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“I'm a Referee, Not a Female Referee”: The Experiences of Women Involved in Football as Coaches and Referees
This article interviews women coaches and referees in the UK to discuss their experiences.
Sport Coaching and the Inclusion of Black Women in the United Kingdom
This article interviewed 8 Black women coaches in the UK to understand their experiences coaching.
Head coach tenure in college women’s soccer. Do race, gender, and career background matter?
This article uses data from 1977 until 2015 to analyze the impact of race and gender on coaching tenure in college women’s soccer.
Bolivian women as professional footballers:the voice and the feminism of the karimachus
In this article they interview Bolivian women’s footballers and explore their experiences. Despite a league being formed in 1993, but the formal acknowledgement of Bolivian women’s football was much latter.
Superpowerful but superinvisible? Women's football and nation in presidential discourse in Colombia, 2010-2018
An empirical analysis of public conversation surrounding women’s football in Colombia from 2010-2018.
The Antinational Game? An Exploration of Women’s Soccer in Latin America
A book chapter exploring the development of women’s football in Latin America generally.
Women's transnational migration through football: Possibilities, responsibilities, and respectability in Ghana
An article examining the experiences of Ghanian women’s footballers and migration to play football in Europe.
FIFA football nurse – A task sharing approach in sports and exercise medicine practice in grassroots women’s football in low- and middle- income settings.
An examination of injury rates for women’s footballers in Malawi and how it relates to sports medicine access. The study uses an intervention of sports medicine-training for nurses and examines that impact.
Differences in the match performance of Asian women’s football teams
This article examines the match performance of elite Asian women’s national teams to understand their strengths, weaknesses and differences.
‘Why am I putting myself through this?’ Women football coaches’ experiences of the Football Association's coach education process
This article discusses the challenges female coaches face during coach training courses.
Money troubles and problems ahead? The financial health of professional women's football clubs in England
An article analyzing the business development prospects of the Women’s Super League in England.
Spatial justice in the development of a women’s football team in Melbourne, Australia; an ethnographic study
This article examines how infrastructure issues impact the development of a women’s football club in Melbourne, Australia.
Toward an understanding of players’ perceptions of talent development environments in UK female football
This article examines how girls perceive the talent development environments for football in the UK.
Psychological factors and performance in women’s football:A systematic review
An article that summarizes findings from 14 different articles about psychological factors and performance in women’s football.
Elite women coaches negotiating and resisting power in football
An article that interviewed 10 women who coaching at the national team level. It discusses insights into their experiences at elite level female coaches.
Programme-level determinants of women's international football performance
This article examines factors influencing national team success for women’s football. This includes various governance, development, and investment issues to consider.
Match Experience at the Danish Women’s Soccer National A-Team Matches: An Explorative Study
Article exploring the experiences of those who attend Danish women’s league matches.
The demand for women's league soccer in Germany
Article analyzing the attendance of the women’s league in Germany over a 10 year period, exploring potential trends and reasons for attendance differences.
Characterization of variables associated with sports performance: interdisciplinarity in women's soccer in Colombia
This research focuses on the relationship between performance characteristics and other variables such as pyschosocial and nutritional for women’s football players based in Bogota, Colombia.
‘Women play football, not women’s football’: the potentials and paradoxes of professionalisation expressed at the UEFA women’s EURO 2022 Championship
Research on the experiences of the UEFA Women’s EUROS hosted in England in 2022.