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Lost My Heart to the Belles
by Pete Davies
Pete Davies spends a season with the Doncaster Belles and finds a unique group of people
with an abundance of talent and a vividly earthy humour. The inspiration for the BBC tv
drama Playing The Field.
Published by Mandarin, 1997.
ISBN: 0-74932-085-0
326 Pages with 8 pages of photographs
RRP: £14.99HB, £7.99PB
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A Game For Rough Girls
by Jean Williams
The result of several years of original research, the book traces the continuities in women's participation since the beginnings of the game, and highlights the significant moments that have influenced current practice.
Paperback 240 pages (April 21 2003)
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415263387
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The Dick Kerr's Ladies
by Barbara Jacobs
The more beautiful game - the women who played championship football. A wonderful read about the womens team that regularly pulled in gates of over 30,000 in England.
Paperback 288 pages (July 29, 2004)
Publisher: Constable & Robinson
ISBN: 1841198285
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The Girls of Summer
by Jere Longman
If you watched the U.S. Women win the lasy World Cup and you still think about them from time to time, read this book! From Shannon Macmillan's being a virtual runaway to Mia Hamm's being born with serious foot problems, this book tells the whole story of the women's rise to that vivid, sunstruck moment when Bradi Chastain whipped off her top and stunned America.
Paperback 320 pages (April 1, 2001)
Publisher: Perennial
ISBN: 0060934689
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In A League of Their Own!
by Gail Newsham
Published by Scarlet Press, 1997.
ISBN: 1857270290
160 Pages with 16 pages of photographs
RRP: £9.99PB
A lovely history of the Dick Kerr Company women's team that started in Preston, Lancashire, England in 1917 to raise money for charities. (The first recorded women's game in England was on Saturday, March 23, 1885 at the Crouch End Athletic Ground in north London arranged by the British Ladies Football Club). By 1920 Dick, Kerr Ladies Team played before a paying crowd of 53,000 in Everton, the next year the English FA banned women from playing on FA affiliated pitches, a ban that kept women out of the English FA for over 50 years. Meanwhile the Dick, Kerr team kept the women's game alive for the next 40 years. This book covers the women, scandals and prejudices that the players met during their efforts to play soccer. Well worth reading, and it helps put into perspective the current explosion of women's soccer in the world.
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Belles of the Ball
by David J Williamson
Published by R & D Associates, 1991.
ISBN: 0951751204
RRP: £6.99PB
A history of womens football in Britain, covering the early days of the boom 1920's and the subsequent FA ban through to the modern era.
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Mia Hamm (Women Who Win) 
£5.69 (9% off)
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All in the Game 
£6.99
Robin, once a star player, is coach to her small-town team when Penny joins the squad. The side blossoms as young Penn wins and wins. And Penn is delighted to recognize that special gleam in Robin's eyes. Can true love find a way?
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Astroturf Blonde 
by Alyson Rudd
Published by Headline, 1998.
ISBN: 0-74722-256-8
242 pages HB £14.99
Alyson Rudd plays football for both men's and women's teams, a
brave, and often bizarre venture into both sides of the football-sex-agenda.
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Mia Hamm (Champion Sport Biographies)
£6.32
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Soccer for Girls
by Graham Ramsey
Published by Benford books, 1998.
ISBN: 1-56649-1436
80 colour pages with full colour photographs.
RRP: US$12.95 PB
This excellent learning guide is perfect for aspiring young
footballers to learning essential tips, tricks and strategies. Features 2 colour photos of
Karen Walker in action, plus many more.
A Girl's Guide to Ball Games
by Sue Mott
Published by Mainstream
ISBN: 1-85158-868-X
£15.99 HB 222 pages
A guide to what women really know about playing with a ball, and an
insight into the current state of womens team sports in England.
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