
23 Dec 2023: At Craven Cottage, Rebecca Welch becomes the first woman to referee a Premier League match. We tell her story through the ranks — EFL, FA Cup, World Cup — and then zoom out to the system behind it: FA/PGMOL development pathways, UEFA referee development, and FIFA’s “quality-first” shift that put women officials into the men’s World Cup. Plus other barrier-breakers: Fearn, Steinhaus, Frappart, García.
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