A second women’s football team have accepted sponsorship from the No More Page 3 (NMP3) campaign. The senior players of Nottingham Forest Ladies are hoping to play in their new kit in three weeks’ time.

Club chair PJ Andrews said the NMP3 campaign – which is aimed at persuading The Sun to stop publishing daily pictures of topless women – “is an initiative fully embraced by our club members.”

Pointing out that more than 135,000 people have signed the group’s petition (see here), she said “a fair few of our members are amongst them”.

In December, Cheltenham Town Ladies FC also accepted NMP3 sponsorship and their two teams both wear shorts bearing the the “No More Page 3″ logo.

An NMP3 spokeswoman said: “We are so excited to be sponsoring Nottingham Forest Ladies and nobody is more excited than our own Lisa Clarke who was born and bred in Nottingham and is a huge Nottingham Forest fan.”

She continued: “At NMP3 we are dedicated to seeing a more equal representation of women in the media. A big move towards that would be more coverage of women’s sport as this currently only makes up 5% of the total sports coverage.

“Women are making news in sport every week and we don’t get to see it. How fabulous would it be if we stopped the sexual images of women in our papers that make girls feel that their role is only to decorate and instead inspired the next generation of young women to action by showcasing sportswomen?”

Sources: NMP3/Notts Forest Ladies/#KitOn