Women's football fixture at the Civic

A PLAY about women’s football is set to score with audiences at the Rotherham Civic Theatre next month.

New play Girls with Balls stops off at the venue on April 21 as part of a national tour by the Off the Fence Theatre Company production.

It is the story of Ashley, Britney and Heather facing up to the destruction of their beloved football ground and their last-ditch protest to save their club and fight for what they believe in.

The play is performed by Roslyn Paterson, Daisy Morris, Ellen-Gayle Harewood and Guy Evans and Girls with Balls is written by Ann Richards. 

Girls with Balls is inspired by real-life events from 1921 when the Football Association banned women from playing at affiliated grounds.

At that time, the women’s game attracted crowds of up over 50,000 – significantly more than the men – and women were paid to play. The ban was finally lifted in 1971.

Tickets for Girls with Balls, which kicks off at 7.30pm, cost £15 for adults or £12 for concessions.