Told by the pioneering women who participated, this is the extraordinary story of the 1971 Women's Soccer World Cup in Mexico, a tournament witnessed by record crowds that was written out of sporting history by an institution that didn't consider women's football to be commercially viable.
Recent World Cups and Euros have started to fulfil the potential for women's football, but what's the future for women in sport?
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