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Newcastle Women FC women, wearing black and white striped football shorts, and black shorts and football boots, crouch down and some stand up, holding trophies on a grass field.
Lynn Simmonette
Margaret Hodgson, with short curly hair, smiles as she walks along a path, wearing a t-shirt that says Newcastle W.F.C, three other women walk beside her.
Elaine Vallack
Lynn Simmonette with blonde curly hair, wearing yellow rimmed sunglasses and a black and white Newcastle football shirt, and grey shorts, sitting on a chair outside a patio door in the sunshine.
Lynn Simmonette
Pauline Fletcher wearing a Carling branded bucket hat and scarf, with a walking stick, standing on a cobbled pavement.
Elaine Vallack
From bottom left, Jo Cartwright, Paula Brooks, Joan Revel, Pauline Fletcher, Margaret Hodgson and top row Jenny Wilkin, Julie Williams and Marie Collins at the Wembley game.
Elaine Vallack
Marie Collins, Jo Cartwright and Elaine Vallack hold a trophy on a football pitch.
Elaine Vallack
Dee Foster, with brown long hair, stands to the far left above five girls, Michelle Armstrong, Lynn Simmonette, Vicky Mustard, Shauny Doughty and Julie Blanche, who are wearing orange and black football shirts, and black shorts. One girl in the front is holding a trophy.
Michelle Armstrong
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Rachel Sweeney
BBC Radio Newcastle
Nearly 30 years ago, Newcastle Women's Football Club made history in their first game at Wembley.
It was a warm-up match on 11 August 1996 ahead of Newcastle United's Charity Shield against Manchester United, where Alan Shearer made his debut following a world record £15m transfer fee.
The team lost 2-0 but became the first Newcastle women's team to play at the stadium.
Founded by Kim Moore in 1989, the team was set up because, she said, there were "fewer opportunities for women, especially North East women".
"We weren't affiliated with Newcastle United until 2005 so we had to fundraise to get to Wembley, but it was a dream come true."
Newcastle Women FC became Newcastle United Women FC in 2005 when they officially became part of Newcastle United.
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