Girls with Balls: The Secret History of Women's Football

by Tim Tate

Book Overview

Boxing Day 1920, and 53,000 men, women and children pack inside Goodison Park. The extraordinary crowds have come to watch two local rivals play a match for charity. But this is no ordinary charity fixture. Eleven of the players are international celebrities and their team is the biggest draw in British--and world--football. Yet they are all full-time factory workers--and they are women. They are the ladies of Dick Kerr electrical works. And the male...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782194290
• ISBN13: 9781782194293
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: John Blake
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"