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- ↑ "'Scars on their legs': Southampton '71 captain Lesley Lloyd recalls first Women's FA Cup win". HeraldScotland. 9 May 2021.
- ↑ "Lesley Lloyd: 'It's an honour to have won the first Women's FA Cup'". the Guardian. December 4, 2021.
- ↑ Laverty, Richard (December 2, 2021). "Lesley Lloyd Reflects on Being the First Woman to Lift the FA Cup".
- ↑ "'We were laughed at' - women's football pioneer Lloyd". BBC Sport.
- ↑ Garry, Tom (December 4, 2021). "Fran Kirby and Lesley Lloyd, first Women's FA Cup-winning captain, recall 50 years of the famous trophy". The Telegraph– via www.telegraph.co.uk.
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