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'They played in front of 90,000 fans but were banned from football at home' - the ‘Lost Lionesses’ of 1971 are celebrated in Manchester
04.08.2023 - 10:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The pioneering 1971 England women’s team, coined the ‘Lost Lionesses’, have been celebrated at an uplifting event at the National Football Museum in Manchester.
Despite what many understand, the 1971 England Women’s Football team were launched into fame and stardom in the subsequent unofficial Women’s World Cup held in Mexico.
They played in front of 90,000 fans, signed autographs everywhere they went and required a constant police escort. Yet, all women, England national team included, were still prohibited from participating in the sport on home turf - some never to play again.
That tournament was special despite England finishing bottom of their fierce group of the tournament that comprised hosts Mexico and Argentina. It was a young team, even the captain fell under the age of 20, with 13-year-old Leah Caleb, 14-year-old Gill Sayell and 15-year-old Chris Lockwood among the ranks in the England strip. All who were having to train in desolate areas to avoid backlash in their tournament build-up amid the 50-year football ban from 1921.
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The curse was lifted in '72, the FA reluctantly got on board and the first official game for the women’s side kicked off against Scotland - everyone forgetting the team that went before, inclusive of the 1971 team manager, Harry Batt.
Seemingly to cover their tracks, Batt soon became blacklisted and his Chiltern Valley club was effectively shut down by the Women's FA for 'illegally' fielding an England team at a time when the organisation was supposedly trying to assemble its own national side.
After such anguish, Batt and his squad’s passion initiated the rise of the women’s game, and paved the way for European glory and
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