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A Woman to Know: Nettie Honeyball

A Woman to Know: Nettie Honeyball

There is no reason why football should not be played by women, and played well, too. — Nettie Honeyball

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There is no reason why football should not be played by women, and played well, too. — Nettie Honeyball

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In 1894, when Nettie Honeyball (not her real name — we still don’t know her real name!) first began putting ads in the classifieds looking for fellow female footballers to start a team, she was doing so with one very ambiti…

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