FA Apologizes to Pioneering Women's Soccer Team

0:00On April 2nd, the Football Association just issued a long overdue apology to the Corinthians Ladies Football Club, the trailblazing women who kicked off modern women's soccer in Britain. These pioneers, known as the original lionesses, faced a 50-year ban starting in 1921 because the FA deemed the sport unsuitable for. Women. Banned from official grounds, they played on rough pitches in Ditzberry and still became global champs. Formed in 1949 by Percy Ashley to give his deaf daughter Doris a team, the Corinthians dodged the rules with charity matches at home. And abroad, they won an unofficial European Cup against Germany in 1957 and towards South America, drawing massive crowds like rock stars despite the backlash. Players like 90-year-old Myra Lipnichige, 84-year-old Marling Cook, and 77-year-old Jean Wilson joined the Manchester Evening. News for a celebratory breakfast, sharing stories of grit and prejudice. Documentary

1:00director Helen Tither, whose film highlights their fight, called the apology of fix for a national wrong after years of campaigning. One standout, Jean Wilson finally got her England cap in 2022, 70 years after playing. The prejudice ran deep even England managers mock them back then. Now, the documentary The Corinthians, we were the champions, is expanding to more cinemas, which showings in Stotport and Bolton starting April 17, including Q&A sessions. These women redefine the game and just as feels right.