English FA says Transgender Players Will be Barred from Female Competition

The England Football Association says transgender women will no longer be able to play in women’s football in England from June 1.

They amended their rules on April 11, applying stricter eligibility criteria for transgender women to continue playing in women’s football at all levels.

However, following the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on April 15 that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex, the FA has scrapped that policy and says only those born biologically female will be permitted to play.

The FA said on Thursday that there were fewer than 30 transgender women registered among millions of amateur players.

There are no registered transgender women in the professional game across the Home Nations.

The Scottish FA on Thursday also announced it was banning transgender women, from women’s football in Scotland.

The England and Wales Cricket Board is also expected to ban transgender women from the women’s game.

The ECB has been taking legal advice on its transgender policy following the Supreme Court ruling and is expected to sanction changes to its transgender policy at a board meeting on Friday.

On Thursday England Netball also changed its guidelines by banning transgender women from its female category.