If you’re interested in women’s football or in football in Trafford or Manchester here are some video interviews we did as part of the work on the #WEuro2022 Heritage Lottery funded project for Trafford. These interviews are with women who played for Manchester Corinthians, Manchester City, Manchester United, FC Redstar, & Macclesfield:
We start with Jan Lyons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHkt5rGOJ5E
Now Gail Robertson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TO4nnHtp-U&feature=emb_logo
Next Lesley Wright:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPgjj84gHfw&feature=emb_imp_woyt
Finally, Jane Morley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tbzsOIpO7I&feature=emb_imp_woyt
Here’s an interesting clip of the Corinthians playing in 1960:
Margaret Shepherd and Margaret Whitworth were also filmed as part of the wider project (they were interviewed by Wigan & Leigh). Here they are:
Margaret Whitworth actually appears on this BBC clip from 1960 playing:
Also, here’s my talk explaining about the history of women’s football:
This talk on the history of women’s football was staged at the National Football Museum on 1st July as part of my work on a consultancy basis with Trafford local archives. The talk lasts about 47 mins. Enjoy!
There will be a video of the panel discussion mentioned in this talk that will appear as a part 2 later. Maybe next week?
The Trafford Archive website I mention during my talk is available here:
https://exploringtraffordsheritage.omeka.net/exhibits/show/traffordwomensfootball
Gary James' Football Archive 