Women fans have entered the traditionally male domain of the sports stadium in growing numbers in recent years. Watching professional sport is important for women for so many reasons, but their expectations and experiences have been largely ignored by academics. This book tackles these shortcomings in the literature and sheds new light on the many ways in which women become sports fans. 　

This ground-breaking study is the first to focus on the phenomenon of the feminization of sports fandom. Including original research on football and rugby union in the UK, it looks at the...

Providing in-depth analysis of the development of the women's game in different European countries, it examines both the experiences of female fans of men's football and women's views, perceptions and evaluations of women's football.