WHO PLAYS WOMEN'S FOOTBALL AND WHAT ARE THEIR VIEWS?

5.1 In 1992 Jackie Woodhouse of the SNCCFR conducted a survey of players in the Women's National League. It provides facts and figures on who plays and where. Overwhelmingly, the female players were single (90.8%) and had no children (93.0%). This reflects the relative youth of the sample but it also, probably, says something about the difficulties involved in looking after a family (still mainly seen as a woman's responsibility) and trying to fit in other commitments. Also almost half of these players surveyed were situated in the SE and 1 in 4 were based in the Midlands. Figure 3 shows the geographical spread of female players in Britain in 1992.