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an UEFA recommendation in 1972 for national associations to incorporate the women's game, the Football Association (FA) rescinded its fifty-year ban on women playing on Football League grounds.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,
Macedonia women's national football team Macedonia women's national football team The Macedonia women's national football team represents the Republic of Macedonia in international football. The team is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia, the governing body for football in the country. They are currently coached by Gorazd Mihajlov. The Macedonian women's team find themselves ranked 104th out of 122 active women's footballing nations registered with FIFA. The women's team played their first official game on 7 May 2005, in which they were beaten 4–0 by Croatia. Two weeks later, on 21 May 2005, Macedonia scored their first ever goal in a 7–1 loss to