For International Women’s Day, four international stars and the Observer in association with Common Goal, take a wide-ranging look at the state of the women’s game
For International Women’s Day on Monday, the Observer and Common Goal, which helps players invest 1% of their income back into the game, organised a round table comprising four professional female players with a combined 178 caps. They came together to discuss why female footballers give back and what needs to change as the game continues to grow.
Despite having a much smaller slice of the football pie, half the football players involved in Common Goal are women, why is that?