I've been avoiding (yet often failing, I admit) calling them "girls" or "ladies." I'm a long-time aficionado of the beautiful game as played by men, and I've been reflecting on the fact that I never refer to the players as "boys" or "gentlemen."   At one point this evening I said to Mrs Steve that if one of our yellow-carded players got a second yellow, we'd be down to ten men. Grr.

I'm getting there...