England’s Lionesses aren’t any strangers to creating historical past.
The previous decade has been wealthy in landmark moments; a primary event medal, a primary main trophy, and a primary title defence – on international soil besides.
When Sarina Wiegman’s facet play Iceland in Reykjavik on Saturday (17:30 BST) they are going to attain one other milestone – the five hundredth fixture for England’s senior girls’s crew.
The sport is necessary for securing qualification for subsequent 12 months’s World Cup in Brazil, with England eager to win extra silverware within the well-known white shirt.
However whatever the consequence, the match will likely be etched in historical past as a reminder of how far the English girls’s recreation has come.
In 1921, the Soccer Affiliation (FA) banned girls’s soccer, contemplating the game “most unsuitable for females”, external.
The choice consigned girls’s soccer to park pitches and small venues for half a century before the decision was overturned in 1971.
To mark 500 not out, BBC Sport takes a have a look at 11 defining moments within the historical past of England’s girls.
