Pupils from Flixton Girls learn about the history of women's football

The museum was recently awarded more than £100,000, allowing it to display more of its collection of artefacts.

These items include of thousands of mementoes from the women’s game from 1890 to the present day that has never previously been on public display, including kit, medals, photographs and posters.

Students from Flixton Girls were offered this opportunity by the m, along with a handful of other schools, in recognition of their highly regarded sporting performances.

During the day Flixton students were involved in the ‘Women, Football and Society’ tour covering the origins of women’s football. This was recently featured on the BBC and included the Victorian society, Women’s suffrage, football in the First World War and its growth in recent times.

During the afternoon they participated in a ‘Women in Football’ talk delivered by an inspiring group of women promoting the representation of women in the football industry. Hosted by BBC Sport journalist Eilidh Barbour with guests including former England Women’s goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis; Carol Thomas ex-England Women’s captain; and former England striker Kerry Davis.

Rachel Brown-Finnis commented as part of the talk: "I've only recently understood what females my age went through in football in the past, I owe huge thanks to the work of these women."

Manchester City Women’s Team also provided the WSL Trophy and WSL Continental Cup for the afternoon session.

Ella Sutton, from Year 9, who plays football for Urmston Meadowside said: "I didn’t really appreciate what it was like for women playing football years ago and how it was banned. They forged the path for future generations."

Sophia Agnew, Year 8, who plays football for Urmston Meadowside, said ‘Good day, it was nice to be able to actually touch the artefacts and hearing some of the ex-players experiences of playing years ago."