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Banning women’s football after they supported striking miners was a shameful act
SUZANNE WRACK was taken aback by the Channel 4 documentary which analysed the social and political context of the FA banning women’s football after the first world war

Channel4’s coverage of the women’s European Championship finals as a whole has been patchy, inconsistent and under-advertised — at best.

If you do manage to navigate All4 to a game not featuring England you’ll be lucky to find commentary and be treated to a “coverage will be back soon” message at half-time.

Imagine that in a men’s international. It’s a real shame given how competitive and exciting this tournament is as a whole and you’re left wondering why the broadcaster bid for the whole tournament if they were going to do it such an injustice?

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