Over the past few months I have started to see gender neutral terms creeping into football. Our Comms team has succumbed to this trend (seen on Sky). They are calling Lucas Ness "Player of the Match".
This is wrong. He is the "Man of the Match". As would any of our women's team be called "Woman of the Match".
Is nothing sacred any more? Views welcome. Why is the term "Man of the Match" erased?
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/ness-your-player-match-v-barnsley 
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Am I right in thinking that at the moment, at least up to a certain age, you can already have mixed gender teams in Association Football?
Contemplating probably the most boring sport of all, Synchronised Swimming, recent news is that mens teams will be allowed to compete in top international tournaments, why especially?
Have mixed Synchronised Swimming.
There are mixed Horse Riding teams (not keen on that sport myself) but why not have mixed Curling, or Bowls or whatever?
To be anti woke is to be pro racism.
The truth is there is no fixed definition of the word woke, to some like me being called woke is a compliment, to others being called woke is an insult.
Which yesterday the Star Man in our game v Barnsley was Campbell
The Non League Paper is the same as well
And 'moron' , don't get me started!!
And, yes, 'woke' simply does not exist.
That said, we should be open to renaming the award if the winner self identifies as a gender other than that assigned to them at birth.
I look forward to one day seeing "Cat of the match" (and it doesn't necessarily need to be a goalkeeper).
'Woke' is a word that has undergone a rapid pejorative shift. Woke originally described a state of awareness and sensitivity to social injustices, but has now become a put down for liberal sensibilities.
We have all been affected by our nature or/and nurture whether we realize it or not.
Some of us are carbon copies of our Families and peer groups and others are the complete opposites. I'm an observer of homo sapiens and their idiosyncrasies and foibles and it's sad especially when families and groups fall out over trivia issues.
MOM or Player of the Match ?
In Men's football, MOM sounds fine but so does POTM. I wouldn't want it changed but no problems either way.
In Women's football, and I went to three cracking games in the Woman's Euros including England v Spain, What do the woman want the best player to be called ?
Let the female footballers decide.
As a Man it's not for me to decide just like it was so wrong for the Preston Ladies* to be banned by Men in blazers 100 years ago because they were becoming too popular.
* They were called Preston Ladies so I haven't changed name to Preston Women.
Tiger of the match sounds good !
I personally wouldn't bring that into the discussion at this point . We haven't even reached the stage when gay male footballers feel relaxed to come out in the professional game.
In Woman's football, accordingly to several Professional players I have listened too recently you are looking at 50% gay, or 50% straight, including partners in the same team which you would think would be an issue if they split up ?
Never been an issue in woman's football and the gay and straight woman combine as team mates and the crowd just see woman footballers.
She stopped me very promptly and told me in no uncertain terms that her four men were in fact four women. I was very impressed with her insistence on equality - especially for one so young. Later in the game she counted one of her 'women' round, but stopped above one of my 'men'. I told her that she should stop two moves on. She replied, "I know, but they're just kissing".
Its blooming hard work I tell ya!