l challenges”.
But she has denied doing so constituted transphobia or that she made any comments that could be construed as such, while Telegraph Sport understands the referee also heard nothing he deemed to be discriminatory.
The girl was charged after the opposition club lodged a complaint via Kick It Out, English football’s anti-discrimination watchdog, which included testimony from the trans player and that team’s captain accusing her of persistent transphobia.
She faces a six-to-12-match ban if found guilty during a hearing later this month and she and her mother have decided to speak out about her plight because they feel they have been left with no choice.
Telegraph Sport has agreed to conceal her identity due to her being a child and her being on the assessment pathway for autism. It is a common trait of people with autism that they can struggle to recognise gender.
Eh? The whole point here is that she did recognise the gender of the bloke, and spoke out about it.
The mother also revealed she had contacted the county FA after the friendly to raise concerns about the duo’s participation due to the two clubs also being in the same league. “They’ve both obviously gone through full male puberty, so they’re bigger, faster, stronger in every way than the girls that they’re playing against.”
She said a lengthy ban could see her daughter sidelined for the entire season, something she branded “hugely unfair”, adding: “I’m just furious, but I’m generally furious about this whole issue.”
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