Are we not good enough? Girls football team win tiny plastic cup as boys get full-size trophy

"When South Morningside Primary School girls football team won the prestigious Edinburgh Schools cup last year, they were presented with a small plastic trophy. It paled into comparison with the large, grand trophy given to the winning boys team on the same day. It left the team of 10, 11 and 12-year-olds "shocked and angry" so they wrote to the organisers of the competition to highlight the inequality."

""We went up to complain and asked why did the boys get this big massive trophy and we've just got this plastic little thing," she said. "It spoiled our day because all the P7s came down to watch us and we get handed this tiny trophy and I was just mad for the whole night. "I was very upset and we were thinking were we not good enough?""

"French, the EPSSA president, said the girls' tournament had been running since 1997 but it was the first time their final had run on the same night as the boys. "When I set up the presentation there were the three traditional trophies and then there was this sad wee diddy-looking trophy and I was quite embarrassed," he admitted. "It was only brought home because it was the first time we"

South Morningside Primary girls football team won the Edinburgh Schools Cup but were given a small plastic trophy while the boys received a much larger one. The team of 10- to 12-year-olds felt shocked and angry and wrote to the competition organisers to highlight the inequality. Willie French, president of the Edinburgh Primary Schools Sports Association, admitted embarrassment and purchased a new, equal-sized trophy for £1,600 after receiving the girls' letter. He presented the new trophy at the school, and the players expressed pride for standing up for themselves despite initially feeling upset.

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