Wor Bella: forgotten story of women who combined war work with football
The Blyth Spartans team that won the Munitionettes' Cup in 1918. Photo: no credit
While men's soccer followers of a certain age and type can sometimes struggle to grasp the fact that the sport existed before Italia 90, recent women's soccer aficionados can be quite blank on its history before Canada 2015.
Even those who are aware that women's football was banned by the English Football Association for fifty years until 1971 are often shocked to learn that it flourished during and immediately after the First World War. And their eyes will certainly be opened Wor Bella a play being ...