Game for all is super Al's vision

OLDHAM Athletic fanatic Alison Schofield has been rewarded for her efforts to make sure that the female fan experience at NonLeague level is a good one.

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Schofield is one of the pioneers of the Her Game Too campaign and picked up the William Hill Fan of the Year award at the National Game Awards.

She combines her love of the Latics with travelling home and away to watch the England men’s side and says there is still a way to go to ensure football culture is inclusive of women and girls of all ages.

“Unfortunately, I still get so many comments about my motives for watching men’s football,” she said.

“I am always asked who I am going to watch and who my favourite player is because of their looks rather than their talent.

“I have faced so much abuse and I know that some girls are experiencing it to a worse degree than I have, and I do not want that.