The Football Association banned women from playing football on league affiliated grounds in December of 1921.
The women's game attracted crowds of up to 53,000 at the time. The course of female football was changed by the decision.
The ban lasted for nearly 50 years until the FA Council voted to repeal it in 1970.
The first women's FA Cup final was held a year later, and as the competition celebrates its 50th anniversary season, it's interesting to hear about the evolution of the women's game.
Lloyd will never forget lifting the cup at Wembley.
The first women's FA Cup was won by the Saints.
The first Women's FA Cup final took place in 1971 and it was won by Saints by a score of 4-1. The Saints won eight of the next 11 cups.
What was it like to play football?
I used to have a sandwich before I went to the pitch. We just showed up and that was it. We used to have to wash our boots with a pipe when we went back to the changing rooms. It was crazy. We played for the love of it. We enjoyed the game.
What was it like to play during the ban?
We were laughed at and it was quite honest. We used to hear about this ban and boys used to make fun of us for being women playing football, but in the end I think they could see that we were serious about it.
What do you remember about the first FA Cup final?
I remember going to the final. They forgot to cut the grass when we arrived.
The most important game we were ever going to play was going to be and the manager told us to get out there and do something.
There was a group of people in the hut. I will never forget lifting the cup. That was my stadium. I know what the ladies have, but I didn't know what we had.
We didn't take a picture of the team until the following week. The photo was taken a week later after we washed our kit. It shows how things have changed.
How do you feel watching a women's cup final and seeing how the game has evolved?
They have everything, I think. It's great to see what has changed. I'd love to have been born in this era, as women should be entitled to what the men have. The competitive spirit doesn't change no matter what era you're in.
People still come up to me and talk about it. My family have been brought up on football and I'm still a season ticket holder. Women's football is something my children and grandchildren like to watch. I'm bringing my grandson to the final. The love of the game is never lost.
We'd get comments telling us to have kids.
Gill Coultard won the FA Cup six times.
Gill Coultard won the FA Cup six times in his playing career and was England's captain from 2001 to 2001. She became the first woman to score in a Wembley international and the first to score for England in a women's World Cup in the same year, and was awarded an MBE for her services to football.
What were some of the obstacles that you had to overcome to play football?
One of the biggest things that stands out for me is the comment that I should be washing up at the sink because I shouldn't be playing football.
We'd get comments from the stands about getting married and having kids. It happened a lot when I first started. I was only 13 when I heard people say this, and I was playing for Doncaster Belles, so I just thought it was not right.
Do you see attitudes changing?
There's more opportunities for women and girls to play the game now that they have changed. There's more going on. There are England teams at youth level which weren't there before, which is where we should be today.
On the 50th anniversary of the women's FA Cup final, what do you think about being a pioneer in the game?
We paved the way for the next generation of pioneers. Wembley is a great place to play the final. It's the home of football, it's where everyone wants to play and for the final to be played there, that's how much the women's game has evolved and hopefully that'll be how it is for the rest of my lifetime.
We couldn't afford the bus to the stadium.
The FA Cup final was played in 2009, and Lucy Bronze was from Manchester City.
Lucy Bronze is a recognisable name in women's football. Bronze's first FA Cup final was as a teenager with third-tier Sunderland. She won the Uefa women's player of the year award in her first year as a professional footballer.
Do you think you've had to overcome obstacles?
I think I'm part of the middle aged generation. I was in the FA Cup final in 2009, and I remember it well. We couldn't afford the bus to the stadium when I was 17 years old.
We had to bag pack in one of the supermarkets to raise money for the bus. We didn't have a warm-up kit for that game, we had to wear our away shirt from the season before.
What do you think about the game?
When I was 17 I was the only one on the team who didn't know who I was. It was off the back of the World Cup that people started to know who I was. It was a big deal that the England international team was playing at Wembley, as the women's game was changing in England.
Did you ever think you'd be walking out at Wembley?
I didn't think we'd be playing at Wembley. It's a stadium with a lot of history, it's well known, and many people have a connection to it. It's amazing to play there.
What more can be done to change people's views of women's football?
It's easy to say that the growth has been good for the sport. I don't think any other sport has grown at the rate of women's football, but that's not to say that we're not where we need to be.
We need to get more girls playing and playing at a higher level. We need more clubs to invest so that we can see more competition and more people talking about winning things. I think we need to grow the fan bases of women's clubs. I think there is room for improvement.
I've experienced both ends of the scale and I love it. It makes me want to fight and not give up.
The game could have been more advanced without the ban.
The stadiums were more full before the ban than they are now. It's amazing to see stadiums full of women's football fans, but it shows that it was at the same level as the men's game.
During that time, men's football was growing and women's wasn't, so we're chasing after that ban. Everyone is pushing for it to get back to where it was.
Manchester City won the FA Cup in 2020.
