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Due to the nature of my course, I am required to be on set a lot in varying locations. This week I was unable to attend my diss prep lesson due to being on a shoot for my course. I will try to reduce the amount that this can happen, however I am aware that this may be unavoidable.

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As we have only just started our diss prep sessions, I have began to think about the possible avenues that my dissertation could go down, however, I am currently involved heavily within my course and I'm struggling to make time for my dissertation.

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- The use of studio televisions in the 21st century
- The extent to which the television license is still relevant in today's society
- How has women's football changed since its emergence.
- How have podcasts changed the audio based media landscape

I have begun with a very wide variety of options to choose from, these are all subjects that interest me and gives me a wide base to choose from.

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I have spoke with peers and tutors about my subjects and have decided to reduce amount of avenues to go down. I am going to focus my attention on the television avenue. It is the degree that I am studying and therefore is not only an interest of mine but is something that can benefit my knowledge in the field.

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I have decided that it may be wise to have a back up question in case the lecturers are not as keen on my subject matter. I believe that if this question is not to materialise, I will follow the avenue of womens football.

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I have decided to go with the question below:

"How has studio television changed in the UK in the 21st century"

I believe that this has promise and could result in a very interesting essay.

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Some research points that I have been looking into regarding my question.

- The ways in which studio operations have changed.
- Jobs lost due to the changes in studios.
- The sort of films/tv being made in new studios.

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I reached out to my tutor, Adam, to gain his perspective on my question.

This was his feedback:

Hi Louis, I’d suggest you are more specific in your question, and have a limited time period to research and discuss in your dissertation.

For example: ‘In what ways has television studio technology and operations changed in the last 10 years?’.

I have decided to be more specific in my question and give myself a ten year time period to work in.

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Upon further reflection, I have decided that I do not want to go down this avenue for my dissertation. I am struggling to find motivation to write about this subject and therefore I am going to change my question to my back up question that I luckily had prepared.

However, I am continuing to follow Adams advice in being more specific in the time period.

Therefore, My new lead question is the following:

"To what extent has female representation within football changed in the last 10 years?"

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These are the new topics that I have been researching within this essay subject:

- How women's football has been received amongst fans.
- How the funding in women's football is changing.
- How female pundits are treated online and in the workplace.
- Who are the people channeling the change that is needed.

I feel a lot more engaged and excited about this topic, I am glad that I made the decision to switch topics.

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I am happy with my new subject and feel more comfortable in writing about it, however, this has come in a time in which I have a lot of projects on at the same time. I am not alone in this as well, which is proving difficult when trying to get people for interviews. I will attempt to increase my attention on this as best I can.

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- Interview a female presenter in football.
- Interview a wide array of fans about their opinions.
- Go to more womens games to see a variety of stadiums and match day experiences.
- Learn more about the origins of women's football to contextualise my knowledge of how it is now.
- Interview female backroom staff members in football.
- Interview a female footballer and a female coach.

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Unfortunately, due to being on set, I missed the formative session, therefore, I asked some of my peers to assess my question and my work as of yet and this is what they had to say.

"Your question is really interesting and definitely needs to be spoken about, maybe consider how drastic the change has been and really highlight the state of the game at the start of your time period compared to how it is now"

"Make sure not to blur the lines between mens football and womens football, they are very different games and deserve their own conversations."

"You might struggle for key writers as less has been written about this subject as its so current, so maybe look at key figures instead to gain key information."

"Think about whether you are just looking at the english game or whether this is talking internationally. There is a big difference there which could be explored."

All of these comments have been massively helpful in my direction of where my research will take me. These have all helped me to consider every side of the conversation and what I really want to cover in my essay.

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Women’s Super League matches have attracted an average combined peak audience of almost one million across Sky Sports and the BBC in the opening five weeks of the season.

The peak averages were 318,400 on Sky and 668,000 on the BBC, the Football Association said as it launched a three-year strategy for the women’s professional game that includes targeting average match attendances of 6,000.

“We have a fantastic opportunity with Sky and BBC to build that awareness and signpost fans back,” said Kelly Simmons, the FA’s director of the women’s professional game. “We are averaging around 2,200 in the WSL at the moment and pre-Covid it was about 3,000 but that was skewed by some really big attendances off the back of the Women’s World Cup, so when you pull those out we’re back to where we were. We obviously want to keep building on that. Fans have not been able to come to games for some time so we have to recreate that habit.”

Also targeted are financially sustainable WSL and Championship structures within the next five years. Whereas the sustainability of clubs is a longer-term aim amid rising player wages and club ambitions, it is believed that five years is a realistic goal for the leagues.

“We’ve been doing a lot of work on the predicted future revenues and where we would want to invest and where that might break even,” Simmons said.

The FA is reviewing league ownership and although the chair of the WSL and Women’s Championship board, Dawn Airey, said they were “some way off” a decision on the leagues’ future she added that she “would anticipate that within the next couple of years that it will change”.

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“We realise that as the leagues become more successful and as the amount of money coming in to women’s sport is increasing, it would benefit from a real focus and potentially be a standalone new company,” she said. “We are some way off from reaching a decision on the future of the leagues, in terms of the structure and how it’s run but it is a very active conversation and is being done hand in glove with clubs.

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The opening weekend’s fixtures in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League achieved a record number of 1.5 million viewers.

The first weekend of the Barclays FA WSL campaign saw three matches screened live across the two broadcasters, with a significant peak audience tuning in for Manchester United v Reading (366,000) and Arsenal v Chelsea (311,000) on Sky Sports and Sky Showcase, and Everton v Manchester City (800,000) on BBC One.

In addition, a peak audience of over one million tuned into the first Women’s Football Show of the season, which was broadcast on BBC One.

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Researchers have claimed that more than two-thirds of male football fans harbour hostile, sexist or misogynistic attitudes towards women's sport.

A study led by Durham University, based on a survey of almost 2,000 male football supporters, detected what it terms "openly misogynistic masculinities", irrespective of age.

Although progressive opinions among men were strongly represented they were not as common as hostility and sexism and the researchers suggest this indicates a backlash in advances in gender equality.

The study was set in the context of increased visibility of women's sport in recent years, most notably since the 2012 London Olympics and the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada, where England secured a bronze medal.

Dr Stacey Pope, an associate professor from Durham University's department of sport and exercise sciences, was the lead author, with her team assisted by researchers from the Universities of Leicester and South Australia.

Their analysis was based on the responses of 1,950 male football supporters who regularly use UK-based fan message boards.

"This is the first study to examine UK men football fans' attitudes to women's sport in an era in which women's sport has experienced a significantly increased media profile," said Pope. "Our research showed that attitudes towards women in sport are, to some extent, changing, with more progressive attitudes. However, the findings are also reflective of a patriarchal society in which misogyny is rife. There were numerous examples of men from across all generations exhibiting highly sexist and misogynistic attitudes."

A sub-group of 507 respondents who answered particular questions were divided into three categories: those displaying progressive views, others harbouring overtly misogynistic attitudes and covert misogynists.

The first band of 24% expressed strong support for equal media coverage of women's sport, with many saying the 2015 Women's World Cup had represented a watershed.

Yet some of the overt group - 68% of those polled - suggested women should not participate in sport at all, or, if they did, would be better suited to more "feminine" pursuits such as athletics, rather than football. Media reporting of women's sports - a sphere regarded as intrinsically inferior - was seen as "positive discrimination" or "PC nonsense".

The 8% of fans branded covertly hostile comprised the smallest group. They typically expressed progressive attitudes in public before revealing more reactionary private opinions.

The co-author John Williams, from Leicester University, said: "The increase in media coverage of women's sport was openly supported by some men. But it also clearly represents, for others, a visible threat.

"This is at a time when there are more widespread anxieties circulating among men about how to establish and perform satisfying masculine identities. For men like these, there was a pronounced anti-feminist backlash."

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Researchers have claimed that more than two-thirds of male football fans harbour hostile, sexist or misogynistic attitudes towards women's sport. A study led by Durham University, based on a survey of almost 2,000 male football supporters, detected what it terms "openly misogynistic masculinities", irrespective of age.

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Alex Scott is now one of the most high-profile broadcasters in the country (Photo: Getty)

Less than a decade ago, the question of whether a woman might ever be a pundit for a major men's international football tournament was mostly posed as a hypothetical.

Discussing the idea, BBC broadcasters at the 2014 World Cup noted that they wanted pundits who had experience in the men's sport.

And in 2018, when Alex Scott and Eniola Aluko became the first women pundits at a men's World Cup for the BBC, despite glowing reviews from some, others still questioned their presence. Simon Kelner wrote in i at the time: "It's like getting a netball player to discuss major league basketball."

However, in 2021 the cast of talent discussing the men's game is markedly more diverse. ITV had seven women on its team of 31 for the Euros, compared with two in 2016. The BBC had nine women, compared with three in 2016.

Scott, who earned over 100 England caps, will also become the first woman to host the BBC's Football Focus.

But alongside the progress, there has been a fierce backlash. From online sexist comments to even clubs calling out individual female pundits for their analysis, the path to equality has taken its toll on some of its history-makers.

Sue Smith was the first woman pundit to speak about the men's game on the BBC's Final Score and Sky's Soccer Saturday and she has seen dramatic changes since she began her media career over a decade ago.

"I was thinking, I don't really want it to be a big deal [that I was the first woman]. I just want to go and do my job," Smith tells i . "And now you see so many women there, it's brilliant. I think you build it up sometimes that it's going to be this really daunting experience with these men that have been doing it for years... and it's not, they're fine," Smith says. "Yes, we're getting more opportunities now... But you have to be good at your job and you have to make sure that you work hard. It's not just a tick box."

The former England player says she felt prepared for negativity, but one vicious Twitter pile-on made her question her choices. "I'd like to think I can sort of take quite a lot. And I think your football career probably sets you up for that... you get used to getting that constructive criticism. But yeah, [social media abuse] it does take its toll," she says.

She reconsidered her career choices after being asked back to the studio days after being hounded online for forgetting to mention Sheffield United's Billy Sharp during analysis.

"I remember thinking, I don't know if I want to go in, I don't know if I want to do something else, something where I don't have all this pressure and these negative comments. And I thought, do I need a change of career?"

Abusive comments are something that Sky Sports and TalkSport presenter and former England international Lianne Sanderson also knows only too well. In June, she marked the first day she hadn't received abuse since she started punditry with a tweet.

"Some people think it's a weakness to show that it impacts you but something has to be done. It's sad that was the first time that's ever happened, but I thought I'd tweet about it because it is a positive thing."

Both Sanderson and Smith express frustration at the idea that women pundits are a "tick box exercise" for broadcasters, a criticism they both receive regularly. "I'm not asking to be on the TV because I'm black or because I'm gay or because I'm a woman," Sanderson says. "I want to do what I'm doing based upon how good I am. Everyone

has to work really hard. But when you're a woman, you have to research more. If I get one name wrong, I know it's going to be trending on Twitter."

Smith says the negativity she receives is usually related to her gender, and often references the kitchen. "No matter how hard you work," she says, "no matter how much you do, you will always get scrutinised that little bit more."

Dr Stacey Pope, an associate professor at the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University, says the backlash to more women analysing football on screen can be linked to a "revolution" within football which occurred after tapes were leaked of Andy Gray and Richard Keys making sexist comments about assistant referee Sian Massey in 2011.

"If that had happened in the '90s, perhaps they would have just gotten away with that," Pope says.

After the incident, Sky Sports became more inclusive of women, no longer hiring them, Pope suggests, for their looks, but rather their knowledge. "If we think about how football has traditionally been a male preserve, the moment you have women moving into those spaces, showing their knowledge and understanding, that's where you're going to get the backlash, that's going to be the most threatening thing,"she says.

"Suddenly you're demonstrating that women have the same skills and it's not got that clear gender-demarcated space any more."

Both Sanderson and Smith are positive about the future. "When I was younger I didn't see a Karen Carney on the TV or a Sue Smith. There weren't women doing football analysis," Sanderson says. "But now you see people like myself and kids believe they can be you, It gives people a chance to realise they can do it."

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Less than a decade ago, the question of whether a woman might ever be a pundit for a major men's international football tournament was mostly posed as a hypothetical. Discussing the idea, BBC broadcasters at the 2014 World Cup noted that they wanted pundits who had experience in the men's sport.

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Eniola Aluko has become the first female pundit in the 50-year history of the BBC’s Match of the Day.

The Chelsea and England striker made her debut on the live lunchtime MOTD2 Extra webcast, hosted by Mark Chapman, as part of a panel including the veteran commentator John Motson and the former Republic of Ireland international Kevin Kilbane.

Aluko, sister of the Hull City striker Sone, criticised Wayne Rooney’s red card hack at Stewart Downing during Manchester United’s victory over West Ham: “There were four recovering defenders – there was no need for him to make that foul. There was no need for him to lash out like that.”

Thanks for all your comments :) Im honoured to be the 1st ever female football pundit on @BBCMOTD Theres a 1st for everything :)
— Eniola Aluko (@EniAlu) September 28, 2014

After the broadcast, Aluko, whose clubs include Charlton Athletic, St Louis Athletica, Atlanta Beat, and Birmingham City, took to Twitter to acknowledge the milestone. She said: “Thanks for all your comments :) Im honoured to be the 1st ever female football pundit on @BBCMOTD Theres a 1st for everything.”

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England's footballers have come a long way since they were embarrassed by losing to Iceland in 2016. And so have the broadcasters.

The rosters of presenters, analysts and commentators at ITV and the BBC are markedly more diverse than they were five years ago. Of the 23 people that ITV announced as part of its on-air team for the tournament in France then, only two were women - Jacqui Oatley and Eni Aluko - and five were from ethnic minorities. This time, the team of 31 includes seven women and 14 people of colour.

The BBC has also sharpened up. Three women - Gabby Logan, Kelly Cates and Caroline Barker, all presenters - and five people of colour were among the 40 it announced would be covering Euro 2016 for national TV and radio. Now there are nine women, working in every role available, and 10 with a minority ethnic background out of 45.

"This is really overdue," said Genelle Aldred, the author of Communicate for Change and a committee member of Women In Journalism. "We're really pleased to see it and we welcome it. But we'd also welcome greater representation across the board as well."

Katie Bailiff, the chief executive of Women in Film and Television, said: "Things are starting to move in the right direction. But I can't quite bring myself to backslap or holla and whoop just yet. We are after all in 2021 and over half the population are, in fact, women."

It may seem obvious to some that the TV panels and commentary teams should be diverse. When Alex Scott, who won 140 caps for England and has a runner's-up medal from the 2009 European championships, talks about the pressure of big games, she is clearly talking from experience.

Yet the picture was radically different a decade ago. Football was almost entirely male-dominated, a fact underlined when tapes were leaked of Andy Gray and Richard Keys making lewd comments about assistant referee Sian Massey in 2011.

The Euro 2012 presenting team.
Photograph: Andrew Hayes-Watkins/BBC

The following year, only Gabby Logan was involved in coverage, as a roving reporter at the England camp for the BBC, and when the broadcasters were asked at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil whether a woman might ever be a pundit, the response was that only those with direct experience of the sport could analyse the game. Later that year, Aluko - 102 England caps and 18 goals - was invited on Match of the Day, the first female pundit on the show, and then worked as an analyst for ITV during Euro 2016.

"Hopefully by breaking new ground, it won't seem like such a big deal for other players to be hired in the same way, and it won't be too long before women appear on football shows on a weekly basis," she said at the time.

Lucy Ward, a former Leeds United striker, said that Scott and Aluko had enabled other women to work in the men's game - Ward was co-commentator on several Premier League games for the first time last season on Amazon Prime and BT Sport.

"I was a good player, but I didn't get 100 caps for England," she said. "Quite a lot of people who don't know me would go 'and?' Those women blazed the trail for someone like me."

Ward began her TV career in 2007 at the Women's World Cup in China after a conversation with former BBC Sport editor Lance Hardy. She believes the change was wider than just with broadcasters, with decisions by clubs such as Manchester City to treat women's football on a par with the men's game creating a vital change in culture. "When you go to the Etihad, you see pictures of the women's team up there. If they win a cup, their picture goes up alongside Agüero and de Bruyne - it slowly changes attitudes of the majority of people."

Ward's agent, Warren Haughton, said part of the reason there were more opportunities for black former players now was because the most recent generation of retirees was more diverse. "You've got Micah Richards, Alex Scott, Ashley Williams, Ashley Cole - it is diverse. And it has to be diverse because the players who are retiring now are young black men and women who are still very close to the game."

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Younger and more diverse: TV's team of pundits now reflect their game

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England's footballers have come a long way since they were embarrassed by losing to Iceland in 2016. And so have the broadcasters. The rosters of presenters, analysts and commentators at ITV and the BBC are markedly more diverse than they were five years ago.

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Former Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright says he is "embarrassed" by the abuse female football pundits face.

Women including former England players Alex Scott and Karen Carney have received sexist abuse on social media because of their roles.

However, fellow Match of the Day pundit Wright says he has had to "up his game" because of how prepared his female colleagues are.

"I'm embarrassed by [the abuse]," said Wright, 57.

Speaking to the Game Changers podcast, he added: "I feel for them because they've got no wiggle room. When they're on the television, if they say anything wrong they're taken to the cleaners. People want them cancelled and it's unfair.

"When women come on, they know that they are under amazing pressure because people are looking to find fault with anything they say. So they're very, very prepared."

In January, Carney - who in 2019 became the first female co-commentator on the men's game on BBC Radio 5 Live - deleted her Twitter account, three days after a tweet by Leeds United questioning her comments as a pundit led to online abuse.

In 2019, Scott said she receives sexist abuse "every single day" on social media because of her role, while she received further abuse in 2020 when she was linked with replacing Sue Barker as presenter of A Question of Sport.

But Wright says female pundits such as Carney and Scott "deserve" their roles.

"I was on with Lianne Sanderson the other day, it was a joy. She knows so much," he said.

"They've made me up my game. When you listen to what they say, they make you have to research more, and that's what it's about.

"They shouldn't be put off by it because they're doing the work to be on there. They deserve to be on there."

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The average under-23 player in the Premier League earns 2.13 million British pounds per year in basic pay, while 23-29 and 30-plus year old players earn an average of 3.52 and 3.17 million British pounds respectively.

Within each age group there is significant positional variability, with forwards and midfielders typically earning more than goalkeepers and defenders.

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The average under-23 player in the Premier League earns 2.13 million British pounds per year in basic pay, while 23-29 and 30-plus year old players earn an average of 3.52 and 3.17 million British pounds respectively. Within each age group there is significant positional variability, with forwards and midfielders typically earning more than goalkeepers and defenders.

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Women's football is growing at an incredible rate of knots. Punters can now find women's football betting odds on many of the top female competitions - much to the delight of soccer fans around the world.

With the likes of England and Brazil now offering the same rate of pay for men's and women's international teams, there is a platform for female soccer to thrive.

Finances are part and parcel of the modern sport. The best male footballers are earning an extortionate amount of money per week - and the highest paid female soccer players are making a decent living too.

Highest Paid Female Footballer 2022:

According to football media publication France Football, Ada Hegerberg was the highest earning female player in 2019 - with the United States star making $518,000.

To put that into some kind of perspective, that is just 0.3% of Lionel Messi's earnings in the same year.

Salary figures in football are obscene, particularly when you make comparisons to the men's game. Even Premier League referee salaries can sometimes rival the average female soccer player wage...

Without further ado, it is time to look at the latest financial figures regarding the best paid female footballers. There are some familiar names on this list, with two female Ballon d'Or winners making the cut.

8) Amandine Henry

A rock in midfield for France, Henry comes next on our list of the highest paid female soccer players in 2020. According to figures, Henry's annual salary is $394,500 which puts her just ahead of France teammate Wendie Renard.

Like most of France's successful stars, the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Ball winner plays for Lyon at club level and she is one of the first names on the teamsheet. As captain of the French national team, she is irreplaceable.

To put her earnings into perspective, Paul Pogba is the eighth highest paid male footballer in 2020. Both play for France but Pogba's annual salary is 58 times higher than that of Henry - a statistic that shows the discrepancy between male and female soccer pay.

6) Ada Hegerberg

The highest paid female player in football in 2019, Hegerberg is one of the most popular icons in women's soccer. Her presence on the field is enough to swing betting expert betting tips in a football match.

Like many others on this list, the Norway star plays for Lyon at club level and she is the sixth top paid player in women's football.

Hegerberg's salary is recorded at $425,000 for 2020 but she also earns a lofty sum of money through various sponsorship deals. That contract with Nike puts her as one of the sport's highest profile athletes...

The first player ever to be awarded the Ballon d'Or Feminin, you could argue that Hegerberg is worthy of a place higher up on this female soccer earnings list. Keep an eye out for the Norway star on Nike adverts in the coming months.

4) Megan Rapinoe

If you watched the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, you will know all about United States star Megan Rapinoe. Climbing up to fourth on the list of the highest paid female players in 2020, Rapinoe was named the Best FIFA Women's Player in 2019.

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In addition, Rapinoe claimed the coveted Ballon d'Or Feminin award in the same year - two feats that contributed to her hefty $447,000 salary. She is a legend of the sport and is widely regarded as a pioneer for change at the highest level of women's soccer.

Rapinoe is sponsored by Nike but she falls short in her bid to break into the top three highest paid female footballers. Expect to see plenty of Rapinoe in the media and on the soccer field for years to come.

3) Alex Morgan

Now playing for Tottenham Hotspur in the Women's Super League, Morgan is arguably the biggest icon in women's soccer. Known all around the world for her immense performances on the pitch, Morgan has worked her way to the very top of the football world.

With an annual base pay of around $450,000, Morgan's yearly salary is not atmospheric by any means. In fact, the majority of her income comes from major endorsement deals with the likes of Coca Cola, Nike and McDonalds.

She has appeared on the front cover of two different editions of the FIFA soccer video game franchise and is a social media veteran. In fact, she is the most-followed female footballer on Instagram - Morgan is undoubtedly the most commercial player in soccer.

1) Carli Lloyd

Lloyd is the highest earning female footballer in 2020 - and nobody could say she doesn't deserve that title. One of the best players around, the Sky Blue FC star has been a pillar of consistency since making her debut in 1999.

Known predominantly for her incredible record for the United States national team, Lloyd has showcased her talent on the biggest stage of all. In 294 international games, she has scored an incredible 123 goals - making her a popular pick in football prediction tips today at major tournaments.

Given what she has achieved throughout her career, her $518,000 annual salary is hardly consistent with that of an all-time great but she at least tops the list of the highest earning women footballers.

Lloyd's career is coming to an end but she has helped influence young girls across the United States to follow their dreams in women's soccer.
Credit for the main photo belongs to Francois Mori / AP Photo* FIRST PUBLISHED: 12th October 2020

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Highest Paid Female Footballers - Top Earning Women Soccer Players

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Women's football is growing at an incredible rate of knots. Punters can now find women's football betting odds on many of the top female competitions - much to the delight of soccer fans around the world.

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Yesterday (Tuesday 24 May 2022) saw an announcement of a new FA Women's National League Strategy, which aims to ensure the advancements in quality across the professional game are also harnessed throughout Tiers 3 and 4 of the women's football pyramid. This is solely funded by the Premier League to support eight key areas: players; coaches and leaders; referees; club development; league development; facilities and infrastructure; commercial; and marketing and communications.
Baroness Sue Campbell, The FA's Director of Women's Football, said:

"The launch of this strategy is game-changing for the women's football pyramid. It will ensure The FA WNL can maintain pace with the wider growth of the women's game, and the clubs and their players can thrive both on and off the pitch.

"We want to say a huge thank you to the Premier League for their support, without which none of this would be possible. The money they are investing will transform the experience for everyone who plays in the third and fourth tiers of women's football."

Women's National League clubs will be able to apply for grants of up to £20,000 to develop the grounds they play at through the Premier League Stadium Fund. Grants can be used for projects that will enhance the matchday experience for female players, fans and officials. The FA will be working with clubs to identify their facility needs, with funding being made available this summer. Grant administration will be handled by the Football Foundation. For more information, visit premierleague.com/stadiumfund.

The FA Women's National League comprises of the six divisions below the Women's Super League and Women's Championship. It will contain 72 first teams in the 2022/23 season and currently has 3,500 registered players across first and reserve teams.

The new funding for women's football forms part of the £1.6 billion the Premier League will invest between 2022 and 2025 to support communities and the wider game.

Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston said:

"Getting children, and in particular girls, excited about sport from a young age stays with them for a long time and brings many benefits in terms of physical and mental health improvement.

"It's really great that the Premier League is providing support right the way down the women's football pyramid, including these investments into tiers three and four. This support is absolutely fantastic. There's so many girls who want to get involved in football and this investment will make a meaningful difference right across the country."

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What the FA is doing, equal pay at international level

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The Football Association has revealed that it pays women the same appearance money as men when they play for England.

Parity on match fees and bonuses for games outside major tournaments has been in place since January, the FA said, in response to a question whether it would follow Brazil in paying male and female players the same for a senior international cap.

On Wednesday the Brazilian football federation joined Australia, Norway and New Zealand in publicly committing to equal pay.

"The FA pays its women's players exactly the same as their male counterparts for representing England, both in terms of match fees and match bonuses," the FA said. "This parity has been in place since January 2020."

England's players are understood to receive a match fee of about £2,000, which is donated to charity by all the men and some women.

Despite the equal pay committed to by the FA, the money England's male and female players can earn from major tournaments differs enormously because of the gender disparity in prize money offered by Fifa and Uefa.

Had England won the women's World Cup last year the players would have received £50,000 each in FA bonuses. By contrast, the men would have got £217,000 apiece for winning the 2018 World Cup.

The bonuses are paid out of the Fifa prize fund. Whereas the French FA got $38m in prize money for its team's triumph at the 2018 World Cup, the US Soccer federation received only $4m for winning the 2019 women's competition. In total, Fifa awarded $30m to the competing women's teams and $400m to the men.

England's female players will have received equal match and bonus pay from the FA for the first time in March at the SheBelieves Cup in the US. They are also on central, FA-funded contracts on top of club salaries. This covers about 30 players, with the majority paid about £30,000 in a tiered system that starts at £15,000 and reflects age and seniority.

Pay in the Women's Super League, England's top tier, has increased markedly but whereas leading players can earn up to £200,000 a year, salaries start at approximately £20,000.

Such wages are dwarfed by the pay senior male internationals receive. The average Premier League salary was put at more than £3m by the Global Sports Salary Survey last December, and many England players earn substantially more.

The push by female international footballers for equal pay has been most vigorously pursued by the US. Its players have been involved in a bitter dispute with US Soccer and have appealed against a judge's decision in May to dismiss their claim.

A group of 28 USA women's team players had been seeking $66m in damages under the Equal Pay Act, citing "institutionalised gender discrimination".

When Brazil's FA announced its move to equal pay the coach of its women's team, Pia Sundhage, said: "This is historic. Being a part of this is very special."

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The 2022 Vitality Women’s FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium attracted a new record attendance

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Alex Scott is a pundit for the BBC at this year's World Cup (BBC)

Alex Scott MBE has been a refreshing edition to the BBC's World Cup punditry line-up this summer.

The former Arsenal and England defender has offered viewers the almost unheard of combination of valuable insight and enthusiasm, leaving many stunned that such a pundit even exists.

From those who go out of their way to be controversial to the majority who appear to never do any research, finding a good pundit is as rare as a Mark Lawrenson smile.

Read more: Alex Scott - interview: 'I want boys and girls to know it's normal for women to talk about football'

But in Scott, the BBC have unearthed a brilliant analyser who is smashing any prehistoric misconceptions about female pundits in football that somehow still blight the game.

Ahead of France's World Cup opener against Australia on Saturday, the 33-year-old spoke eloquently about both sides, showing an impressive depth of knowledge that put most of her contemporaries to shame.

Viewers from home certainly agreed.

She was particularly insightful about France's two relatively unknown full-back selections of Benjamin Pavard and Lucas Hernandez.

Having been a full-back herself, Scott was already well-placed to discuss the defenders, but she showed off her knowledge by discussing their strengths and weaknesses, highlighting that both are not naturally wing-backs and that they should stick to what they do best - defending one-on-one situations.

She was proved right, for Pavard looked uncomfortable when asked to venture forward by Les Bleus, while Hernandez likewise struggled to make an impression.

Football background

Scott is one of the most successful English footballers of all time.

She started her career at Arsenal, joining the club as an eight-year-old before breaking into the first team in 2002.

The right-back would spend most of her career with the Gunners, with brief spells at Birmingham City for a season in 2004 and then in the ill-fated Women's Professional Soccer league in the United States with Boston Breakers, where she spent two seasons from 2009 to 2011. Ahead of the 2014/2015 season, she was appointed Arsenal captain.

During her time with the north London club, Scott won five Premier League titles and one Women's Super League, as well as seven FA Cups. She also played an important role during Arsenal's unprecedented quadruple winning season of 2006/2007, winning the Premier League, the FA Cup, the Premier League Cup and the Uefa Women's Champions League. Arsenal are still the only English side to have triumphed in the competition.

Scott is also one of the greatest players to have put on an England shirt. She made 140 appearances for her country before retiring in 2017, a 13-year career that started with a debut against the Netherlands in 2004, and included appearances at three World Cups. She was also part of Great Britain's 18-player squad for the 2012 Olympics in London.

Scott was awarded an MBE for her services to football in the 2017 New Year's Honours list.

Media

Since retiring from football, the former full-back has become more involved in television in media, writing a column in the Morning Star newspaper as well as presenting CBBC's Match of the Day kick-about programme on Saturdays.

It is perhaps no surprise then that she has looked so at ease in Russia where many before her have stuttered.

And now that she is a mainstay of the BBC's coverage of the tournament as well as a regular feature on the Beeb's daily World Cup podcast, she may just save us all from the tedium that has beset football coverage in recent years.

More on World Cup 2018:

Five selection dilemmas facing Gareth Southgate ahead of England v Tunisia Ageing Croatia still have hope of one last World Cup hurrah in an open Group D Diego Maradona accused of 'clearly racist gesture' towards South Korea fans at World Cup

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According to FIFA there are 29 million women and girls playing football worldwide and the aim is facilitate 60 million by 2026.

Women's football is rapidly growing around the world, but whilst the numbers are important, it is also interesting to look beyond these statistics to the reasons why Women's football is expanding so rapidly. Similarly, the consequences of a growing game raise important questions concerning the governance of the game and whether women are adequately represented in leadership positions across the sport. Let's begin by looking at the growth of women's football in Europe specifically, before discussing the Women's World Cup.

In Europe alone, data provided by UEFA noted the following for the season 2013-14:

1,162,314 registered female players

48 national women's football leagues

719,098 registered female youth players

25,313 women's senior teams

21,285 female youth teams

69,533 clubs with women's teams

11 national associations with national academies for girls

7,505 female referees

39 national associations with women's football committees

369 national association coaches working in women's football

464 female members of national association committees in Europe

€80,679,700 spent on women's football by national associations in 2012/13

You can compare and contrast growth and change between 2014 and 2017 by using the date below for 2017. The data provided by all national associations via an annual women's football survey, and is supplemented with UEFA Grassroots Charter data collected in June 2017.

The figures in the report bear witness to the growth in women's football throughout Europe:

Registered female players: Went from 1.270m in 2016 to 1.365m in 2017, an increase of 7.5% in one year.

Countries with more than 100,000 players: England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden

Professional and semi-professional players: More than doubled in four years, from 1,680 (2013) to 3,572 (2017)

Qualified coaches: Increase to 19,474 (2017) from 17,553 (2016)

Qualified match officials: From 7,505 (2013) to 12,785 (2017) - a 70% four-year increase

Girls football: A growth in women's youth teams from 21,285 (2013) to 35,183 (2017)

The CIES 2014 Women's Football Survey reported:

4,801,360 registered players world wide.

27,126 being the average number of registered female players per member association.

Governance

As of January 2016, only two of the 209 Presidents of the Member Associations of FIFA were women.

With just 40 registered players in 2008, it is easier for Andorra to record a large percentage increase than it is for Norway, which had 107,500 registered players in 2008. In percentage terms, Romania (511%) and Kazakhstan (446%) have seen the largest increases over the last five years, while in absolute terms, Turkey (46,353) and the Netherlands (11,734) lead the way.

As the number of registered players increases, so do the resources dedicated to women's football. The total amount of money invested in the sport is almost three times higher than it was in the 2012-13 season. Indeed, all of the figures for women's football are higher for the 2013-14 season than they were for the 2012-13 season, which supports the notion that there has been progress within women's football in Europe. It should be noted that one additional national association (Gibraltar) has joined UEFA, which may affect these figures to a certain extent.

In the UK, England has played a major role with its new 'Game Changer' strategy, which seeks to increase investment and attract more funding for women's football.

Women's World Cup

The first FIFA Women's World Championship was held in the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1991, fulfilling a pledge made by then FIFA President João Havelange at the 1986 FIFA Congress in Mexico City. The US women took the new trophy and set new standards for their female colleagues around the world. The next iterations of the FIFA flagship competition for women were held in Sweden (1995), the USA (1999 and 2003), PRC (2007), Germany (2011), Canada (2015) and France (2019).

In 2015, the women's tournament was hosted from 6 June to 5 July by Canada, who won the right to host the event in March 2011. The 2019 event in France was the eighth FIFA Women's World Cup, as the women's football world championship tournament is a quadrennial international event.

The 2015 event was not without its controversies, most notably in the lead up to the tournament when a number of players filed a lawsuit against FIFA's ruling that the tournament would be played on artificial turf, and not the traditional grass that the men's tournament is played on.

Some of the top women players refused to play in the 2019 event as they were involved in equal pay lawsuits with their home associations.

Australia recently announced that in % terms it would equalise pay between the men and women's international teams in Australia? What other countries do this?

World rankings

In January 2020, the USA led the world rankings in women's football with Germany in second, followed by Netherlands, France and England.

North and South Korea are both in the top 20.

England, Australia and Netherlands have all progressed up and France, Canada, Japan, Brazil and Sweden have all fallen slightly.

The USA went back to the top of the FIFA rankings after winning the 2019 FIFA World Cup.

If you aggregate the top men and women's ranked countries together who would come out as the top football nation?

We do not claim to have the most up to date figures here but [ please tell us more from what you have found out from more recent surveys of women's football. Remember the key thing is to be able to use data to explain trends.

You can see the most up-to-date rankings by clicking on the link below.

FIFA Women's World Rankings

Where are we now?

Both FIFA and UEFA have published recent strategies aimed at growing the game of football for women and girls.

FIFA published a report dated 9 October 2018 and entitled "Women's Football Strategy", initiating a strategy for the growth of women's football with the aim of communicating and marketing the game more effectively.

FIFA seeks to double the number of female players by 2026 to 60 million, raise the standards of women's football clubs and leagues across all member associations, and double the number of member associations that have organised youth leagues by 2026. In the shorter term, the objective is to ensure that by 2022, all FIFA member associations have developed comprehensive football strategies and that there will be a greater cooperation, education and advocacy for women's football between FIFA, the confederations and member associations.

In October 2018, UEFA also announced7 its own measures to support the growth of women's football. This included increasing its financial support. Under the UEFA HatTrick assistance programme, which distributes funds to its 55 federations for approved projects, the UEFA women's football development program (WFDP) will increase its funding to each federation by 50%, from 100,000 to 150,000 Euros.

What is happening in your country to support the growth of one of the fastest growing team games in the world - women's football?

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Women's Football: Key Information and Statistics

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Broadcaster lands ground-breaking Barclays FA Women's Superleague three-year rights deal starting from 2021

Sky Sports to show at least 35 live matches per season

Barclays FA Women's Superleague strengthens Sky's portfolio of both football and women's sport

Sky Sports is excited to announce a ground-breaking, three-year deal with the FA to become the primary broadcaster of the Barclays Women's Super League (BFAWSL) from September 2021.

As one of the most competitive leagues, with some of the most famous names and teams in the world, BFAWSL will be one of Sky Sports flagship offerings.

The deal will see Sky Sports show at least 35 games exclusively live per season and further strengthens the broadcaster's position as the market leader in football and women's sport.

In addition to live BFAWSL matches, customers can watch coverage from the Premier League, English Football League, the Scottish Premiership and UEFA qualifiers as well as wide range of women's sports.

The acquisition is the first commercial broadcast deal of its kind for the FA-owned league, considered to be the best women's league in Europe and, arguably, the world.

Sky Sports will now begin a recruitment process for the best in class on and off-screen production team as part of the plan to align BFAWSL with the broadcaster's other big sporting leagues and events.

The BFAWSL will get the full Sky Sports treatment with lengthy build-ups and reaction to all live matches, plus daily news from the competition across Sky Sports News and Sky Sports digital platforms.

Rob Webster Managing Director, Sky Sports said: "We are delighted to add the Barclays FA Women's Super League to our expanding football portfolio. Our goal is to bring our customers more of what they love, and we are certain the WSL will be a success with our football-hungry viewers.

"We look forward to working with The FA and building a close partnership that helps grow the women's game now and for future generations. With the addition of the Barclays FA Women's Super League, Sky Sports truly is the home of football."

Kathryn Swarbrick - FA Director of Commercial and Marketing said: "We are absolutely thrilled to have secured this game-changing partnership that will ensure the Barclays FA Women's Super League becomes more visible than ever before.

"This is a multi-million pound commitment from Sky that is going to help push the women's game on even further and support our ambition of having the best professional women's sports league in the world.

"S ky's vision for women's football is very much aligned with our own, and that was made clear during the tender process where they outlined some very exciting plans for showcasing the Barclays Women's Super League. We are really looking forward to working with them."

Just some of the headline events on Sky Sports in 2021 include the inaugural edition of The Hundred, The Lions Tour, the Ryder Cup and every race exclusively live from the 2021 F1 season.

Earlier this year, Sky Sports announced that all its live host broadcast events in 2021 will be albert certified sustainable productions, including every match of the BFAWSL season show live on Sky Sports.

Sky Sports and NOW will show at least 35 BFAWSL matches, the BBC have 22 matches and the remaining matches will be available on the FA Player.

Sky is Europe's leading media and entertainment company and is proud to be part of the Comcast group. Across six countries, we connect our 24 million customers to the best entertainment, sports, news, arts and to our own award-winning original content.

Our technology, including the market leading Sky Q, connects people to everything they love - with entertainment from Sky TV, Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video and BBC iPlayer, and apps like Spotify, YouTube, BBC Sounds, Highbrow, Fiit, and more, in one place, easy. Our streaming service, NOW TV, brings viewers all the enjoyment of Sky with the flexibility of a contract-free service.
About NOW
Building on the success of Sky Originals like Chernobyl, Bulletproof and Brassic, we are doubling our investment in original content by 2024 through Sky Studios. Sky News provides impartial and trustworthy journalism for free, while Sky Arts, the UK's only dedicated free-to-air arts channel, makes the arts accessible for everyone. Our new TV and movie studio, Sky Studios Elstree, which will open in 2022, is expected to create over 2,000 new jobs and generate an additional £3 billion of production investment in the UK over the first five years.

We believe that we can be a force for good in the communities in which we operate. We're committed to being Europe's first net zero carbon entertainment company by 2030 and we're proud to be a Principal Partner and Media Partner of COP26. We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we've been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for our commitment to diversity and we've set ambitious 2025 targets to continue to increase diversity and representation. We're also committed to investing £30million across our markets over three years to improve our approach to diversity and inclusion, and to tackle racial injustice.

NOW is the home of brilliant entertainment. We're one of the UK's leading streaming platforms with critically acclaimed shows, new and exclusive movies, unmissable sport and epic kids TV - all with no contract. Join in with an Entertainment, Cinema, Sports, Kids or hayu Membership to stream instantly across TV, mobile, desktop and over 60 other devices. Watch on the go and even offline with our app by downloading shows and movies.

Entertainment Members can enjoy critically acclaimed dramas, documentaries and comedies, Emmy award-winning shows, the best of HBO and exclusive Sky Originals. Cinema Members can discover over 1000 brilliant movies, from the latest blockbusters and classic favourites and a new premiere every day. Sports Members cheer on unmissable Premier League, international cricket, F1, golf and more - all live, across 11 Sky Sports channels.

Plus, members can enhance their experience with NOW Boost - that's full 1080p HD, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and streaming on up to 3 devices at once, for an extra £3 a month.

For super-fast broadband, members can enjoy a contract-free connection with a NOW Brilliant Broadband, Fab Fibre or Super Fibre Membership.

Learn more: nowtv.com

See what's on offer: nowtv.com/offers

Follow us: facebook.com/NOWTV

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Join the conversation: https://twitter.com/NOW

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Please check individual broadcaster schedules for details about which matches will be televised or streamed in your territory.
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Selected matches will be streamed live in certain territories on UEFA.tv. Highlights of all matches will be available to view as of midnight CET.

Europe

Outside Europe

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka: SonySix

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine (Gaza strip & West Bank), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, South Sudan Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen: beIN Sports MENA

Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Falkland Islands, French Guyana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St Barts, St Christopher, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Martin, St Pierre & Miquelon, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tortola, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands: ESPN

Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo Republic, DR Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissa, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, St Helena and Ascencion, Studan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe: W-Sport

Bolivia, Chile, ﻿Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela: ESPN

Bonaire, Saba, St Eustatius: ESPN

United States (including American Samoa, Guam, Mariana Islands, Midway, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands): ESPN, TUDN

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Karen Carney says the online abuse she has suffered has "changed" her and that social media companies "don't understand" the impact it has.

Carney was the target of online abuse after a tweet by Leeds United questioned her comments as a pundit.

It resulted in the ex-England player deleting her Twitter account.

"The only way I could make them (social media companies) understand was to say 'do you want another Caroline Flack on your hands?'" Carney told BT Sport.

Former Love Island presenter Flack, who took her own life aged 40 in February 2020, suffered online abuse and, during the December prior to her death, 'In a world where you can be anything, be kind,' on Instagram.

"It's definitely changed me, the impact it's had on me. I've seen it with other pundits, I'm not just speaking about myself," said Carney.

Carney said Leeds "out-run" opponents and an enforced rest during the Covid-19 pandemic aided their Championship promotion push last season.

She made her comments during an Amazon Prime broadcast of Leeds' 5-0 win over West Brom in the Premier League on 29 December.

"I came off air and got in the car and remember saying to the guy who drives us home 'it's kicking off' and I felt physically sick," said Carney, who won 144 England caps.

"I was sat the whole night, until three or four in the morning, in this daze. It was horrible."

Football clubs, players, athletes and a number of sporting bodies are taking part in a four-day boycott of social media in an attempt to tackle abuse and discrimination on their platforms.

It began at 15:00 BST on Friday, 30 April and will end on Monday, 3 May at 23:59 BST.

Carney added: "It was relentless. I can't even describe it. People that know me know this is the job we do and choose to do it, but I'm low key, a simple girl who loves football.

"I don't want to be bombarded on social media platforms. It wasn't for one hour, it was for three or four days and now it still comes up, people still send me abuse.

"Recently I've been on a lot of government calls with the social media platforms - but they don't understand.

"The people in charge of social media say 'we're doing this, doing that' but they don't understand, I'm just a number."
If you are affected by the issues in this article, help and support is available at BBC Action Line.

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Research Report: Beyond 30% - Female Leadership in Sport - Women In Sport

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Published 2017 "How do you create an environment that is conducive to anyone applying? It is about creating environments that are diverse. Full stop. That will naturally draw women in." Executive Summary The report provides quantitative and qualitative research into the numbers and experiences of women on the board and in senior leadership roles in ...

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Over the course of the summer, my priorities shifted towards getting more work within my industry. Therefore, my dissertation took a back seat.

However, to my good fortune, the England Lionesses managed to be triumphant in this years Euros. This was a huge sign post in my dissertation. It began a much larger conversation about women's representation in sport and how the media has portrayed them.

Due to this momentous occasion in the women's game, I was able to find a lot more material for my research. Throughout the tournament, I bookmarked anything that might help me in the future and tried to set myself up as much as I could for the start of the academic year.

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Today in class, myself and Hayley discussed my idea for the dissertation. She was extremely helpful and gave me a lot of structural insight into how i'm going to write my essay and how to be analytical as opposed to descriptive.

As well as this, we spoke about the breadth of my question. Going into the lesson, I had a question that explore women's football over the last 10 years. This is due to all of the aspects that have indeed developed over the last 10 years such as the media, fan perspective and the game itself. I still believe this to be true, and it is an important topic to discuss. However, I think that there has been no greater sign post of change in the women's game than the Euros this summer.

Therefore, with Hayleys help, I have decided to change the timing of my question to cover the events of the euros and how its changed the women's game.
I haven't finalised my question but at least I now know what I will be covering.

We also spoke about how I would section my essay. We finally landed on the following structure:

Section 1 - historical context and setting the scene of women's football as a whole.

Section 2 - Pre women's Euros, how companies and clubs prepared and interacted with the event.

Section 3 - Post Euros, how it is perceived now and what the future may hold.

I am feeling a lot more confident about my dissertation and how I am going to approach it. I am hoping to complete more research and expand all of my ideas so that I might then whittle it down to a more concise and analytical essay.

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How to make sure my sections are unique

playing with the structure in the chapters

possible merging of topics due to more content in certain areas.

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In the wake of the 2022 women European championships how is women football perceived 

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In the wake of the 2022 women European championships how is women football perceived 

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Now that I have established a question that I am happy with, I think it is time to really consider my structure and how I will develop a coherent argument.

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So, In this past week, I have been looking at the wealth of information that I have to explore, whether that is in the individual periodic sections or within the actual topics that I am exploring.

With this in mind, I thought it wise to not focus too much on The representation of women within the media or compare the funding to the men's game as much but to rather, focus on the perception of the fans. The other topics will naturally flow into my arguments as they still hold such a bearing on the perceptions but I don't want to make my question too broad.

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- Establish some key ideas for the arguments
- Set up at least one interview from research
- Begin initial research of historical factors of women's football.

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So I have now established some initial arguments for my essay, using this as a framework to begin a dissertation plan. Using my 'Three Act' structure to create the best framework and then filling it with my points.

I have also now spoken to my first interviewee, Kristy Robinson, in order to ask about an interview. It will be a written one. I have sent her the questions and I am awaiting a response. Kristy is a really good interviewee as she has played grassroots football and is a big fan of the lionesses. She is very knowledgable and gives a greta insight into the opinions of the fans.

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I didn't have the time to really start looking at my historical factors so that is now my priority.

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I have decided to take some time off from my dissertation, I have lots of other priorities with other parts of my studies being very busy and I have had recent work opportunities come my way, therefore for the next three weeks, I won't be focusing on my dissertation. I will be coming back to it at the end of November with more of my attention.

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So having taken a break from my dissertation, I have now returned to it with more attention and readiness to successfully write a coherent and interesting essay.

This was out final week with Hayley, so it was my last in person chance to get any advice and she was really helpful with helping me compartmentalise my chapters, it can seem quite daunting at times so I appreciated her calmness, she also advised me to start exploring more academic texts, I don't have that many as its such a recent topic but I am looking into how I can work books into my research.

I have even begun writing my first chapter, it is currently in its first draft but I am quite happy with the points made and have added another piece of primary research to my list. I have interviewed Hugo Morel, My father, on his early obsession with Leeds Utd in order to explore how television has played a role in fanship.

I am enjoying this process so far, but I am slightly apprehensive about the workload.

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In the past week I have Finalised another interview with a camera operator who worked on the women's euros, Tyler Evans. He was pitch side at the tournament. This is a really good interview in my opinion, it allows me to talk to someone who was actually at the event. He saw first hand how the team reached its success and how it impacted the fans within the stadium. He has sent me lots of answers to the questions I have put to him, and has given me a really interesting insight. Although I don't believe that I will use his information until the end of the essay as it links with my final chapter. It has contextualised a lot of the essay for me and given me a really nice outlook for the rest of my writing.

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- Create a questionnaire for general public, anonymous responses about the essay.
- Read first hand accounts about the Lionesses. Beth Mead has a biography out recently, So I am going to read that to get a better understanding of the mindset of the players.

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In the past week I have made the effort to read the beth mead biography and I have also started to look into some more texts in order to gain a better understanding of the history of the sport as well as the mindset of the team.

I haven't had the time to create the questionnaire so that is still something that needs to be done. However, I have begun chapter two, it's in its first draft and I am attempting to not be too descriptive, however, it is proving somewhat difficult. I am finding it very interesting however, especially with the comparisons in funding.

I have discovered a campaign about the gender pay gap within the euro sponsor companies that is really controversial. I want to explore it however, don't think I have the words or time to really delve into that argument, I could talk a lot about the topic but feel I would get too off track.

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- Questionnaire to be posted
- Continue exploring the arguments for my second chapter..
- Maybe have a look back at chapter one to make sure I'm not repeating myself.

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In the run up to Christmas I have been working to get as much done as I can in the last few days, however I have not been writing very analytically, I'm concerned I may need to go back through my essay a lot and change things to get a better outcome.

The Final section is something I am really looking forward to writing, I feel as if it is my time to really hit home my points and prove my argument in the essay. Although I will have to spend time showing the facts and the event, but it will allow me to reflect on the past two chapters and almost have a pre conclusion to my essay.

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- Finish chapter 2
- Begin Chapter 3

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I am taking a little bit of time off to enjoy Christmas and the new year.

I will continue in 2023 and finish my final chapter

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So having come back from Christmas, I am fuelled with enthusiasm to complete this essay. I have made some progress and have come to the end of chapter 2 and making progress on chapter 3.

I have made some progress with editing chapter 2 and becoming more analytical. So I am happy with where I am. I have had to come back and forth from home quite a lot for family matters but have tried to regain some progress.

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Finish chapter 3
Look to start Intro and Conclusion

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I have started to really develop my Bibliography, I have a lot of my content stored online, but I am yet to put it all in my bibliography. I am confident that I have done enough research and I now just need to put that in the document.

I am nearly finished with the last chapter but have not begun my intro or conclusion. i want to save this till the end, to have a full and complete vision of my essay. Once I am done, I can 'top and tail' my essay with my two paragraphs.

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- Finish chapter 3
- Do bibliography and in text citation

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This past week has been extremely stressful but  am finally nearing the end of my project. I have very kindly been issued a 5 day extension, due to personal matters. This has been an immense help to me, I have been allowed more time to get the best out of my essay and really submit something that I am proud of. I have finished the Essay now its the chapters, written my conclusion and just need to finish my introduction and bibliography.

I am really happy with the three chapters, I am looking forward to having a piece of work that I genuinely care about.

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Finish Intro
Proof read
SUBMIT

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I have Completed my dissertation!!! I am extremely proud of myself for this essay, I am confident that I have produced a really good piece of work, I have proofread my work and it is a genuinely interesting piece to read.

Just need to add my cover sheet and I'm done.

I hope this progress map is an insight into my journey through this essay, its been quite a large section of my life for the last 6 months and I am really glad to finally say that it is finished.

Thank you for reading all of this, until next time. x
Louis