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]
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 goalkeepter, Lily Barraclough 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]
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.[7][8][9][10]
Huddersfield Town Women F.C. was formed in 1988 as Huddersfield Town Ladies F.C.[11]
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