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Sylvia Gore MBE, scorer of England Women’s first ever goal in 1972, is inducted into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame alongside Alan Shearer and Trevor Francis. The pioneering German coach Gero Bisanz dies aged 78, prompting a tribute from Silvia Neid. Doncaster Rovers Belles junior Hannah Brown loses her battle with cancer having set out to raise £50,000 for PACT. FA WSL 1 attendances rise more than 30 per cent to an average of 728, Germany close on the top-ranked United States, and FIFA’s Ballon d’Or shortlists are published with Laura Harvey nominated as coach but Kim Little overlooked. Jayne Ludlow is appointed Wales manager, Alberto Kurti and Gordon Staniforth step down, Karen Carney is suspended and fined for misconduct, and Eniola Aluko becomes Match of the Day’s first female pundit.