A letter signed by more than 60 former players has implored Football Australia to explain last week’s decision to recognise a 1975 team as the ‘First Matildas’
Football Australia’s decision to honour a team from 1975 as the ‘First Matildas’ has caused hurt according to a group of former players.Football Australia’s decision to honour a team from 1975 as the ‘First Matildas’ has caused hurt according to a group of former players.to explain last week’s decision to recognise a 1975 team recruited largely from a Sydney club side as the “First Matildas”, saying the decision has caused “real distress and trauma”.
“We wish to convey the real distress and trauma being experienced by several Matildas alumni as a result of the decision, how it was made, and how it was communicated by FA,” it stated. FA originally referenced four external experts with whom its internal working group had worked, but updated their release the following day to remove all but academic and author Dr. Kevin Tallec Marston and Omar Ongaro.
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