A football match between Sutton United and Ebbsfleet in the London and South East Regional Women’s League was postponed due to controversy over the signing of a transgender goalkeeper.
The match, originally scheduled to start at 2pm, was canceled after Sutton United notified their opponents via email at 11:12 am that they could not field a team.
The postponement occurred just a week after Sutton United’s manager, Lucy Clark—the first transgender manager in the top five tiers of women’s football in England—signed 34-year-old transgender goalkeeper Blair Hamilton.
Hamilton, who previously played for the University of Aberdeen’s men’s team during her transition before joining the women’s team, made her debut for Sutton on August 25 in a 6-0 victory against Haywards Heath Town.
