PositiveThe Irish Times (IRE)[Wrack] includes several pearls of press reports from the earliest days, including the Standard’s editorial, that give a flavour of the derision and hostility that greeted the pioneers of women’s football ... But there are also plenty of surprising tales of the numbers of women who played football as far back as the 18th century ... In light of the significant, hard-won progress made by women’s football in recent years, this is a timely book, tracking the road to the record attendances, equal pay agreements, ever increasing television coverage and sponsorship deals that have made the headlines of late ... But it’s not a PR job for the sport, pointing, as it does, to the innumerable problems that the women’s game still faces, and suggesting a path ahead and a way of addressing them. It might no longer be an ephemeral vulgarity, but there’s still some way to go in the journey yet.
