Sylvia Gore and the start of Women's Football

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In 1972, the England women's football team played their first ever international match, following a long campaign for official recognition by the Football Association. Sylvia Gore scored the first goal for the side in a game against Scotland. She talks to Sporting Witness about an era in which women footballers struggled to be taken seriously. Photo: The first England women's team in the dressing-room in 1972 (Getty Images).