Jackie Slack

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Jackie Slack
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-07-25) 25 July 1959 (age 66)
Position Left-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Lowestoft Ladies
Norwich
International career
1984–1991 England 32 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jackie Slack (born 25 July 1959) is a British former footballer who played as a left-back for the England women's national football team, playing thirty two matches and scoring one goal. She was part of the team at the 1987 Women's EURO held in Norway. [1] Slack is also a two time winner of the Women's FA Cup.

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Club career

During her club career she won the 1982 WFA Cup final with Lowestoft Ladies F.C. They beat Cleveland Spartans 2-0 in the final held at Loftus Road, with Slack as captain. [2] [3] She won the WFA Cup for a second time in 1986 whilst playing for Norwich, after they beat Doncaster Belles 4-3 in the final at Carrow Road. [4] [5]

England

Slack made her England debut at the 1984 Mundialito held in Italy. She played her first game at the Stadio Armando Picchi in Jesolo in a 1-1 draw against Belgium. [6] In November 2022, Slack was recognized by The Football Association as one of the England national team's legacy players, and as the 64th women's player to be capped by England. [7]

Life outside football

Before making a name for herself in the football world, Slack was an England junior badminton player. [8]

Honours

Player

Lowestoft

Norwich

References

  1. ↑ "1987 UEFA Women's Championship". .rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Lowestoft Ladies '1982' FA Cup winners to appear at Crown Meadow". Lowestoft Town FC. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Hanson, Reece (6 October 2021). "Lowestoft Ladies' incredible FA Cup final triumph remembered in new book". Eastern Daily Press . Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Briggs, Stacia (18 December 2021). "The day Norwich City raised the FA Cup". Eastern Daily Press . Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Classic Finals". Women's Football Archive. 8 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Mundialito Femminile '84 – The Little World Cup". Women's Football Archive. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "England Player Legacy and Results Archive". The Football Association. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Jackie's a star A FORMER England junior badminton player, Jackie Slack, of". British Newspaper Archive Retford, Worksop, Isle of Axholme and Gainsborough News 12 February 1982 Page 27 Copyright of National World Publishing LTD.
  9. ↑ Slegg, Chris; Gregory, Patricia (6 May 2021). A History of the Women's FA Cup Final. The History Press. p. 118. ISBN   978-0750996594 . Retrieved 1 August 2022. Among the former teammates Reynolds signed for Norwich were Lowestoft's 1982 WFA Cup winners Jackie Slack, Linda Curl and Sallie Jackson.
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