Mary Earps: Comments Like Joey Barton’s Reflect Broader ‘Misogynistic’ Issue In Football

By Pearl Byrne In an interview with the March issue of Women’s Health UK magazine, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year winner indirectly responded to Joey Barton’s ongoing sexist online comments and echoed Chelsea boss Emma Hayes’ claim that football is “routinely used to dealing with systemic misogyny” and it is a society-wide issue. Ex-footballer Joey Barton has created …

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Rebecca Welch to be first woman to referee Premier League match

Rebecca Welch is set to become the first woman to referee a Premier League match on Dec. 23 when she takes charge of Fulham vs. Burnley. The 40-year-old became the first woman to act as a fourth official in a Premier League game last month when Fulham played Manchester United. In January this year she was the first woman to …

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Joey Barton dismisses sexist claims and slams ‘woke agenda’ of female pundits in men’s football

Joey Barton has defended his comments online in which he remarked that “women shouldn’t be talking with any kind of authority in the men’s game” and that he can’t take anything female pundits say “serious in the men’s arena.” Speaking on ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored’, he stated that his credentials as a former player and fledgling manager make him a “bonafide …

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