An FA website once called Marieanne “one of the greatest English football players of all time”, and no wonder. She managed 91 caps for her country, as well as five league titles and seven FA Cups with Arsenal in just eight seasons of football. She was also the league’s top scorer, the FA Players’ Player of the Year and more.

Vic Akers, manager of the Arsenal team at the time, said in 2009: “Marieanne was one of the most feared forwards in the game. She had good technique, ability on the ball, pace and power, and she was capable of scoring goals from all over the pitch — many of them from distance.”

On finishing her playing career, Spacey went into coaching, first heading up the Fulham Ladies, and later becoming Assistant Manager for the England team.