First match: Scotland 2-3 England in Greenock 19.11.72

First scorer: Sylvia Gore (in above)

First home match: England 8-0 Scotland in Nuneaton 23.6.73

First hat-trick: Pat Firth (also 23.6.73)

First match under floodlights: England 5-1 Northern Ireland at Twerton Park, Bath 7.9.73

First match on professional ground: England 1-0 Holland at Elm Park, Reading 9.11.73

First defeat: Sweden 2 England 0 (away) June 1975

First penalty shoot-out: Sweden 0-0 England in Italy 27.7.79 (England lose 3-4 on pens)

First tournament match: England 4-0 Wales in Bedford 22.5.76

First UEFA match: England 7-1 Northern Ireland 19.9.82

First UEFA Final: England 1-1 Sweden (aggregate, over two legs, Sweden win on pens) May 1984

First match under The FA's auspices: Slovenia 10-0 England in Ljubljana 25.9.93

First home match under The FA: England 0-0 Spain at Bradford City 20.2.94

First World Cup Finals: 1995 in Sweden