The 37-year-old became the first female referee to take charge of a league match in England and hopefully will encourage others to follow in her footsteps
Harrogate is the home of cream teas, sulphur springs and now, a spot of Football League trailblazing. After more than 200,000 league matches in England, a woman has finally officiated an EFL game – and the handful of assessors who witnessed 37-year-old Rebecca Welch make history on a sunny Easter Monday in North Yorkshire will have been impressed.
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