Women’s Football

IF you think that Women’s football is a recent welcome addition to sporting schedules – think again.  During the First World War, women were not only keeping essential services and industry going, but they were also playing on the pitch too!

Brock’s Factory in Romford was one of many places of work that had a women’s football team during the First World War.  Although popular, at the end of the war women were once again discouraged from playing football.  It would be several decades before organised female football would re-emerge.

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Pic WW1FOOTBALL Brock’s Factory Romford, Women’s Football Team c.1916 – 17.