Jackie Slack Explained

Jackie Slack
Birth Date:25 July 1959
Position:Left back
Clubs1:Lowestoft Ladies
Clubs2:Norwich
Nationalyears1:1984–91
Nationalteam1:England
Nationalcaps1:32
Nationalgoals1:1

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] [2] 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.[3] [4] 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.[5] [6]

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.[7] 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.[8] [9]

Life outside football

Before making a name for herself in the football world, Slack was an England junior badminton player.[10]

Honours

Player

Lowestoft

1982[11]

Norwich

1986

References

  1. Web site: 1987 UEFA Women's Championship. 24 October 2016. .rsssf.com.
  2. Web site: Jackie Slack. Leballonrond. 25 April 2017.
  3. Web site: Lowestoft Ladies '1982' FA Cup winners to appear at Crown Meadow. Lowestoft Town FC. 25 April 2017.
  4. Web site: Lowestoft Ladies' incredible FA Cup final triumph remembered in new book . Eastern Daily Press.
  5. Web site: The day Norwich City raised the FA Cup . Eastern Daily Press.
  6. Web site: Classic Finals . womensfacup.co.uk.
  7. Web site: Mundialito Femminile ’84 – The Little World Cup . Women's Football Archive.
  8. Web site: England player legacy and results archive . EnglandFootball.
  9. Web site: Lacey-Hatton . Jack . 2022-11-18 . Lionesses introduce 'legacy numbers' for players past and present . 2023-06-19 . . en.
  10. Web site: 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.
  11. Book: Slegg . Chris . Gregory . Patricia . A History of the Women's FA Cup Final . 6 May 2021 . The History Press . 978-0750996594 . 118 . 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..

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