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A row has erupted after a women's football team consisting of five transgender players won the pre-season Beryl Ackroyd Cup tournament in Sydney, Australia.
Flying Bats FC won every game they played over the course of the four-week competition, winning the grand final 4-0 at Macquarie Park on Sunday to take home the $1000 jackpot.
There were huge winning margins in some games, with one trans player scoring six goals in a 10-0 victory.
Furious parents have withdrawn their daughters from games due to safety concerns, telling News Corp that players were unaware that they had signed up to compete against biological males.
Club officials have also contacted Football NSW to express their concerns, with some insisting that the Flying Bats should play in the mixed competition, which includes men.
Pride Football Australia congratulated the Flying Bats team on winning a Sydney football tournament in an Instagram post last Sunday (pictured)
The team features five trans members - and it's been alleged other players in the competition didn't know they would be a chance of playing against them (stock image)
'Our girls are here to play for fun and expect to play in the female competition. They did not sign up for a mixed competition,' a senior club official told the Daily Telegraph.
'There's no transparency from Football NSW, the girls don't know if they are going to be playing biological males or not.
'Some of the parents were so concerned they would not let their daughters play … It was so disheartening for them to see the huge difference in ability – they're killing it.'
On the Flying Bats' official website, they claim they are 'the biggest LGBTQIA+ women's and non-binary football club in the world'.
Club president Jennifer Peden told Daily Mail Australia: 'As a club, the Flying Bats FC stand strongly for inclusion, and pride ourselves on safe, respectful and fair play, the promotion of a supportive community for LGBTQIA+ players, officials and supporters, and the significant physical, social and mental health benefits that participation in sport brings, especially to marginalised members of the
