Tag Archives: Lily Parr
Selby High School
First of all apologies for the late posting of this blog. It was thundering and lightning all evening so I daren’t switch on my computer. That’s how they die! Trust me, I’ve learned that one from experience. The other … Continue reading
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Good morning folks…
Happy Monday everyone. Hope you are feeling more like the guy on the left of my photo than the one on the right today! I took this last week when I was in Old Trafford for the League 1 play-offs. … Continue reading
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Sexism in football? Never!
© bleachersport.com Thank you Messrs. Gray and Keys. Your sexist rants about Sian Massey, the fourth official at the Wolves v Liverpool match last Saturday have done more to raise the profile of women in football in one fell swoop (or should that … Continue reading
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Touching Lily Parr’s boots…
As you’ll know if you’ve been a regular reader of my blog, I am not averse to a bit of name-dropping. Last week alone I wrote about meeting Gwen Grant, Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, John Harvey etc. – not to … Continue reading
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Touching Lily Parr’s boots…
As you’ll know if you’ve been a regular reader of my blog, I am not averse to a bit of name-dropping. Last week alone I wrote about meeting Gwen Grant, Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, John Harvey etc. – not to … Continue reading
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Girls who play football…
Three girls from the Woodside team participating in the ESFA football tournament I’ve been thinking about yesterday’s tournament and how great it was to see the girls’ games being taken as seriously as the boys’ games being played alongside them. … Continue reading
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Reads United cause chaos at Campus…
Fridays will never be the same… As if the Burnley area hadn’t had enough excitement for one day, not only did Reads United perform at Padiham in the morning but they were somehow also able to summon up enough energy … Continue reading
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Nettie Honeyball
Nettie Honeyball organised the first official women’s football match in 1895. Yep, 1895. In her honour, I named the league in my books after her and my team after Lily Parr of Dick, Kerr’s Ladies. At the National Football Museum … Continue reading
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