Trans footballer who broke a woman's knee quits team and threatens lawsuit over female players refusing to play against them

Also whilst it was unfair we were getting whipped every week so it goes to show one player doesn't make that much a difference. However it was unsafe. As I say I didn't enjoy training with her. I was 18 though and as I knew it was in the rules there wasn't much I could do about it.
I will say I feel it's quite common now at my level too to see a transgender player as we see it a lot with opponents. There's definitely a massive difference and it is unfair.

I didn't like the abuse she got, which is quite different to objecting to someone playing for/against you. I've just been brought up in a way that you can get your point across without resorting to abuse. I absolutely didn't think it was fair for her to play but at the time it was all within the rules.

Your one who’s been playing for Kent won’t be happy… (interesting, incidentally, that they supposedly don’t want to be tested to find out if they have an intersex condition as opposed to, you know, low testosterone 🤨)

@chutneysauce so you didn't want to play against them, but defended them playing to other people who didn't want them playing... dont you see that as hypocritical?

The player did face a lot of abuse every single week and we did actually get quite defensive

I wonder if it was because you knew as a team you had an unfair advantage? You traded your own saftey when training for an advatage when playing, so were defensive about the criticism?

The players want to play in a womens match and dont perceive their opponent to be a woman.

What he is demanding is that the law forces others to believe he is a woman. With the help of the government and institutions he can get legal recognition, but can governments, the law and football association get the population to believe?

Sorry @ErrolTheDragon that was me ✋️, mis-countying they/them. I forgot the Telegraph link too and there was a least one bad typo. I'll try to do better.

Oops pressed post before I'd finished...

We did get defensive for any abuse she would face and stick up for her.

I have to agree though we were at a quite big advantage at times due to her strength. I used to hate training at her especially when I was in goal and she would smash the ball at me very hard from very close range. I did hate that and refused to go in goal against her after that.

I play football and as a much younger woman, we did have a transgender female in our team. It was an issue at first and players did complain, not about the fact that it was completely unfair which it was) but they felt uncomfortable in the changing rooms. However there was nothing they could do about it so we got on with it and did get used to it.
The player did face a lot of abuse every single week and we did actually get quite defensive

The position that some sporting bodies, inc the FA is so clearly ludicrous. The sport is segregated by sex - except when it isn’t.

<I’m still reeling from being told by England Hockey that it’s fine to let special men play in women’s teams because ‘players come in all shapes, sizes and abilities’ 😱>

I was wondering about that too. I imagine there was a huge amount of social pressure - maybe they had a few full on handmaidens and the rest of them were afraid to speak up.

But still though! What if other teams started recruiting men to keep up - then his teammates wouldn’t be safe from having their own bones broken any more. I always find the inability of TRAs to think about the long term consequences of what they’re doing quite astonishing. Especially when it comes to women’s sports, where it’s so obvious.

😁- I like your DD's style. Future judge.

Let's hope the insurers are paying attention. And refusing to insure clubs that allow men to compete against women. That'll sort it.

The article says that if he had dropped out Rossendale 'Ladies' wouldn't have got a game before next February!

Rossington (rossendale is in Lancashire). They should have kept to having a team of 11 women in the first place.

Bit by bit, drip drip drip. Sports bodies are at least beginning to understand why men shouldn't be able to compete with women and acting to prevent it. Soon, I hop, they will all find safety in numbers.

I wonder how that'll go down in Australia and New Zealand?

In different sporting news International Cricket Council are no longer allowing TW to play on women’s teams.

Yes, that's why I mentioned it. I have complained to the BBC, not that they take a blind bit of notice.

Needham said: “I sincerely hope that this issue of perceived discrimination against me can be resolved peacefully...

Peacefully? So what's going to happen if it's not resolved peacefully? Sounds like a threat to me.

Well it wouldn’t surprise me. The BBC are knee deep in this woke obsession, and so are usually very biased in their reporting.

I also wonder why on earth the women on the same team put up with this. It obviously gave them an unfair advantage - were they willing to put all other considerations to one side just for the sake of having a better chance of winning?

Yes. And if she or anyone connected to her is reading, if that requires financial support please get the word out.

I hope the woman whose knee was broken is taking legal advice as to whether she can sue the FA for creating an inevitable risk to her safety.

A TW I know claims to have a sort of 'trans gaydar' that enables them to spot when they aren't the only trans in the village rather than the the ability to recognise men that the rest of use.

What a mess. How have we come to this? Frightening.