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6.8 English From BBC Learning English Hello, this is 6-minute English and I'm Katherine.
And I'm Sam.
No, Sam, have you been watching the World Cup?
Click it or football, because they're both being played at the moment.
Well, they are now.
I'm talking about football, the women's World Cup.
In that case, yes, I have.
You're really enjoyed it and it's been great that finally we can watch the matches live on TV and that there's been so much interest in the media.
We'll be finding out a little bit more about the history of women's football in England in today's program, but first, Sam, a question for you.
When was the first official woman's football World Cup?
What, at A 1970, B 1988 or C 1991, what do you think, Sam?
Well, I think I can get this through mathematics rather than knowledge, so I'm not going to say it right now, but I'll tell you later.
Okay, well, I'll tell you the answer later in the program.
Now, Gemma Clark is a writer on women's football in England,
and she spoke recently on the BBC Women's Hour program.
Here, she describes the reaction throughout the years to women's football.
Has it been easy for the women's game in England?
Women's football has really been a struggle to play, to have any kind of agency and to be taken seriously as athletes.