Huddersfield Atalanta Ladies F.C.

Official programme from a game against Dick, Kerr Ladies F.C. at Hillsborough, Sheffield, on 6 May 1921

Huddersfield Atalanta Ladies Football Club was a women's football club in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, from 1920 to about 1925.[1][2][3][4] It took its name from Atalanta, the fierce huntress of Greek mythology.[5]

Players

Constance Waller was a founder member and secretary of the club, as well as the first woman reporter on a provincial newspaper, The Examiner of Huddersfield.[6] Ethel Lee played as a goalkeeper, Lucy Barraclough[7] as captain and fullback alongside Hilda Clarke with Lily Mitchell as an outside half and Rhoda Wilkinson in outside-right. Miss H Broadhead was a goal scorer in a match against Bath Ladies at Leeds Road on Good Friday, March 25, 1921, in front of a crowd of 15,246 who turned up to see the team win 1–0.[3]

Commemoration

Its story forms the basis of the play Atalanta Forever by Amanda Whittington, commissioned by the Mikron Theatre Company for its 2020 season, delayed by the COVID-19, and produced in 2021.[8][9][10][11]

Huddersfield Town Women F.C. was formed in 1988 as Huddersfield Town Ladies F.C.[12]

References

  1. ^ Tate, Tim (1 September 2016). Girls with Balls: the Secret History Of Womens Football. Kings Road Publishing. ISBN 9781782196860.
  2. ^ "History of Women's Football". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Huddersfield Town ladies' football club history discovered - including 15,000 fans". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Huddersfield Atalanta Ladies' FC". www.donmouth.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Playwright revives 1920s football team for dramatic new fixture". BBC News. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023.
  6. ^ YorkshireLive (2 October 2011). "Denis: 159 years of the Examiner – and Miss Constance Waller of Birkby, our first woman reporter". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  7. ^ Obituary in the Huddersfield Examiner (15/Jan/1958), transcribed on Huddersfield Exposed. Lucy's brother was professional footballer Benny Green.
  8. ^ "Shows - Atalanta Forever". Mikron Theatre Company. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  9. ^ Bond, Chris (5 June 2021). "Mikron Theatre brings the story of a women's football team from Huddersfield a century ago to the stage". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  10. ^ Youngs, Ian (12 June 2021). "Playwright revives 1920s football team for dramatic new fixture". BBC News. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Atalanta Forever – Halifax Piece Hall". North West End UK. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  12. ^ "HTWFC - History". Huddersfield Town Women FC. Retrieved 13 June 2021.


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