SEXISM IN FOOTBALL
in a recent football match between Blackburn Rovers and Fulham, there was something majorly different.. the commentator was a WOMAN by the name of Jacqui Oatley (a Wolves fan). .. .
this should have be a break of a new dawn, which would introduce more female commentators, instead she was criticised by some of the other commentators and audience. One called her performance during Fulham's 1-1 draw with Blackburn "truly horrendous", while another said the commentary sounded like "the noise at a kids' party".
Dave Bassett opined that:
"Commentary is different. You must have an understanding of the game and the tactics, and I think in order to do that you need to have played the game."
He also said:
"When she commentates at the weekend, I shall not be watching."
One sportswriter felt it was an "insult" to her more established BBC colleagues. Colleagues like Motty actually wished her well. The Premier League, Fulham manager Lawrie Sanchez and managing director David McNally, and Blackburn chairman John Williams were intelligent, supportive and generous.
i think its pretty pathetic to knock someone down on their first attempt at something they have not done before, i did not listen to the commentry myself but she couldnt have been THAT bad!!.. i mean its better than listening to commentators chatting crap, commenting on how wonderful cristiano ronaldo is and how wayne rooney is the worlds best player aswell as hyping up little teams with big money (chelsea!). Oatley knows about football, she was on the football team in school and university till she broke her leg. she has a great understanding and passion for the game. BBC Head of Football Niall Sloane stood by his decision to give Jacqui her chance and insisted she will cover more matches.
SUCCESSFUL WOMENS TEAM
On Monday 7th of May, the Arsenal womens team became the first to win the QUADRUPLE.. on their 20th anniversary.
they won the league title, the league cup, the FA cup against Charlton Athletic and became the first British womens team to reach the UEFA cup final and win it against Swedish team UMEA IK who had already won it 3 times. It could be argued that at Arsenal Womens (click to see roll of honour) team is more succesfull then the Arsenal Mens (click to see roll of honour) team, it would be interesting to see them both play eachother.
Its good to see that the media is broadcasting some of the womens cup finals on TV, though i was disappointed to read the Daily Mirror which was plastered with Manchester United winning the league, they won the league on SUNDAY, the media had all of Monday to broadcast it, on the Tuesday they should have had the Arsenal Ladies on the back page. i know it is asking alot, but i think womens football needs some recognition of some sort, especially if they have done the QUADRUPLE which none of the English League teams have failed to do (im not sure if any of the mens or womens teams from the foreign league have accomplished this). instead all i saw was a tiny teeny article about 3 sentences long in the bottom corner of the page. even the Arsenal website itself didnt bother doing major articles or interviews with the players, instead there was irrelevent news in the 'headlines' sections about the mens team and how they need to score more goals next season. some football websites such as Aston Villa's fail to even have a section on their site about their womens team. i know not many cares about womens football, who needs to watch womens football when there is mens football, but atleast it needs some sort of acknowledgement when such succes has been accomplished.
but i am glad that womens football is becoming some what popular, 24,529 supporters turned up to watch the FA cup final against Charlton Athletic, thats more than some grounds can hold!
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