ABSTRACT This paper provides an overview of an oral history project focusing on the experiences of female footballers, in particular those playing for Manchester City Women since its formation as a community initiative in 1988, through to its modern-day position as a leading Women's Super League club. It discusses the development of the project, analysis of the methodology employed and provides high-level findings on the club's history, the participants and the research process. For too long female participation, even at England's most famous clubs, has not been widely recognised, reported on or understood. This project, supported by a professional football club, begins to address these omissions. It does so by focusing on personal testimonies, together with archive material to generate an historical account of how a team, established as a community initiative, developed into a major trophy-winning club.

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在体育史上建立女性：曼城足球俱乐部

摘要 本文概述了一个口述历史项目，重点关注女足球员的经历，尤其是自 1988 年作为社区倡议成立以来为曼城女足踢球的经历，直至其作为领先的女足超级联赛的现代地位俱乐部。它讨论了项目的发展、所采用方法的分析，并提供了有关俱乐部历史、参与者和研究过程的高层次发现。长期以来，女性的参与，即使是在英格兰最著名的俱乐部，也没有得到广泛的认可、报道或理解。这个项目得到了一家职业足球俱乐部的支持，开始解决这些遗漏。它通过关注个人证词以及档案材料来生成关于团队如何，