England’s Lionesses aren’t any strangers to creating historical past.
The previous decade has been wealthy in landmark moments; a primary match medal, a primary main trophy, and a primary title defence – on overseas soil as well.
When Sarina Wiegman’s facet play Iceland in Reykjavik on Saturday (17:30 BST) they may attain one other milestone – the five hundredth fixture for England’s senior ladies’s workforce.
The sport is essential 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 end result, the match will likely be etched in historical past as a reminder of how far the English ladies’s recreation has come.
In 1921, the Soccer Affiliation (FA) banned ladies’s soccer, contemplating the sport “most unsuitable for females”, exterior.
The choice consigned ladies’s soccer to park pitches and small venues for half a century earlier than the choice 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 ladies.
