So what do you think of this?

OK, so not relevant to us but................. it made me

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/sep/20/turkey-women-children-only-clubs

 

Sexist- should never have been Allowed !!

 

I watched an Iranian film set during the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign, the final match Iran vs Bahrain. The storyline was basically this woman tries to sneak into the match but gets discovered and gets put in a make-shift camp which is just beyond the stands in the stadium, so they she (along with other women trying to sneak in who have been discovered) can hear everything but see nothing. One of the guards gives them commentary as the match is being played. It's actually a rather good film.

As for the Turkish situation, that's seems like a rather interesting way to deal with crowd problems....

 

According to the BBC it happened on Tuesday - following an invasion on the pitch by fans at a previous match - rather than a behind closed doors game.

Fenerbahce's 1-1 draw with Manisapor kicked off after players from both teams hurled flowers at the fans, while the visitors were greeted with applause instead of the more customary loud jeers.

The home side's captain, Alex de Sousa, said: "This memory will stay with me forever. It's not always that you see so many women and children in one game."

"We have to thank the ladies for coming to support us," his team-mate Joseph Yobo - on loan from Everton - told Lig TV. "It's difficult playing without the fans."

Manisaspor midfielder Omer Aysan agreed: "It was such a fun and pleasant atmosphere."

Speaking before the match, Yasemin Mercil, a female member of Fenerbahce's executive board, said: "This really is a historic day.

"For the first time in the world, only women and children will watch a game. The women know all the chants. The same anthems, the same chants will be sung."

 

Under the taliban, women were only allowed in football stadiums when they were being stoned. Made Iran look quite tolerant on comparison