Inside the FIFA World Football Museum presented by Hyundai, there is a quote from pioneering women’s footballer Nettie Honeyball.
“We only play under association rules … and we play for the sake of pure sport only.”
Honeyball said these words in 1895.
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The museum, located in Les Halles in the middle of Paris, offers a timely reminder of how long women’s football has been played, and the many obstacles women’s players have faced over the years.
It also charts out the modern era of the women’s game, which began in earnest with the first Women’s World Cup in China in 1991.