Globalising Womens Football by Jean Williams

Globalising Womens Football by Jean Williams

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With an estimated 26 million female players globally (6 million based in Europe), the evolution of football has been dramatic and has led to more widespread player migration as new forms of professionalism emerge. This work explores those patterns of movement into, and out of, Europe using new archival evidence and player interviews.

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Globalising Womens Football by Jean Williams

With an estimated 26 million female players globally (6 million based in Europe), the evolution of football has been dramatic. Growth in the women's game has led to more widespread player migration as new forms of professionalism emerge. This work explores those patterns of movement into, and out of, Europe using new archival evidence and player interviews.
Jean Williams has written extensively on the history of women’s football since publishing A Game For Rough Girls in 2003. She is a Senior Research Fellow in the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Monfort University Leicester. She is currently completing a history of British women Olympians.
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ISBN 13 9783034313155
ISBN 10 3034313152
Title Globalising Womens Football
Author Denis Oswald
Series Savoirs Sportifs Sports Knowledge
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Year published 2013-07-11
Number of pages 183
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