Mick Hartley

They published new guidance on April 1 that continued to allow transgender women – biological males – to play in the women’s game, just over two weeks before the Supreme Court ruling. Whoops.

The Football Association is in “crisis meetings” over its trans policy which campaigners claim may be proved unlawful less than a month after it was issued….

Campaigners claim that the FA remains at risk of discrimination claims after the judges’ ruling. Su Wong, spokeswoman for SEENinSport, said: “The FA is one of several governing bodies forced into crisis meetings by the Supreme Court judgment.

“There are several reasons why its policy is particularly egregious. They ignored the guidance and clear legal advice given by the Sports Councils’ Equality Group in 2021 that it is not possible to eliminate male advantage, including through testosterone reduction.

“To spend a decade updating their policy, and publishing it weeks before a landmark Supreme Court ruling, shows an extraordinary lack of judgment, particularly in the face of mounting public concern.”

Lord Triesman, the former chairman of the FA, called for the heads of sports governing bodies to resign following the Supreme Court’s decision.

“The pitiful excuses of some sports bodies, and especially the FA, have been shown to be unlawful,” he said in a statement earlier this month. “Women’s sport as in all else is defined by biology facts. There is no room for alternative propositions … What a perverse way of thinking to have promoted something so blatantly unfair that they stripped away the very concept of ‘sport’.”

The FA is not alone in its blinkerism.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) also gave an update on Friday, saying that its rules allowing transwomen and girls to play in female competitions remained in place.

It said it was taking legal advice on “any impact” the Supreme Court ruling “may have” and would “also await updated guidance from Sport England”.

“Our existing regulations for transgender participation in recreational cricket remain in place,” it said. “These aim to ensure that cricket remains an inclusive sport, while including measures to manage disparities — irrespective of someone’s gender — and ensure the safety of all players.”

They seem to believe that by chanting "inclusive sport" and putting their hands over their ears the Supreme Court ruling will just disappear. Time to smell the coffee, read the room, get with the message, wise up, and…just for god's sake once and for all drop the Stonewall gender woo.