England women play 500th game: Landmark Lionesses moments
England’s Lionesses are no strangers to making history.
The past decade has been rich with landmark moments; first tournament medal, first major trophy and first title defense on foreign soil.
They will reach another milestone when Sarina Wiegman’s team play Iceland in Reykjavik on Saturday (17:30 BST): the 500th match for England’s senior women’s team.
This match is important in terms of qualifying for the World Cup to be held in Brazil next year; England are looking to win more silver medals with their famous white jersey.
But whatever the outcome, this match will go down in history as a reminder of how far English women’s football has come.
In 1921, the Football Association (FA) banned women’s football. game “most inappropriate for women”, external.
The decision relegated women’s football to park pitches and small pitches for half a century before the decision was overturned in 1971.
BBC Sport takes a look at 11 defining moments in England women’s history to mark the 500 not left out.
