General Article The lack of girls’ football in schools is shameful, Ian Wright was spot on

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Huge numbers of young Lionesses fans won’t have a football club to join in September – the gap in access between boys and girls is shocking.

By Katherine Lucas

Ian Wright could have been lost in the moment, while most of the nation was still lost in wonder at Alessia Russo.

While Sweet Caroline was ringing around Bramall Lane, nobody was thinking ‘what a state girls’ football is in this country’. There was no-one dwelling on how few girls will actually get to play football when this summer of...

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