England women's national football team Batt's team also participated in two FIEFF World Cups held in Italy (1970) and Mexico (1971). Following an UEFA recommendation in 1972 for national associations to incorporate the women's game, the Football Association (FA) rescinded its fifty-year ban on women playing on Football League grounds. Shortly after, Eric Worthington was tasked by the WFA to assemble an official women's national team. England competed in its first international match against Scotland in Greenock on 18 November 1972, almost 100 years after the first men's international. The team overturned a two-goal deficit to defeat their northern opponents by 3 goals to 2,
History of the Albania national football team History of the Albania national football team The history of the Albania national football team dates back to the team's formation and first ever international match in 1946. Although it never played any matches, the Albanian national football team existed before the Albanian Football Association was created in 1930. This is witnessed by the registration of the Albanian team in the Balkan Cup tournament of 1929–1931, which started in 1929, a year before the creation of the association. Albania, however, eventually retired from the competition, before the competition itself started. FSHF was founded on 6 June 1930, and, in 1932,