The Ladies League: the Aussie bar celebrating women’s sport

The Ladies League, a sports bar in Sydney, focuses on celebrating women’s sports in an inclusive space.

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00:00We're pushing the women's sport, we're pushing it because it is often forgotten about.

00:09The Ladies League is, it's not your regular bar.

00:14The Ladies League is Australia's first sports bar dedicated to women's sports.

00:20Located in Sydney, this safe and vibrant space is a game changer in a landscape where male

00:26sports often dominate.

00:28It's kind of like you don't belong a little bit when you walk into these venues filled

00:33with men and they all kind of look at you.

00:36When you walk in, through my experience for years and years of loving football, specifically

00:41men's and women's football, you would regularly get men asking, name five players.

00:48I want people to feel like this place is for them and that it is welcoming for women.

00:56A recent study found only 15% of sports news in Victoria focused on women's sport.

01:04And with Matilda's match now holding the record for the most watched TV event in Australian

01:10history, the landscape is hopefully shifting.

01:18With five televisions and a big screen, the Ladies League shows games featuring your fave

01:23tillies to the heat of the WNBA and everything in between.

01:29The Ladies League was always a hobby and a passion project, so we were always there to

01:35pump up the game, whether it be men's or women's football.