Helena Byrne Editor

Fiona Skillen is a Professor of history in the Department of Social Sciences, in the School for Business & Society at Glasgow Caledonian University. Her research concerns women’s sport during the late 19th & 20th centuries, she has published extensively in this subject area. She regularly contributes to radio and television programmes on the history of sport. She has recently completed a project on the history of women’s football in Scotland 1850-1939.

Helena Byrne is a librarian who specialises in web archiving and is an independent researcher focusing on the history of women’s football in Ireland. Her previous publications cover both web archives and sports history. She has contributed history segments to the FAI Women’s National Team match programmes, news publications and exhibitions.

Gary James is a Visiting Research Professor at New York University and Honorary Research Fellow at De Montfort University. His current project is documenting the history of female involvement & participation in football within the Manchester region. James is the founder of the international Football History Conference.