Quote Originally Posted by chastenor View Post
Surprised there hasn't been more reaction from all the full-blooded chauvinistic males of Lancashire. I have no problem with female referees, but my one remaining brain cell has difficulty working out why (as tonight for example) Manchester United are beating Leicester City 3-1. Surely they aren't in the same league, and I'm sure they aren't playing each other in the Cup in December. I think the prominence Sky Sports give to ladies' football is out of all proportion to the actual public interest in it.
Maybe people are being cautious in not commenting.

I, like sinkov, hope that she will be shown more respect than male referees now receive. That can only be a good thing.