But afterwards the FA and Fifa dedicated themselves, almost like the Men in Black waving their amnesia devices in everyone's face, to denying its success, forgetting it ever happened, clamping down on the venues and facilities and punishing the women for their success.
An independent women's football association had held its inaugural Women's World Cup in Italy in 1970 with sponsorship from Martini vermouth. Then, a year later, they staged their ambitious Copa 71 in Mexico with fixtures in two national venues which Fifa couldn't control: the Jalisco stadium in Guadalajara and, in Mexico City, the Azteca stadium.
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