In 1987, Aucklanders Barbara and Michele Cox became the first mother and daughter in the world to play together in a football international.
That year they teamed up in defence for New Zealand's only victory over the USA – a result that is so rarely celebrated that members of the current Football Ferns team weren't aware of it.
Michele was a teenager at the time and remains - almost certainly - the finest female player New Zealand has produced despite the professional advances in the game.
Barbara's late husband Roy, is regarded as the father of women's football in this