Women’s football comes to the British Parliament

Members of a British parliamentary group have called for the Women’s Football undergo a legislation allowing the police to arrest spectators who break the law and ban them from attending games.

In a letter to Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston, eight MPs from the ‘All Party Parlamientary Group on Women’s Football’ said they were “surprised” that, unlike men’s football, women’s football was not covered by the Football Order (Infractions) .

Everything is produced as a result of what happened to Chelsea’s forward Sam Kerr during the Champions League match against Juventus, when a spontaneous jumped onto the field causing the Australian to end up giving him a push because nobody did anything to force him to go out.

British media reported that the Metropolitan Police did not arrest the intruder. “Given the growth of professional women’s football, this is hugely worrisome,” the letter read.

“We strongly urge you to consider an immediate change in legislation to ensure that professional women’s soccer is included in the list of designated matches, thereby providing the equal protection to female soccer players that is afforded to their male counterparts.”

The Telegraph quoted an Interior Ministry spokesperson as saying in a statement that the legislation covers the Women’s Champions League and international matches. “Soccer ban order legislation covers designated men’s and women’s matches where there is a high risk of disorder,” the statement said.

“Matches are designated based on incident history and risk assessment. When matches are not designated, they are subject to generic public order legislation that applies to both them and other sporting events.”

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