‘You should be cleaning’: Original Lioness reflects on women’s football in 1972

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'You should be cleaning': Original Lioness reflects on women's football in 1972

As the Lionesses prepare for a sixth successive tournament quarter-final, based in plush Zurich surroundings, Janet Bagguley remembers how female players used to be treated.

Janet Bagguley was part of England’s first women’s international played on a frozen pitch in 1972 – 100 years after the men’s team launched.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/womens-euros-one-of-the-original-lionesses-looks-back-on-how-far-the-team-has-come-since-1972-13397254

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Date: July 16, 2025