TY - BOOK ID - 137544080 TI - Girls with balls : the secret history of women's football PY - 2013 SN - 9781782194293 1782194290 PB - London John Blake DB - UniCat KW - Soccer for women KW - History KW - Dick, Kerr Ladies' Football Club. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137544080 AB - A comprehensive look a women's football. With the men away at war 1914-1917, most factory workers were women, and many factories had a ladies' football team. By 1920, football was a major spectator sport, but in 1921 an FA resolution banned women from all professional football grounds. It wasn't until 1971 that the ban was lifted. This is the missing chapter in the history of football. ER -