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Pat Mitchell-Firth received her legend cap nearly 50 years after scoring in England women's first official home matchWomen footballers are finally being recognised, one of the "original Lionesses" has said as she received her England cap after 50 years.
She said: "We played and represented England with pride, but it's taken 50 years to be recognised as Lionesses."The decision to grant women a legacy number and a cap was part of plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the inaugural international by England's first official women's team on 18 November 1972.
Ms Bilton, who died in 2004, would have been "over the moon" to see them all receive an official cap, Ms Mitchell-Firth added. Ms Mitchell-Firth, who went on to play 11 times for England, scoring nine goals, but who was forced to retire from the game aged 21 after a cartilage injury, said she could not be prouder of the way the women's game had grown since her days on the pitch.
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