Brighton, UK. 14th June, 2022. Head of Exhibitions Helen Grundy polishes the cabinet containing the Barclays FA Women's Super League Trophy which forms part of the Goal Power Women's football Exhibition at the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. Credit: James Boardman/Alamy Live News
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Brighton, UK 14th June, 2022 : Head of Exhibitions Helen Grundy polishes the cabinet containing the Barclays FA Women’s Super League Trophy which forms part of the Goal Power Women’s football Exhibition at the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. Credit: James Boardman/Alamy Live News For immediate release Tuesday 14 June 2022 The Barclays FA Women’s Super League Trophy was unveiled at a brand-new exhibition celebrating women’s football at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery today. (14.6.22) The trophy was on show with a dream squad of inspirational women representing over eight generations involved in the women’s game. The Super League cup has been loaned to the exhibition for two weeks by The Football Association as part of the celebrations around the Women’s Euro championship taking place this summer. Equivalent to the men’s Premier League and currently held by Chelsea FC Women, the trophy will be in the Goal Power! Women’s Football 1894 – 2022 exhibition until 29 June 2022. Guests included Eileen Bourne, the first woman to be sent off for swearing in a football match, 86-year-old June Jaycocks who was one of the earliest volunteers with the FA, Chris Lockwood, Leah Caleb and Gill Sayell of the Lost Lionesses who played in the unofficial World Cup in 1971 and Kelly Simmons OBE, head of the FA. Others include Maggie Murphy, CEO of Lewes WFC, the first club offering equal pay to the men and women’s teams and Scotland’s real-life Gregory Girl, Rose Reilly MBE. The show also includes a variety of important items to commemorate the growth of the women’s sport across the world. This includes the football shirts of former England player Eni Aluko and a shirt donated by US soccer star Meg Rapinoe as well as a pair of leather football boots from 1921 owned by munitions worker Fanny Williams. CEO of The Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust Hedley Swain said: “We are really excited to be hosting this important exhibition – a celebration of the women who have championed the