So dedicated were the Crewe woman's under-25 football team that when, after many missed evenings and weekends given up to the noble sport, their funding fell through just the evening before the vital sixth league playoff match, leaving them with no uniform to wear, they strode on the pitch naked, ready to score a goal for woman's solidarity. After that fateful day, the Crewe woman's under-25 team was regarded alongside the suffragettes as a positive icon of female empowerment.