The history of women's football has seen major competitions being
launched, but it's players have faced many struggles over the decades.
Although its first golden age occurred in the United Kingdom in the
early 1920s, with matches attracting large crowds, the Football
Association initiated a ban in 1921 that disallowed women's football
games from taking place on the grounds used by its member clubs. This
ban remained in effect until July 1971.
The first FIFA Women's World Cup was held in China in
1991. Since then, the sport has gained in popularity and over 1,12
billion people worldwide watched the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in
France. (adapted from
Wikipedia)
However, it is still not easy to find groups of women to play with in Lisbon, for example π€·ββοΈ
π nor are great names of the sport all that well known.