Plaque of the net
Daily Mirror UK|August 26, 2024
Top ladies' team finally gets honour 100yrs after FA ban
ANDY LINES
Plaque of the net

ONE of England's greatest ever women's football teams is finally being recognised 100 years after they played their last game.

The final whistle blew for St Helens Ladies in the 1920s after the FA controversially banned women from playing organised football.

Now, the grandson of one of their stars is to unveil a blue plaque where the team once played.

It will be a proud day for football historian Steve Bolton, 60, whose granny Lizzy Ashcroft was a member of the last St Helens side.

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