Louise Cross
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English footballer
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Winger [1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1982 | Southampton Women's F.C. | ||
| International career | |||
| 1971 | England | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Louise Cross is a British former amateur footballer. She played for the unofficial England women's national football team — calling themselves the "British Independents", now known as the "Lost Lionesses" in 1971, including at the 1971 Women's World Cup in Mexico.[2] [3] [4]
In her club career, Cross was named on the substitutes bench for the first ever WFA Cup final in 1971. Southampton beat Stewarton Thistle 4–1.[5]
Honours
[edit ]Southampton
References
[edit ]- ^ "SEE AFC TOTTON'S LOUISE GARDNER IN COPA'71 DOCUMENTARY ON BBC FOUR | AFC Totton". www.afctotton.com. Retrieved 2025年12月20日.
- ^ "Woman banned from playing football after taking part in 1971 world cup tells her story | ITV News Meridian". Archived from the original on 2022年07月07日. Retrieved 2025年12月20日.
- ^ "Solent film premiere on forgotten female footballers". www.solent.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025年12月20日.
- ^ "Lost Lioness features in film on forgotten Women's World Cup | Daily Echo". www.dailyecho.co.uk. Retrieved 2025年12月20日.
- ^ "1971 Southampton 4-1 Stewarton Thistle". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ "FA CUP WINNER BACK TO WATCH SIRENS". www.southamptonwomensfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025年12月20日.
- ^ "Louise Gardner Representing England in Mexico, Playing at The San Siro & Azteca Stadium". The FA. 2022年07月13日 – via YouTube.