Women’s game flourishes despite ill will from football’s dinosaurs

Women’s football has a tradition of forward thinking and could be one step away from finally overcoming antiquated attitudes

Now here’s a thing. Of the 81 posts in the comments section of a recent football column on the Guardian website, over 25% were deleted by moderators on the grounds that they “didn’t abide by our community standards”. Often a genteel way of saying they have been expunged for being excessively abusive or obnoxious, these purges are depressingly common “below the line” of articles posted on our football site, many of which tend to prompt comical levels of mouth-foaming among the more rabidly one-eyed and tribal supporters of assorted high-profile teams. The kind of super-fans who convey the impression they would do anything to support their team except attend an actual game, these keyboard warriors are surprisingly delicate souls who can be very easily riled. It should come as no surprise that the article in question was about Manchester City, one of several top-tier outfits whose mere presence in a headline can be enough to make the blood of many readers boil.

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/26/womens-football-emma-hayes-chelsea