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Transgender footballer Francesca Needham says she’s being discriminated aga

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Iam64 Wed 22-Nov-23 19:54:03

Francesca was born male, went through puberty as a male. She is 30 years old and plays for Rossington Main Ladies. On 29 October, she caused an injury to an opponent that resulted in a broken knee. Since then, two teams in the Sheffield and Hallanshute Women and Girls League have postponed matches. Francesca is said to be considering legal action for discrimination after opposing teams refused to play against her.
It seems the women in opposing teams say they feared playing against her after the injury caused by her blocking a shot.

It seems football is behind other sports in allowing trans women who went through puberty to compete against adult females.

My daughters played football in girls teams. I really wouldn’t have wanted them playing against boys

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MayBee70 Sun 10-Dec-23 20:42:16

Yes. I think it was to make them more saleable at the time. I’ve seen some very tubby event and showjumping riders over the years but, when I think about it, like most sports, the people taking part seem to be leaner and fitter these days.

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foxie48 Mon 11-Dec-23 08:31:57

MayBee70

Yes. I think it was to make them more saleable at the time. I’ve seen some very tubby event and showjumping riders over the years but, when I think about it, like most sports, the people taking part seem to be leaner and fitter these days.

There has been an attempt to bring maximum weight of riders in, mainly aimed at showing but not exclusively. I still see riders who are too heavy for their horses/ponies, which of course is a welfare issue but I rarely see it amongst competitive riders in other disciplines, especially not eventing when horses are usually super fit and so are the riders! Horses that are too fat is also a welfare issue, especially in showing when people try to bulk up a horse with fat rather than muscle.

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