Jackie Slack
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 July 1959 | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Lowestoft Ladies | |||
| Norwich | |||
| International career | |||
| 1984–1991 | England | 32 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jackie Slack (born 25 July 1959) is a British former footballer who played as a left-back for the England women's national football team, playing thirty two matches and scoring one goal. She was part of the team at the 1987 Women's EURO held in Norway.[1] Slack is also a two time winner of the Women's FA Cup.
Club career
During her club career she won the 1982 WFA Cup final with Lowestoft Ladies F.C. They beat Cleveland Spartans 2-0 in the final held at Loftus Road, with Slack as captain.[2][3] She won the WFA Cup for a second time in 1986 whilst playing for Norwich, after they beat Doncaster Belles 4-3 in the final at Carrow Road.[4][5]
England
Slack made her England debut at the 1984 Mundialito held in Italy. She played her first game at the Stadio Armando Picchi in Jesolo in a 1-1 draw against Belgium.[6] In November 2022, Slack was recognized by The Football Association as one of the England national team's legacy players, and as the 64th women's player to be capped by England.[7]
Life outside football
Before making a name for herself in the football world, Slack was an England junior badminton player.[8]
Honours
Player
Lowestoft
Norwich
References
- ^ "1987 UEFA Women's Championship". .rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ "Lowestoft Ladies '1982' FA Cup winners to appear at Crown Meadow". Lowestoft Town FC. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ Hanson, Reece (6 October 2021). "Lowestoft Ladies' incredible FA Cup final triumph remembered in new book". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ Briggs, Stacia (18 December 2021). "The day Norwich City raised the FA Cup". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "Classic Finals". Women's Football Archive. 8 June 2014.
- ^ "Mundialito Femminile '84 – The Little World Cup". Women's Football Archive. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "England Player Legacy and Results Archive". The Football Association. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "Jackie's a star A FORMER England junior badminton player, Jackie Slack, of". British Newspaper Archive Retford, Worksop, Isle of Axholme and Gainsborough News 12 February 1982 Page 27 Copyright of National World Publishing LTD.
- ^ Slegg, Chris; Gregory, Patricia (6 May 2021). A History of the Women's FA Cup Final. The History Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0750996594. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
Among the former teammates Reynolds signed for Norwich were Lowestoft's 1982 WFA Cup winners Jackie Slack, Linda Curl and Sallie Jackson.