Gill Sayell recalls the moment she arrived at the first ever women’s football World Cup like it was yesterday. At the age of just 14, she was selected for the unofficial England team at Copa ‘71 in Mexico.
Gill, who often had to pretend to be a boy called Billy to get a game, had never been abroad before and did not even own a passport. She had no idea about the magnitude of the event. But all that changed the moment they touched down in Mexico.
