YES - Michelle Moore, 17, Radford, Coventry
At a young age, when girls are in Year 6 or 7, it is a good thing to be playing football with the boys. But I think there should be more routes for girls to get into girls-only teams. Maybe the age of segregation should be 12, because I used to play with the boys when I was 11 and it really helped to build up my confidence and skills.
NO - Nafis Ali, 15, Foleshill, Coventry
If there are mixed teams it is uncomfortable, because the boys might play rough and that. If boys and girls play together they will probably not play properly, because the boys might not pass to the girls.
YES - Helen Donohoe, head of policy, Women's Sports Foundation
Every girl that really wants to play football should have the chance to play football. Many girls at 11 years of age are at least as strong as boys and should have the chance to compete with other players of their own standard regardless of what sex they are. Fundamentally it is about choice, the right for a girl to choose to play football and the need for a more sophisticated approach to developing young people through the sport.
YES - Lucy Russell, policy development officer, YWCA England & Wales
My heart sank recently when I saw a young girl with "Mrs Lampard" emblazoned across the back of her football shirt. Is marrying a footballer really the best sporting ambition a woman can have? If a young woman is willing and able to compete with the boys on the pitch, then she should be able to, as long as she has the choice to play in an all-girls team as well.
The whistle needs to be blown on the sexism within the FA.
