The cast of the forthcoming production of Calendar Girls will be producing their own nude charity calendar to raise money for three cancer charities. The best thing is now the players don't have to do anything like that because they get the recognition. People will see them as footballers." It is important for the integrity of the sport that we know who duped these girls and where the funds have gone. It was mainly about the profile," says McGovern, who missed out on the Olympics through injury. "We wanted to get bums on seats at the Games, but I don't think any of us expected the attention that we got." McGovern admitted sexist attitudes and her own body image issues at the time were part of the reason she decided to be photographed in the nude.

The third-year veterinary students got frisky in the shoot with strategically placed kittens, puppies, piglets and horses for the calendar to raise funds for the Australian Red Cross. The organisation Running at 40+ has its own calendar of naked female runners, with money raised going to the women’s charity Refuge. https://runningat40plus.com/shop/ols/products/the-naked-runner-female-calendar-2023Well, who is to say that professional (or wannabe professional) glamour models can’t raise money for charity with a calendar? In this case, the recipients are Mental Health Awareness and the Chestnut Appeal for Men’s Health. https://ukcalendargirls.co.uk/supporting-charities/

As a young kid growing up playing football, a lot of people made comments about my physique because I'm athletic," she says. It's exactly where all us past players wanted the game to get to, and just because it didn't get there in our time in the Matildas, it doesn't mean we're not proud and grateful and happy that the game has got to a point where they don't need to do that stuff anymore. The 22-year-old told CornwallLive: "I thought this would give us something to remember. I thought it would be a good team effort. There were a few people who were a little bit wary, but I think it surprised me how most people were quite happy to sign up for it. We all pitched in and had a bit of fun." Ferguson-Cook was one of around 15 players (including some who didn't participate in the calendar at all) who travelled to Perth to film the toothpaste commercial.While the Matildas were gaining brand recognition at home and overseas, trouble was brewing within the AWSA itself. Naturally, the nude calendar ruffled some more conservative feathers in the media, too, with the criticisms leaning into old tropes surrounding women with sexual agency choosing the ways in which they presented their bodies to the world.

After retiring from football, McGovern switched to the mining industry. "If I got into a conversation with a burly bloke who had no football connections, when I said I used to play, the first thing they would say to me is 'were you in the calendar?' So that's how they kind of contextualised it." It's for a great cause though. The time I feel proud is when I go down to give the cheque in." Halwill WIAs ever, we have probably missed a few – if you know of any that we’ve missed, or indeed have taken part in any that we’ve missed, be sure to let us know. And note that the availability of particular calendars might be limited in number and international delivery – and UK postage strikes in particular might affect delivery in time for the start of the year. They're professional. We were 'full-time': I was a full-time athlete, I was working. I wasn't a professional athlete. These girls are fully professional. It's a different world for them now, and it's fantastic. Others say it was a Melbourne businessman who approached Fisher, offering to add the Matildas in his catalogue of nude calendars and other raunchy material he published in Australia. A group of foxy fillies have stripped off for a saucy calendar in aid of a cause very close to their hearts.