# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Pitch Invasion: A Feminist on a Football Club Board with Karen Dobres
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 26 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 26 May, 2026 at 08:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: An evening with Karen Dobres exploring her female-focused memoir detailing
her disruption of the whole ethos of the football patriarchy!About this EventBooks on the Rise: Feminist Book Fortnight Events Series📖✨Join us for a special evening with the wonderfully inspiring Karen Dobres discussing her experiences as a woman in the football industry, with a Q&A and book signing!About the book:Karen Dobres never expected to fall for football – let alone help revolutionise it. In Pitch Invasion, she shares her hilarious and heartfelt journey from someone who 'always zoned out when bloody football was on the telly' to becoming a Director at Lewes FC – the first football club in the world to pay its women and men players equally.In 1994, Karen could barely sit through a match at Wembley. Fast forward to 2023, and she's introducing multi-million-pound deals for the women's team of her local club. How does a trained counsellor and former catwalk model end up navigating the male-dominated world of football? And how did she turn her 'imposter syndrome' into a tool for change?With statues of bisexual pirates, vegan snacks, more women’s toilets than men’s, and even a designated breastfeeding area, Lewes FC is no ordinary football club. It's a pioneering force for equity, inclusion, and innovation. Through Karen's witty, self-deprecating storytelling, Pitch Invasion gives readers an insider's view of the quirky-yet-revolutionary culture at Lewes FC. From organising Suffragette flash mobs to introducing Prosecco on tap at the stadium, Karen brings to life her experiences at this fan-owned, debt-free, gender-equal club where everyone – from local supporters to pop stars – has helped to shape the future of the game.From 2017, when women's football was still fighting for recognition, to the present day, Pitch Invasion is the story of how one woman helped lead the charge for gender equality, challenging football's entrenched hegemony, not just for one club, but across the UK.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/richmond/pitch-invasion-a-feminist-on-a-football-club-board-with-karen-dobres/100001986632270600
- **Event Categories**: Sports, Fashion, health-wellness
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 4.99, max: 27.99, currency: GBP

## Event venue details

- **city**: Richmond
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Books on the Rise
- **lat**: 51.4573016
- **long**: -0.3038348
- **full address**: Books on the Rise, 80 Hill Rise, Richmond, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Pitch Invasion: A Feminist on a Football Club Board with Karen Dobres being held?
  - **A:** Pitch Invasion: A Feminist on a Football Club Board with Karen Dobres takes place on Tue, 26 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 26 May, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Books on the Rise, 80 Hill Rise, Richmond, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Pitch Invasion: A Feminist on a Football Club Board with Karen Dobres?
  - **A:** Pitch Invasion: A Feminist on a Football Club Board with Karen Dobres is organized by Books on the Rise.

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