UK government has announced that girls must be given equal access to football and other sports in schools.
With a glaring gap in girls’ access to football presently standing at a lowly 67 per cent of all UK schools, the government has seen it fit to call for an immediate improvement.
Added to that just 41 per cent of secondary schools offer football equally to girls.
What has been said
Sue Campbell, FA’s Director of women’s football, said: “We’re delighted that it will be made clear to schools that they should offer a minimum of two hours of PE and they must ensure that girls have equal access to all school sport, including football.”
“A conversation led by Lotte Wubben-Moy and Leah Williamson on the bus from the Trafalgar Square celebrations has today delivered real change in society and the announcement is testament to their tenacity and excellent engagement with the Government. The FA are as proud of them as we have ever been.”
Lotte Wubben-Moy, the one who has been the most outspoken on the topic since England’s triumph, has made a passionate call to the government to increase accessibility, labelling the current trend in the UK “an inequality that should be illegal.”
Wubben-Moy said: “By making football more accessible to millions of girls across the nation, we have opened a crucial door for the growth of women’s football and women’s sport as a whole.
“I am proud to be part of something that will live on for generations to come. This is just the beginning.”
The Lionesses’ historic campaign on home soil last summer has prompted calls to create the next generation of stars to get louder by the day.
On Lionesses’ success and the future captain Leah Williamson said: “The success of the summer has inspired so many young girls to pursue their passion for football.
“We see it as our responsibility to open the doors for them to do so and this announcement makes that possible.
“This is the legacy that we want to live much longer than us as a team. On behalf of all the Lionesses players, we’d like to thank our team-mate Lotte Wubben-Moy as a driving force behind this transformational change.
“We couldn’t be prouder to stand alongside her and we all look forward to seeing the impact this legacy create
