In 1984 when we played Sweden in the UEFA European final, we only had two and half thousand people watching us represent our country. We had things said to us that men would be locked up for now.
There were lots of lewd jokes about us swapping shirts and how we shouldn’t be on any pitch. We had to drown out so many negative voices - yes, mainly all men. But we were always proud to be playing, to be representing our country, So we just got on with it.
It was very disappointing that for the UEFA final, we could not find any London clubs who would allow us to play in their stadium. We were more respected - and were made more welcome in Sweden than in our own country.
