World Cup 2023 Qualifying Gallery

A two-page photo gallery covering the Home Nations’ World Cup 2023 qualifiers between 21 and 26 October 2021, with wins for all but Northern Ireland. Scotland captain Rachel Corsie stooped to head a last-minute winner against Hungary at Hampden, Christy Grimshaw the other scorer as they kept a hundred per cent record in Group B. Beth Mead came off the bench to score three in fifteen minutes in England’s 4-0 win over Northern Ireland at Wembley, becoming the first Englishwoman to score a hat-trick there, before the Lionesses won 10-0 in Latvia with an Ella Toone hat-trick. Kayleigh Green headed Wales level in a hot-tempered 1-1 draw in Slovenia but was sent off, and Demi Vance’s free-kick featured as Northern Ireland drew 2-2 with Austria at Seaview.