ABSTRACT The success of women’s football over the last few years, nationally and internationally, has encouraged fresh study and appreciation. Research using provincial newspapers has yielded particular insight. Reference is made to the deployment of this source type in informing the ‘origins of [men’s] football’ debate. Through the late 1900s and into the next century, major urban centres, working-class football and the local press were expanding hand in hand. This article discusses the emergence of women’s football in Lincolnshire, with a focus on the instrumental cultural role of provincial news media in recording, promoting and critiquing. The investigation was undertaken to support the production of a play and exhibition in 2018, celebrating First World War ‘munitionette’ teams. The exhibition was remounted for the 2019 Women’s World Cup. Press language is complex, contradictory and changeable, from early late-nineteenth century reports up to those surrounding the Football Association’s controversial 1921 ban.

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省级报纸、体育报道和女子足球的起源、兴衰：林肯郡，1880 年代至 1940 年代

摘要 过去几年女子足球在国内和国际上的成功鼓励了新的学习和欣赏。使用省级报纸的研究产生了特别的洞察力。在告知“[男子]足球的起源”辩论时，参考了这种源类型的部署。从 1900 年代后期到下个世纪，主要城市中心、工人阶级足球和当地媒体正在携手扩张。本文讨论了林肯郡女子足球的兴起，重点关注省级新闻媒体在记录、宣传和批评方面的工具性文化作用。进行调查是为了支持 2018 年的戏剧和展览的制作，以庆祝第一次世界大战的“弹药”团队。该展览是为 2019 年女足世界杯重新举办的。