Jackie Slack
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 July 1959 | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Lowestoft Ladies | |||
| Norwich | |||
| International career | |||
| 1984–91 | 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][2] Slack is also a two time winner of the Women's FA Cup.
Club Career
[edit]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.[3][4] 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.[5][6]
England
[edit]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.[7] 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.[8][9]
Life outside football
[edit]Before making a name for herself in the football world, Slack was an England junior badminton player.[10]
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]- Lowestoft
- Norwich
References
[edit]- ^ "1987 UEFA Women's Championship". .rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ "Jackie Slack". Leballonrond. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Lowestoft Ladies '1982' FA Cup winners to appear at Crown Meadow". Lowestoft Town FC. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Lowestoft Ladies' incredible FA Cup final triumph remembered in new book". Eastern Daily Press.
- ^ "The day Norwich City raised the FA Cup". Eastern Daily Press.
- ^ "Classic Finals". womensfacup.co.uk.
- ^ "Mundialito Femminile '84 – The Little World Cup". Women's Football Archive.
- ^ "England player legacy and results archive". EnglandFootball.
- ^ Lacey-Hatton, Jack (18 November 2022). "Lionesses introduce 'legacy numbers' for players past and present". Mirror. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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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