Matildas at war as FIFTEEN players are wiped from the history books in shocking row
Daily MailA huge row has erupted among Matildas alumni after 15 former players were wiped from the record books this week. On Monday, Football Australia announced it had revised its record books to confirm that a team from 1975 will now be viewed as the first even Australian national women's football team. She led the Australian national women's football team against New Zealand in 1979, which was formerly viewed as the first Matildas match, but is now no longer recognised as a moment of history. A team of 15 Matildas have been wiped from the record books by Football Australia The 1975 team that toured Hong Kong have now been recognised as the first Australian women's team, meaning the 1979 team no longer hold that title The 1975 cohort was not previously recognised because most of the players were members of the same Sydney surburban club - 1975 St George Budapest - and no national selection process was undertaken. According to the ABC, O'Connor was captain of the St George Budapest team and was the secretary of the Australian Women's Soccer Association at the time and received direct contact from international football officials about an Australian team's involvement in the Hong Kong competition.
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