Sexism in football - a problem that isn't going away
Yet still her presence is questioned. For one reason: she is a woman. Anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out received 131 reports of sexist incidents at football matches between the start of the season and the end of February.
That's more than double than for the same period last season.
Yet still her presence is questioned. For one reason: she is a woman. Anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out received 131 reports of sexist incidents at football matches between the start of the season and the end of February.
That's more than double than for the same period last season. One female fan - who asked not to be named - told BBC Sport that misogyny in the game has stopped her from taking her daughter to men's matches. "I'll take her to the women's game if that doesn't get ruined, but I won't be taking her to the men's game until she's a lot older," she said.
"I wouldn't feel safe and I certainly wouldn't want to expose my daughter to sexism. " BBC Sport spoke to fans, the police and others to examine how common sexism is in football, why it happens, and what can be done to tackle it. Zoe Hitchen began photographing men's football while studying at university, and worked as a media-accredited English Football League photographer from 2008 to 2010.