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an UEFA recommendation in 1972 for national associations to incorporate the women's game, the Football Association (FA) rescinded its fifty-year ban on women playing on Football League grounds.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,
Belarus women's national football team Belarus women's national football team The Belarus women's national football team represents Belarus in international women's football. The team is governed by the Football Federation of Belarus ("Беларуская фэдэрацыя па футболу"). Belarus first appeared in a FIFA/UEFA qualification stage in the 1997 European Championship, where it was paired with the Czech Republic, Poland and Estonia. In its first official match they lost 0–1 to the Czech Republic on 7 October 1995. In May 1996 they attained their first official win by beating 3–0 Poland, which had defeated them 2–0 in the first match. They subsequently beat Estonia 0–4 and 4–0