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an UEFA recommendation in 1972 for national associations to incorporate the women's game, the Football Association (FA) rescinded its fifty-year ban on women playing on Football League grounds.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,
Russian Empire national football team Russian Empire national football team The Russian Empire national football team was the association football team representing the Russian Empire from 1910 to 1914. The Russian Empire played its first unofficial international in October 1910 against Bohemia national team, a 5-4 win. The All-Russian Football Union was founded in January 1912 and it was admitted to FIFA in the same year. The first official international for Russian Empire was the second round match against Finland national team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. The development of league football in Russia was stopped by the outbreak of First World War