Arsenal Women: the story behind 1987
Arsenal’s women’s team was founded by Vic Akers in 1987. The club’s own archive connects those beginnings with the team’s later success in Europe, including the 2007 UEFA Women’s Cup.
Women’s football
Every stage. Every story. The same game at the centre.
Explore women’s club and international football with the same depth and design as the men’s game. Historical milestones are starting points, not limits on the story.
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All stories →Why women’s football history needs a longer lens
The first FIFA Women’s World Cup took place in China in 1991. It is an important international milestone, but using that date as the beginning of women’s football would erase earlier players, clubs and communities.
Offside: position and offence are different
Standing beyond a defensive line does not, by itself, mean the referee must stop play. Offside decisions involve both a player’s position and their subsequent involvement.
Why two football sites can show different statistics
Two sites can agree on a final score yet disagree about a tackle, a chance or possession. A statistic is shaped by how the action is defined and collected.
1863: a shared rulebook, not the first kick
Football’s history cannot be reduced to a single person kicking a single ball. Earlier ball-playing traditions and the development of association football belong to related but distinct questions.
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