Female Football Players and Fans

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Stacey Pope, Gertrud Pfister

   Pages 1-15

3. Women’s Football and Female Players

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. It’s Still a Man’s Game? The Experiences of Top-Level European Women Footballers

      • Sheila Scraton, Kari Fasting, Gertrud Pfister, Ana Bunuel

      Pages 19-36

   3. Women, Football and European Integration: Aims, Questions, Methodological and Theoretical Approaches

      • Gertrud Pfister

      Pages 37-54

   4. The Beginnings of Women’s Football in South-Western Germany: From a Spectacle to a Sport Event

      • Markwart Herzog

      Pages 55-75

   5. Women’s Football Leagues in Europe: Organizational and Economic Perspectives

      • Marie-Luise Klein

      Pages 77-101

   6. Outsiders on the Inside: Integrating Women’s and Men’s Football Clubs in England

      • Jo Welford

      Pages 103-124

   7. ‘Who Could Name an England Women’s Footballer?’: Female Fans of Men’s Football and Their Views of Women’s Football in England

      • Stacey Pope

      Pages 125-153

4. Female Football Fans and their Experiences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. A Socio-Historical Account of Female Experiences of Football’s Golden Age in England

      • Stacey Pope, John Williams

      Pages 157-184

   3. Is There a Life Beyond Football? How Female Fans Integrate Football into Their Everyday Lives

      • Verena Lenneis, Gertrud Pfister

      Pages 185-210

   4. ‘One Is Not Born, But Rather Becomes a Fan’: The Socialization of Female Football Fans—A Case Study in Denmark

      • Gertrud Pfister, Svenja-Maria Mintert, Verena Lenneis

      Pages 211-240

   5. Women’s Football Supporter Culture in Sweden

      • Aage Radmann, Susanna Hedenborg

      Pages 241-258

   6. Challenging or Accommodating the Football System? A Case Study of Female Football Supporter Communities in Spain

      • Ramón Llopis-Goig, Helena Flores

      Pages 259-278

   7. Gender, Play and Identity: A Longitudinal Study of Structure and Agency in Female Football Fandom

      • Cornel Sandvoss, Emily Ball

      Pages 279-307

5. Back Matter

   Pages 309-319

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This volume draws upon social science and historical approaches to provide insights into the world of women’s football and female fans. It gives an in-depth analysis of the development of the women’s game in different European countries and examines the experiences of female fans. An overview about women’s football in Europe shows the rise and development of the game and the increasing inclusion of girls and women in football and fan communities. To date, there has been a lack of research on female participation in football, but drawing on research studies from various European countries, the volume explores a range of issues, including how girls and women become football fans and players, how women combine football with their everyday lives, and how they may encounter stereotypes and barriers when they challenge male dominance by entering this traditionally male sport.

This collection will be of interest to students and scholars in a range of fields, including sports sociology, sport sciences, gender studies, leisure studies, women’s studies as well as fandom and cultural studies.

• Female Football
• Women's Football
• Female Football Players
• Female Football Fans
• Football Research in an Enlarged Europe
• Socialization of Female Football Fans
• Gender and Sport
• Relationship Between Women's and Men's Football

“The book provides insight into the complex network of gendered experiences that can be part of playing and spectating football. … Female Football Players and Fans there for is an important contribution to increasing the knowledge and raising awareness of women’s football, and perhaps encouraging people to question their own preconceptions and understandings of this sport.” (Lise Joern, idrottsforum.org, September, 2018)​

• University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

  Gertrud Pfister

• School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

  Stacey Pope

Gertrud Pfister is Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She is the author and editor of 17 books and more than 250 articles.  Her main research interest is in gender and sport.

Stacey Pope is Associate Professor at Durham University, UK. Her research interests include gender and sport, sports fandom and the sociology of football and rugby union.