Emma Hayes: Chelsea exec expresses concerns about football’s accessibility for school girls | football news
Emma Hayes: Chelsea exec expresses concerns about football’s accessibility for school girls | football news
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Emma Hayes branded women’s football as “middle class” when she expressed concern about the different opportunities for girls and boys to play football in primary school.
Following England’s success at Euro 2022, the UK government launched a grassroots to elite review of domestic women’s football in September.
The Lionesses received plenty of praise for last summer’s success, but concerns have been raised over a lack of diversity in the squad, which Hayes says starts at the game’s grassroots level.
“Boys in the academy game generally have parents who take them somewhere, or they get on the train to do it. Girls don’t,” said the Chelsea manager. “Families don’t let girls go to games.
“Women’s football is, in my opinion, more middle-class in terms of locations and the origin of the players who come is often from suburbs, urban belts around the training grounds.
Image: Concerns have been raised about a lack of diversity
“They’re not the Alex Scotts, the Rachel Yankeys — (they) don’t come to our facilities the same way.”
Hayes, who was asked to contribute to the women’s football report, continued: “We should think differently and consider that if you want a diverse group at an elite level to play our game, maybe we should travel to the cities more. “
In August, following their success at Euro 2022, the Lionesses wrote an open letter to the then Prime Minister calling for girls to have the opportunity to play football at school, citing data showing that only 63 percent did in physical education classes were able to do so.
Image: Hayes was asked to contribute to the women’s soccer report
Hayes doesn’t believe odds are equal, and she cited her own family’s experience as proof.
“My nine-year-old niece goes to school and says to me, ‘Why do I only have the girls’ sessions once a week and the boys have three?’
“I don’t know it. Why is that? I bet it’s probably like that across the board.
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England head coach Sarina Wiegman says she would like to see more diversity in the game and she believes the FA are taking steps to address the issue.
“Then you start looking at it from the perspective of access and facility.
“I wonder in the community how often these pitches are available to girls in a similar way as they are to boys.
“I don’t know what to say to my niece when she’s crying, when she’s like, ‘Why can’t I play it more like (the boys)?'”
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Former Leicester defender and manager Holly Morgan says more needs to be done to address the lack of diversity in women’s football.
How Sky is trying to change something
InNewCL Sports recognized the lack of diversity in women’s football back in 2020 and took action to remedy it as part of its £30m commitment to combat systemic racism and transform communities across the UK.
InNewCL Sports have worked with dozens of current and former women players from diverse ethnic backgrounds, trying to give them a platform to share their stories in order to capture the imagination and inspire the next generation of women footballers.
As part of InNewCL Sports’ unprecedented commitment to the UK’s South Asians in football, talent has been identified and channeled directly to the Football Association and other international associations and professional clubs with South Asians in the game.
A number of elite and elite potential players and their families have also been supported with mentoring and access to off-field development opportunities.
Earlier this year, InNewCL Sports also partnered with Sporting Equals, the country’s largest sports racing equality charity, where we supported participation across the country, including the development of the Seeing Is Bconscious event for the century-old West London sports club Indian Gymkhana.
British South Asians in Football
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Sheffield United’s Courtney Sweetman-Kirk has called for urgent action to address the lack of diversity in women’s football.
For more stories, features and videos, visit our groundbreaking South Asians in Football page on skysports.com.
FA guide to diversity in women’s football
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England international Ella Toone says “a lot more can be done” to promote diversity in English football.
The Football Association recently confirmed the first up and coming talent center of 60 girls [ETC] Licensing, which will take the number of young players participating in FA programs nationwide from 1,722 to over 4,200 by the end of the 2023/24 season.
Our main goals are to give more players better access while diversifying the talent pool, and early signs are that we are on track to achieve these goals.
Discover My Talent is a talent ID initiative that aims to give every girl from every community in England access and opportunity to join the Women’s England Talent Pathway.
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Beth Mead has defended herself against comments in an interview with The Guardian, in which she was quoted as calling the lack of diversity in the Lionesses’ squad a “coincidence”.
Working with key stakeholders, the program encourages referrals from organizations or individuals for players who may have the technical, physical or social characteristics of talented players born in 2006-2010.
We recognize that the paths of women players are uniquely different and due to the limited number of professional women’s clubs across the country, this poses a challenge for young girls to gain access. We also recognize the positive impact that mixed football has had on talented female players coming through the talent system, which we should embrace and accept the different paths players can take to develop.
It is our intention to help clubs grow their game pool through the youth of their teams, bring more depth to talent and provide players who represent their communities. Discover My Talent is a nationwide talent ID program reaching every part of England, whose mission is not only to find talent in areas that may not have previously had access to opportunity, but also to support young players and their families them to reach their full potential.
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For more stories, features and videos, visit our groundbreaking South Asians in Football page on skysports.com.
