⚽ What men's football fans have to learn from followers of the women's Euro 2022 🟢 Support for the Lionesses has been characterised by sportsmanship on and off the pitch
It is a civility which evidence strongly suggests is reproduced in the stands. Crowd segregation beyond major tournaments is rare and dictionary compilers looking for new spittle-flecked expletives to be tossed at referees and opposing players are likely to leave Women Super League games disappointed.
By contrast, a study last year by the Football Supporters’ Association found 34 per cent of women had heard or received sexist comments at a men’s game. Indeed, it is difficult to resist the argument that the crowd trouble on display at Wembley Stadium prior to and during the defeat of England’s men by Italy last summer is simply absent in the female game.
John Williams, associate professor of sociology at the University of Leicester, said: “The increase in media coverage of women’s sport on both the BBC and subscription channels was openly supported by some men. But it also clearly represents, for others, a visible threat, an attack on football as an arena for ‘doing’ masculinity’.
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