In the past, it was really accepting that women and girls would have short hair. It's like if you are a good footballer and you've got short hair, then you must be a boy - and that is really bizarre.

Nearly six feet tall, she had jet black hair and, like many sportspeople ... 1,000 goals on her way to becoming the most famous female footballer of the early 20th century. Parr was born in ...

so she cut her hair short, called herself Billy and played for the boys. It was the 1960s and the Football Association (FA) had banned the women's game from being played at professional grounds ...

Let’s get behind them and show our female footballers our total support.” Rose had to cut her hair short and change her name to Ross just to get a game with her local boy’s team as women’s ...

Rose had to cut her hair short and change her name to Ross just to get a game with her local boy’s team as women’s football was banned when she started out. But she went on to leave Ayrshire ...