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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Tom White

WSL contributes £37.5m less to UK economy due to ban on women’s football – study

The Women’s Super League contributes £37.5million less to the UK economy as a consequence of the historical 50-year ban on women’s football in England, a new study has estimated.

The Football Association banned women’s matches from its venues from December 1921, calling football “quite unsuitable for females”.

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