Female Football Players and Fans

1. Introduction
Stacey Pope, Gertrud Pfister

Part I. Women’s Football and Female Players

2. It’s Still a Man’s Game? The Experiences of Top-Level European Women Footballers
Sheila Scraton, Kari Fasting, Gertrud Pfister, Ana Bunuel

3. Women, Football and European Integration: Aims, Questions, Methodological and Theoretical Approaches
Gertrud Pfister

4. The Beginnings of Women’s Football in South-Western Germany: From a Spectacle to a Sport Event
Markwart Herzog

5. Women’s Football Leagues in Europe: Organizational and Economic Perspectives
Marie-Luise Klein

6. Outsiders on the Inside: Integrating Women’s and Men’s Football Clubs in England
Jo Welford

7. ‘Who Could Name an England Women’s Footballer?’: Female Fans of Men’s Football and Their Views of Women’s Football in England
Stacey Pope

Part II. Female Football Fans and their Experiences

8. A Socio-Historical Account of Female Experiences of Football’s Golden Age in England
Stacey Pope, John Williams

9. Is There a Life Beyond Football? How Female Fans Integrate Football into Their Everyday Lives
Verena Lenneis, Gertrud Pfister

10. ‘One Is Not Born, But Rather Becomes a Fan’: The Socialization of Female Football Fans—A Case Study in Denmark
Gertrud Pfister, Svenja-Maria Mintert, Verena Lenneis

11. Women’s Football Supporter Culture in Sweden
Aage Radmann, Susanna Hedenborg

12. Challenging or Accommodating the Football System? A Case Study of Female Football Supporter Communities in Spain
Ramón Llopis-Goig, Helena Flores

13. Gender, Play and Identity: A Longitudinal Study of Structure and Agency in Female Football Fandom
Cornel Sandvoss, Emily Ball

Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sport, Sport Psychology, Gender Studies