With the menstrual cycle making female footballers more inclined to injury, research and attention to detail are important
Until very recently female footballers rarely talked about periods in public. Most fans were unaware that some leading internationals detested playing in white shorts during menstruation.
“I’ve experienced it as an England player and you just sort of got on with it,” said the former Lionesses defender Anita Asante, who retired from playing last spring and is now Bristol City’s first-team coach. “It wasn’t something that was discussed and it wasn’t something you felt you could change.”
