‘Our first No 7’: Lynda Hale, pioneer who scored in England’s first women’s match, dies

Southampton winger won Women’s FA Cup seven times Lionesses will wear black armbands against Ukraine Tributes are being paid after the death of the trailblazing footballer Lynda Hale, who scored in England’s first official women’s international fixture. Hale, who was also a seven-time winner of the Women’s FA Cup as part of the Southampton Women’s FC side that dominated the English game throughout the 1970s, started the Lionesses’ first formal game, against Scotland in November 1972.