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The success of the Lionesses saw an upsurge in the number of women’s football teams but the opportunities available for players are still limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When England won the European Championships in the summer of 2022, there were almost 1,500 new women\u2019s teams<\/a> registered. Between October 2022 and October 2023, the total number of registered women playing football in England increased by 12 per cent.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the new, seemingly abundant amount of teams and registered players, do women feel these statistics mirror their realities?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emma Doyle, 24, is a professional footballer who plays in the FA Women\u2019s Championship for Blackburn Rovers, doesn’t think so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince the Lionesses won the Euros a couple of years ago, there has, one hundred percent, been increased attention on women\u2019s football and girls wanting to play, but in terms of finding a team, it\u2019s not changed,” she says. “In my experience, you\u2019re either good enough to play for an academy or you don\u2019t play at all.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma training with Blackburn Rovers Credit: Shannon Mcloughlan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Emma, originally from Liverpool, has played football all of her life, and considers herself ‘<\/em>one of the lucky ones’ after securing a professional contract. She believes, without this playing weekly, competitive football is still wholly inaccessible, especially compared with the opportunities her male counterparts have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlthough we\u2019re made to believe that girls are playing football, and it\u2019s just as accessible for us, that\u2019s not the case,” says Emma. “If you\u2019re in your teens and you want to find a Sunday league team, I\u2019m not really sure how you\u2019d go about doing that. If you\u2019re a lad and you fancy signing for someone, you just call one of your mates, and the next weekend you\u2019ll have a club. It\u2019s not like that for girls.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across Liverpool, there are only five locations<\/a> where girls can play amateur weekend league football. Of these, only three divisions extend to players past the age of 13 – the city only has one open-age football league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chloe Bloxam for Premier League Productions Credit: Chloe Bloxam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Chloe Bloxam, <\/a>22, is a content creator for Liverpool FC\u2019s fan media outlet, Redmen TV<\/a>, and regularly appears on BBC Sport, LFCTV and other sports media in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She believes playing in a competitive weekend amateur league isn\u2019t the only problem faced by women. Just getting together for a \u2018<\/em>kickabout\u2019 or joining a 5-a-side team for women is also difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe only time I usually get to play football is representing Redmen TV in tournaments and I\u2019m playing against men who are in their 30,” says Emma. “They\u2019re bigger, stronger, and obviously more athletic than me. There\u2019s no enjoyment in that, it makes me feel like I\u2019m c**p at football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“But I’m not. I\u2019m a good footballer. I had trials for Everton when I was a kid but I still play with men and it really limits what I can do with the ball and my enjoyment of the game.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chloe Bloxam and Liverpool\u2019s Diogo Jota Credit: Redmen TV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Chloe has spent years at a time without being signed to a team. \u201cI used to play for a local side called Mossley Hill when I was younger,” she says. “But, for years I’ve not been able to find myself another team. Until recently, I\u2019d have never even known that was possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Last week was the first time I\u2019d kicked a ball with a group of girls for six years.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lack of opportunity for girls is something that Chloe has felt acutely during and working in football and believes this is evidence that they don’t exist as prominently as they have been reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019d think that if anyone knew where to find girl\u2019s footy, it would be me, especially working in the industry, but I honestly don\u2019t,” she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abigail Rudkin (bottom left) on Sky Sport\u2019s The Overlap \t\t\tCredit: Sky Sports\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Abigail Rudkin,<\/a> 23, is an artist and avid Liverpool FC fan. She paints football-inspired artwork, represents Liverpool fans as a panellist on Sky Sports\u2019 The Overlap,<\/a> and regularly makes appearances on fan media outlets such as The Anfield Wrap.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She blames engrained and residual sexism throughout her early life and school years as the reason why she doesn\u2019t play football. \u201cI love football, but I never played it,” she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I think that\u2019s down to old-fashioned attitudes. When I was in school, we never played football in PE. We\u2019d always do the stereotypically ‘female sports’ like netball. Football was never on the agenda. I wouldn\u2019t play it now either, but that\u2019s because I know without that experience, I wouldn\u2019t be any good.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf it had been put in front of me as a kid though, I probably would have got into it,\u201d Abigail says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abigail’s artwork\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Abigail Rudkin\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In October 2020, the FA launched a campaign, Inspiring Positive Change, <\/a>an initiative designed to increase female participation and access to football. Their aim was to achieve equal access to the sport in 75% of schools’ PE lessons across the country by October 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December, the FA stated that they had reached this target <\/a>12 months earlier than expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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