It’s important to remember that this isn’t about us as a club. It’s easy to forget when this picture keeps doing the rounds, but it’s about the English scene as a whole. There is a general under representation, and most of the serious talk (ignoring trolls and idiots) about this addresses academy pathways and how the sport is currently very middle class - mainly because the middle class can afford to drive their children 100 miles each way to the academy that hones their talent.
And anyone who does try to make it about us a club just needs to look at the Emirates. Rachel Yankey is right there on the walls, a genuine legend of the game.
It’s important to remember that this isn’t about us as a club. It’s easy to forget when this picture keeps doing the rounds, but it’s about the English scene as a whole. There is a general under representation, and most of the serious talk (ignoring trolls and idiots) about this addresses academy pathways and how the sport is currently very middle class - mainly because the middle class can afford to drive their children 100 miles each way to the academy that hones their talent.
And anyone who does try to make it about us a club just needs to look at the Emirates. Rachel Yankey is right there on the walls, a genuine legend of the game.