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“Which football stadiums are named after women?” asks Taufiq A Utomo.
There are some, but so few that it is not a particularly good reflection on society. Let’s start with royalty. “The mighty Enfield Town play at the Queen Elizabeth II stadium, which also hosted the final of the Conifa World Cup in 2018,” writes Tom Paternoster-Howe. “It technically counts (and was referenced in a Knowledge that feels recent, but was two and a half blooming years ago). From that column, I also learned that Crewe Alexandra were named after Princess Alexandra, so I suspect that the Alexandra stadium counts for this question too.” Continue reading...
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