Referee Changing Rooms

[May2024]

Does anyone know where football referees get changed?

"Lucy" Clark is the first trans manager in English Women's football, just wondered where he would change.

JK tweeted * When I was young all the football managers were straight, white, middle-
aged blokes, so it's fantastic to see how much things have changed.*

I make no apologies for the the Daily Mail link

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13407513/JK-Rowling-accused-cruelty-mocks-transgender-football-manager-comparing-straight-white-middle-aged-bloke.html

It has... predictably got worse.

Sharron Davies MBE

I get emails like this every single day. It is bloody shameful

WISH TO be anonymous due to threats i know we will get.....but please can you highlight Sutton united football Club on your platform.
The womens team turned down a female manager at the club for 9 years to hire transgender referee lucy clarke with no previous experience in Women's football ....the female manager left the club...Now Lucy Ckarke has signed Blair Hamilton a 6ft 34 year old trans goal keeper who was a man for 27 years and the female goalkeeper has been let go.....
This club need to be held accountable for pushing womem out of womems football it's disgusting.....

Yes. I saw that Hamilton was recruited.

And that the experienced female staff member ended up leaving. What a mess.

I wonder though, if they did a
count of how many males are in the female football teams in the UK now in the upcoming season whether it would be more than the 70-80 we were told were there earlier this year. I would hazard a guess it will be growing quite fast.

Ohh women being pushed out of sport! I need to grab my popcorn to watch all the TRA tell us the ladies need to man up. Are they defending the indefensible on twitter? I better hurry.

I'm being flippant, but I need a laugh.

Read the OP.

Lucy Clarke just sacked a female goalkeeper and replaced with a male (tw). Lucy Clarke has previously said they want to field an all TW team one day, and is now taking steps to do so. The Sutton team have refused to play, they will have no support from the FA over this.

JKR knows how to pick her targets and is endlessly being justified.

Well done to the Sutton women. I hope they are all sticking together and their families are supporting them because this will be hard.
It's a lot to ask, but I wonder if they would be prepared to do a Lynne Pinches and take the FA to court. Certainly should contact FPforW or their local WRN for advice.
Regardless of the FA policy, both appointments would appear to have unlawfully discriminated, directly or indirectly.

Stay strong Sutton women!
You will have a lot of pressure on you but your actions are so important in protecting women in sport.