Long before Wayne Rooney pulled on a pair of football boots another teenage terror from Merseyside was on the way to becoming England's most prolific goal scorer. Lily Parr played for the Dick Kerr Ladies who were founded in 1917.听
The Dick Kerr Ladies were a听group of factory girls. They drew crowds in excess of fifty thousand and they became international soccer stars, before the women's game was effectively banned by the Football Association.
Jenni听asks听Lily's nephew about her exploits and听some of the other Dick Kerr Ladies听remember their days on the pitch.
听 The Dick Kerr's Ladies by Barbara Jacobs is published by Constable and Robinson, ISBN 1841198285
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