Nettie Honeyball

Honeyball in British Ladies' Football Club clothes, c. 1895
Sketch of Nettie Honeyball and others in the British Ladies Football Club playing in the first official womens football match in Alexandra Park, Crouch End in 1895 with Alexandra Palace in the background

Nettie Honeyball, also referred to as Nettie J. Honeyball,[1] was the founder of the British Ladies' Football Club, the first known women's association football club, and one of their players until spring 1895. The name Nettie Honeyball was a pseudonym, and her real name is unknown. Some people believe that her real name was Mary Hutson.[2][3][4][5] When Honeyball formed the BLFC, she was living in Crouch End, but it is not known whether she was from the area. There have been suggestions that she may have been from a middle class family in Pimlico.[3][4]

  1. ^ Brennan, Patrick. "Nettie Honeyball". Donmouth. Patrick Brennan. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Tate, Tim (August 2013). Girls with Balls - The Secret History of Women's Football. John Blake Publishing. ISBN 9781782196860.
  4. ^ a b Lee, James (September 2013). The Lady Footballers: Struggling to Play in Victorian Britain. Routledge. pp. 17–26. ISBN 9781317996781.
  5. ^ "From Honeyball to Houghton". FIFA. 24 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2017.