Im struggling to get my head wrapped around even the consideration to do this.
Can’t think of anyone in WSL or Championship that still uses Ladies
Watford
From the articles
Manchester City started the trend in 2014 when they rebranded as ‘women’ and scores of football clubs followed suit. All teams in the women’s top-flight now go by ‘women’ although Blackburn, Coventry and Sunderland are the three clubs in the semi-professional Women’s Championship that still use the term ‘ladies’.
Are we being asked to believe this is an autocratic decision with no heed being given to those who preferred and explained a preference to the term women?
Given his investment and apparent involvement it seems odd this would be true
If true there is presumably some rationale for the adopting the Ladies title instead.
What a shocking move from him if true. Not only is it wrong, but it could have huge consequences such as the women's team manager, coaches, players and other staff potentially leaving.
It could have a huge effect on both male and female fans attending games for both men's and women's games in the future and for a club that has done so much for equality and diversity it could throw away a lot of that good work.
All just to satisfy his ego. Which is slowly tuning fans off him anyway, including myself.
I'm starting to think this is a bloke who doesn't learn from mistakes and is just a my way or the highway type, if so he's gonna lose most fans quicker than he thinks.
Im struggling to get my head wrapped around even the consideration to do this.
Can’t think of anyone in WSL or Championship that still uses Ladies
Watford
From the articles
Manchester City started the trend in 2014 when they rebranded as ‘women’ and scores of football clubs followed suit. All teams in the women’s top-flight now go by ‘women’ although Blackburn, Coventry and Sunderland are the three clubs in the semi-professional Women’s Championship that still use the term ‘ladies’.
Watford's Google and Wiki page is bloody confusing then.
This was brewing last week on Twitter and I was befuddled then. I am befuddled now. im not entirely sure what the issue is between using ladies instead of women or vice versa.
having said that it has certainlyProvoked a reaction so it might have been better asking the question as opposed to just doing it
This was brewing last week on Twitter and I was befuddled then. I am befuddled now. im not entirely sure what the issue is between using ladies instead of women or vice versa.
having said that it has certainlyProvoked a reaction so it might have been better asking the question as opposed to just doing it
To members of the ladies womens team I would suggest.
Now clear it was brewing a while, last week there was a bit of coordinated resistance being put out after I suspect an earlier stage of TS failing to ‘read the room’ from those involved with the team.
The leaked attempt to create a bit of social media noise (which it clearly did) I guess fell on deaf ears in terms of reconsideration by TS.
Personally I think it’s a bit much ado about nothing, but then again i’m not a women. The desire by TS to ignore what seems the clear preference of those close to is more the bigger concern to me.
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Manchester City started the trend in 2014 when they rebranded as ‘women’ and scores of football clubs followed suit. All teams in the women’s top-flight now go by ‘women’ although Blackburn, Coventry and Sunderland are the three clubs in the semi-professional Women’s Championship that still use the term ‘ladies’.
Given his investment and apparent involvement it seems odd this would be true
If true there is presumably some rationale for the adopting the Ladies title instead.
It could have a huge effect on both male and female fans attending games for both men's and women's games in the future and for a club that has done so much for equality and diversity it could throw away a lot of that good work.
All just to satisfy his ego. Which is slowly tuning fans off him anyway, including myself.
I'm starting to think this is a bloke who doesn't learn from mistakes and is just a my way or the highway type, if so he's gonna lose most fans quicker than he thinks.
surely people would have come out and said either way, and would have been announced on the OS?
how likely is it that, due to TS tweeting ‘ladies’ a few times (and the few replies he had got complaining of the language) is at fault here
Unless the journalist is making it all up (very unlikely), it means someone must have gone to them, for it to be reported in the first place.
im not entirely sure what the issue is between using ladies instead of women or vice versa.
having said that it has certainlyProvoked a reaction so it might have been better asking the question as opposed to just doing it
Gentlemen certainly isn't.
I’m wondering if this is a journalist just picking up the “story” from Twitter last week and embellishing a bit.
I suspect its been given to the Telegraph in an attempt to show TS that it is a bad, bad idea with no upside.
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