but their memories of the full-scale assault on the senses remain as vivid as ever.

“It was utterly surreal, like going to Narnia; we were being transported to a different world,” says Chris Lockwood. “Nothing prepared us for the crowds, the noise. It was amazing.

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Written by Louise Taylor
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From pink goalposts to blue plaques: a history of women’s football

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