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dc.contributor.advisorHaynes, Richard-
dc.contributor.advisorJenkinson, Jacqueline-
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Karen Jane-
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-02T10:26:16Z-
dc.date.issued2021-04-30-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/33549-
dc.description.abstractDiscourse within the predominantly white male heteronormative football community in Scotland, positions women’s football as a recent phenomenon that has yet to earn respect. The exclusion of women from Scottish sporting and historical narratives has resulted in a lack of evidence to refute this assertion. Similarly, while woman’s football has proved a valuable source of investigation for the social sciences, particularly sports history and gender studies, the study and analysis of the ‘Scottish experience’ has been limited. In countering these positions, this thesis provides a significant original contribution to knowledge by charting the history of women’s football in Scotland across the past sixty years, from ad hoc matches with inadequate facilities to record participation levels following qualification for the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019TM. The historical account renders visible three areas: the development and growth of the domestic and international game; the leadership and governance of women’s football from amateur to professional organisation and the lived experience of the women directly involved, revealing voices previously excluded from the narrative. Additionally, the thesis examines the slow progression of Scottish women’s football in comparison to other selected European countries, identifying factors which affected Scotland’s rate of development. Drawing on feminist discourse concerning barriers to women’s involvement in football, it positions both the slow rate of development and lack of awareness of women’s long involvement in football, in the context of the hegemonic football community in Scotland. The research information was gathered from oral history interviews with key players, coaches and administrators and archive material from Scottish Women’s Football, the Scottish Football Museum and newspaper and private collections. These sources reveal the voices and narratives of the women who resisted barriers to them playing, persisted against the odds and worked tirelessly to develop and promote women’s football in Scotland.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherUniversity of Stirlingen_GB
dc.subjectWomen' Footballen_GB
dc.subjectResistanceen_GB
dc.subjectPatriarchyen_GB
dc.subjectExcluded from the narrativeen_GB
dc.subjectBarriers to women's invovlement in footballen_GB
dc.subject.lcshSoccer.en_GB
dc.subject.lcshSoccer playersen_GB
dc.subject.lcshSoccer players Scotland.en_GB
dc.subject.lcshSoccer and societyen_GB
dc.subject.lcshSoccer Scotland Historyen_GB
dc.subject.lcshSportsen_GB
dc.titleAgainst the Run of Play The History of Women's Football in Scotland 1960 to 2020en_GB
dc.typeThesis or Dissertationen_GB
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_GB
dc.type.qualificationnameDoctor of Philosophyen_GB
dc.rights.embargodate2023-10-31-
dc.rights.embargoreasonTo enable time for articles to be published from this worken_GB
dc.author.emailkjgrunwell@gmail.comen_GB
dc.rights.embargoterms2023-11-01en_GB
dc.rights.embargoliftdate2023-11-01-
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