Pride of the Lionesses: The Changing Face of Women's Football in England

Carrie Dunn

Pitch Publishing (Brighton) Limited, 2019 - Social Science - 224 pages

While England's Lionesses headed to France for the 2019 Women's World Cup as superstars in search of silverware, FA upheavals back home were moving the goalposts for the newly all-pro elite teams, for part-timers and amateurs alike. Is women's football in England actually growing from top to bottom - or is it just another slick PR campaign?

About the author

Carrie Dunn is the author of The Roar of the Lionesses - named one of The Guardian's best sports books of 2016 - and Football and the FA Women's Super League (with Joanna Welford). Carrie has reported on the last two Women's World Cups for The Times and for Eurosport.com, and regularly features on BBC radio discussing and commentating on women's football.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Pride of the Lionesses: The Changing Face of Women's Football in England
• Author: Carrie Dunn
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Pitch Publishing (Brighton) Limited, 2019
• ISBN: 1785315412, 9781785315411
• Length: 224 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Women's Studies; Sports & Recreation / General; Sports & Recreation / Soccer; Sports & Recreation / Women in Sports