Denmark wins the World Cup final in football for women across Mexico in 1971. Image: Ritzau / Alamy Stock Photo

From the July 2019 issue

“No one could take the memories”: The forgotten story of how Fifa suppressed women’s football

Football’s governing body, Fifa, wants us to believe that women’s football has never had it so good. But history tells a different story—and it’s one that those who run football would rather was forgotten

By Gemma Clarke

June 7, 2019

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Gemma Clarke is the author of “Soccerwomen”

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