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Former Lioness Pat Mitchell-Firth says she is 'incredibly proud' as she unveils a blue plaque at the site of the first official home match of the England women's team in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, which saw them defeat Scotland in 1973.
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00:00I remember scoring the three goals. I'd been told I was going to play and scored the first goal. I
00:05thought, great, I've scored on my debut, scored the second goal. I thought, this is wonderful. I scored on the
00:10third goal and it was just out of this world. I just could not believe it. I was 16 years
00:17old. I just couldn't believe it.
00:18I'm unbelievably proud to have been part of the teams that started building the foundation of which the women's FA
00:29and then the FA have taken up on that and then the players of today, two European championships, one World
00:35Cup final, hopefully in a few years' time. So we helped start the run of it.
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