Ladies football teams from Middlesbrough Female Academy and Gateshead Female Academy played a match at Middlesbrough College to re-enact a football match from 100 years ago and a commemorative wreath was laid.18-5-18 Pic Doug Moody Photography
TWO women’s football teams have taken to the field to commemorate a match which took place exactly 100 years ago.
Middlesbrough Female Academy and Gateshead Female Academy met at Middlesbrough College to replay a match between teams from Tyneside and Teesside held on May 18, 1918 – exactly 100 years ago.
The game marked a significant point in history when women’s football attracted large crowds and dominated headlines, and was a catalyst for social change.
This time it was the Teesside team’s turn to lift the trophy as Middlesbrough, representing Bolckow Vaughan Ladies, beat Gateshead, representing Blyth Spartans Munitions Girls, 7 – 2.
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