Girls Allowed Book Event
Join writer Nick Brown and a panel of guests at New Douglas Park, home of Hamilton Academical Women FC, as they discuss and celebrate women's football.
About Girls Allowed Book Event
| 28th November 2025 | |
| 7.30pm | |
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New Douglas Park New Douglas Park Cadzow Avenue, Hamilton ML3 0FT |
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| Tickets from £5 | |
| Visit the event website here | |
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The existence of the women’s game in Britain is hard-won. From being dismissed as nothing more than a sideshow novelty, through a continual tirade of ridicule, mockery and downright prejudice, it seems that women were destined to never play football in any seriousness. Girls Allowed charts the story of that struggle – from a theatre peculiarity, through bans, false dawns and discrimination, to today where women’s football is the fastest growing sport in the world.
This book examines the reality north of the border, where, despite Scotland’s immense contribution to women’s football on this island, for the majority of teams and players it still isn’t plain sailing. For all the enormous strides that have been made, women’s football is still the poor relation and needs all the historic grit, passion, determination and resilience of all involved – in some cases just to survive.
Join the writer and a panel of guests at New Douglas Park, home of Hamilton Academical Women FC, to discuss and celebrate women's football.
Special guests include:
SWPL Managing Director Fiona McIntyre
Glasgow City & Scotland legend Emma Black
Hamilton Academical Women manager Robert Watson
Hamilton Academical Women captain Hannah Coakley
Meet some of Hamilton's SWPL2 championship winning team and have your picture taken with the trophy!
There will be a fund-raising auction.
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