COMING SOON...

THE story of Prestatyn Ladies Football Club begins in 1969 and is an extraordinary tale of a group of North Wales girls who rose from nowhere - playing their first game on a makeshift pitch with old car tyres for goalposts - to become one of the leading sides not just in Wales, but in the United Kingdom.

That they achieved this at a time when women's football was seen as a total novelty and something that was not really to be taken seriously is all the more rewarding for those who were involved.

On the way up they overcame a brick wall of opposition from the FA of Wales and rose above all manner of cringe-inducing reporting, sexist 'jokes' and unflattering headlines in the press to eventually be taken for what they were - a team of sportswomen who were at the top of their game and among the best in Britain.

I hope that in this chapter of our history I do justice to a team that came from obscurity to reach a stage where they supplied two thirds of the players in the Welsh national side and had representatives at the 1970 Women's World Cup in Italy.

Their ten-year story is both uplifting and inspiring and shows just what can be achieved in any walk of life if you have the determination and dedication to succeed. If the producers at S4C or BBC/ITV Wales read this, how about a documentary?