This year marks 100 years since the FA implemented its ban on women playing football on affiliated grounds, as well as 50 years since UEFA recognised the sport.
Dr Fiona Skillen (Glasgow Caledonian University), Dr Gary James (De Montfort University) and Helena Byrne are proposing an edited collection on the history of the growth and development of women’s football in Britain and Ireland between 1845 and 1990. We are therefore asking for abstracts from interested authors by January 2nd, 2022. We are interested in receiving abstracts on a variety of topics.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
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- The FA Ban
- The impact of the FA Ban at a local or national level, particularly in Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland.
- Other national bans on women’s football
- The growth and development of women’s football at local or regional level
- The media
- The role of World War One
- The role of World War Two
- International tours
- The role of the church and state in curtailing the development of women’s football
- Women’s sporting equipment relating to the playing of football
- Heritage policies to preserve the history of women’s football
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We are particularly interested in work which explores the lesser known historiography of women’s football in countries such as Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Please send questions to any of the editors.
Timeline
To submit a proposal for consideration, email the abstract (500 words) and a short bio by January, 2022 to all editors, Fiona Skillen fiona.skillen@gcu.ac.uk, Gary James gary.james@talktalk.net, and Helena Byrne byrne.helenam@gmail.com
Once the selection of papers has been decided (end of January 2022), papers of 6,000 words maximum (including references) are due to the editors by August 15, 2022. Revised chapters will be due early 2023 with expected publication of the book in late 2023.
