In regard to players’ worries about wearing white while on their periods, Manchester City has announced that they would alter the colour of their women’s squad shorts.
Manchester City Changes the Color of Women’s Shorts Due to Period Issues
After consulting with the players, West Brom and Stoke recently announced that their women’s teams will be switching to blue and red shorts, respectively.
And on Tuesday, it was revealed that white shorts will no longer be a part of the club’s women’s squad uniform starting in the 2023–24 season, after City manager Gareth Taylor’s statement that his team needed to examine the situation last week.
We have chosen to introduce improvements to the items we give to our female players in response to player feedback and the underlying issue of women wishing to avoid wearing white shorts when on their periods, according to a statement from kit suppliers Puma and Manchester City. We won’t be giving white shorts to our female athletes beginning with the 2023–2024 season.
While the England women’s team was competing in an all-white uniform and winning the European Championship in July, the debate of wearing white shorts for female athletes was brought up once more.
Although the English Football Association at the time stated that players will continue to wear white shorts, they added that other colour options “would be taken into consideration for future designs.”
After submitting a successful application to join the recently established 2018–19 FA Women’s Championship, the Manchester United Women Football Club was established on May 28. It marked the club’s comeback to women’s football after a thirteen-year hiatus; nevertheless, the club’s academy remained through the Manchester United Foundation, with players like Izzy Christiansen and Katie Zelem being developed by United’s Center of Excellence programme. The club’s first head coach, Casey Stoney, was chosen on June 8; less than a month later, their debut 21-player lineup was revealed.