Standing on honeyball’s shoulders: A history of independent women’s football clubs in England

Abstract

In 1951, the editors of a volume called Sport for Girls published the results of a survey of 4238 young female readers in the United Kingdom. Aged between 11 and 18 years, those surveyed were asked which hobbies they preferred. 1 Of the respondents, 96 % said that they were interested in sport, leaving 3.2 % to declare no enthusiasm and the small remainder undecided. Without giving too much significance to the findings therefore, sport generally compared favourably with other hobbies such as reading (50%) and dancing (36%).