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[email protected] Representations Of Women's Football In The News by Alex James Colley Canterbury Christ Church University Thesis submitted for the Degree of Masters by Research 2017 Abstract The disparity of coverage within print media between men’s and women’s football is significant (WSFF cited in Topping, 2012). Women’s football in the last ten years has experienced growth in terms of the number of women taking part in the game, however the growth in coverage within women’s football seems to be slow to react. This thesis analysed the men’s World Cup of 2014 and the women’s World Cup of 2015 to investigate the extent of the disparity between men’s and women’s football. It acknowledges whether women are being fairly represented within The Mirror, The Daily Mail, and The Guardian in comparison to men.