Historical Frameworks and Sporting Research

James, Gary

doi:10.1080/09523367.2016.1221816

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“…Within those cycles lay a community of female footballers who connect the birth of Manchester Corinthians in the 1940s, Manchester United in the 1970s and FC Redstar in the 1980s with the present day WSL club Manchester City. 37 This continuity is often overlooked as authors tend to focus on the histories of clubs rather than those women who worked together at a variety of clubs to develop the sport. This project took as its focus a single club, but its findings are about communities, deviating from the standard traditional club history format which highlight successes and failures of major clubs.…”

Section: Club Relatedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Establishing women in sports history: Manchester City football club

James

2020

Sport in History

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This paper provides an overview of an oral history project focusing on the experiences of female footballers, in particular those playing for Manchester City Women since its formation as a community initiative in 1988, through to its modern-day position as a leading Women's Super League club. It discusses the development of the project, analysis of the methodology employed and provides high-level findings on the club's history, the participants and the research process. For too long female participation, even at England's most famous clubs, has not been widely recognised, reported on or understood. This project, supported by a professional football club, begins to address these omissions. It does so by focusing on personal testimonies, together with archive material to generate an historical account of how a team, established as a community initiative, developed into a major trophy-winning club.

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Section: Club Relatedmentioning

confidence: 99%