A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Football

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A Woman's Game explores the history of women's football from the Victorianera to the present day. It is the story of a rise, fall, and rise again: from thegame's first appearance in England in the late 19th century; through the incredible Dick, Kerr Ladies team that at its height in 1920 drew 53,000spectators to Goodison Park; to its 50-year ban in the UK and the aftershockswhen that ban was lifted.

Now, as the women's game is once again on an unstoppable upward trend,with a record 6.3m viewers for England's match against Scotland in the 2019World Cup, Suzanne Wrack considers what the next chapter of this incrediblestory might be. From its relationship to the worldwide fight against oppression, to its ability to inspire change in wider at large, this is both a history offootball as played by women, and a manifesto for a better game.

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Suzanne Wrack is the Guardian and Observer's women's football correspondent; the first person to hold this role at a national newspaper. Her work has also been published in FourFourTwo, and she is a regular contributor to the Guardian's Football Weekly podcast. A member of Women in Football, Women in Journalism, the Sports Journalist Association and the Football Writers Association, Suzanne was highly commended in the Media Initiative of the Year category at the 2018 Women's Sport Trust 'Be A Game Changer' awards and shortlisted for the Football Supporters Federation Writer of the Year