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England's hugely successful 60's side travelled to Marseille with an impressive unbeaten run of 17 games. A host of nations were no doubt eager to be the first to tarnish their run of form. First up on day one were the Norwegians, a well drilled team that had managed a 0-0 draw in the Swedish Winter Nations at the back end of last year. The match finished all-square at 1-1.
Day two saw the re-arranged fixture with Italy (journey issues) and another 1-1 was hard fought by both teams.
Wales's first foray into IWFF internationals did well to only go down by the one goal to an England side that were not particularly having things go their own way in this tournament. Another slender one-nil against the Swedes had England winning games but not playing to their usual high standard. Teams had raised their games over the winter/spring period, some with new additions to their squads. England scored two goals against France, who appeared a little out of sorts to their usual standard and passion. England secured the same 11 points as Norway, but were a goal different so finished the group in 2nd place.
The semi-finals saw Norway beat France 2-1 to join England in the final, whom ousted the Italians 5-4 on penalties after a 2-2 draw.
In the final itself, England finally turned up to produce the performance they had found wanting in the group stages and saw off the Norwegians 1-0 to lift the European Championships and extend their unbeaten run to 24.
After numerous close finishes in tournaments, the Women's 40's team finally got the monkey off their back and won their first piece of silverware with some impressive performances with a new look side.
With 3-1 wins against Norway and Sweden, they set their stall out early doors, and topping the table seemed inevitable. But a 0-0 against France and then Wales saw them finish in second place to set up the semi with Sweden. The match finished 1-1 and England moved into the final with a 2-1 win on penalties.
Unperturbed, the women saw off France with a 2-0 win to establish themselves as the team to beat in this age category.
WOMEN 50+
ENGLAND 1 SWEDEN 1
ITALY 1 ENGLAND 0
ENGLAND 0 FRANCE 3
NORWAY 3 ENGLAND 1
ENGLAND 1 WALES 1
WOMEN 60+
WALES 0 ENGLAND 2
50+
ENGLAND 1 SWEDEN 1
ITALY 1 ENGLAND 0
ENGLAND 0 FRANCE 3
NORWAY 3 ENGLAND 1
ENGLAND 1 WALES 1
65+
FRANCE 3 ENGLAND 2
ENGLAND 1 WALES 1
SWEDEN 1 ENGLAND 2
S/F ENGLAND 1 SWEDEN 0
FIN FRANCE 1 ENGLAND 0
70+
SWEDEN 1 ENGLAND 1
ENGLAND 2 FRANCE 0
WALES 2 ENGLAND 0
ENGLAND 2 NORWAY 1
S/F ENGLAND 1 (5) SWEDEN 1 (4)
FIN FRANCE 1 (4) ENGLAND 1 (2)
The FA have amended their laws of the game. The revised edition can be found on an alternative page on this site (see menu bar.)
It has been the case that a certain FA supporting organisation has deemed themselves fit to clarify some of the FA rules on their behalf. Specific claim has been levelled across the social media platforms that the penalty area line is the sole possession of the goalkeeper. A defender on the line or playing the ball on the line is deemed to have compromised the area and a penalty is awarded. If an attacker scores from playing a ball on the line, the goal is disallowed. The rule comes within WFA LOTG but has not featured in any of the FA revised rules. The FA were not involved in the production of the material claim.
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