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and girls;
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str
ucture in place
an overview
for women’s
football.
Football is the top female sport and in the last season over
147,000 players competed in affiliated league and cup
competitions. In 1993 there were 10,400 players and today
the sport continues to grow at a fantastic rate, becoming the
top female sport in 2002.
The Active People survey in 2006 highlighted that 250,000
women and 1.1 million girls play some form of football and
there are 26 million females playing across the world, of
which 4.1m are playing affiliated football.
There are 52 licensed FA Centres of Excellence in operation
across England providing weekly quality coaching and a
localised fixture programme for talented girls from the age
of 8-16.
Football is administered locally by 43 County FA's and The
FA funds full-time football development staff in each County
to deliver development programmes, with 47 specific
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Women’s and Girls’ Football Development Officers.
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HOMEWORK TASKS:
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• Research how football attempts to increase par
ticipate in spor
the participation and performance of
t
ethnic minorities
• Research another national governing body
and outline how it seeks to increase the
participation and performance of specific
social groupings.
34 SPORT IQ 14-16 : SEPTEMBER 2008