1972: ENGLAND Lionesses Vs SCOTLAND - First Official International | Women's Football | BBC Archive

Less than a year after the FA overturned their ban on women playing football, which had been in place since 1921, The Fanatics follows the England Women's Football Team as they prepare for their first ever "official" women's international match, against Scotland, at the Ravenscraig Stadium in Greenock.

Interviewed in this short documentary are England players Wendy Owen, Lynda Hale, Paddy McGroarty, Sylvia Gore, Morag Kirkland, Sue Buckett and England's captain, Sheila Parker. How did they first get into football? Are there any differences between the women's game and men's football? What do spectators make of women's football? What sort of future do they see for the women's game?

Match highlights follow, with Scotland taking a two goal lead courtesy of Mary Carr and star player Rose Reilly, before England hit back with goals from Gore, Hale and Jeannie Allott to win the match 2 - 3.

Clip taken from The Fanatics: Legs Eleven, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 7 December, 1972.

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