Laura McAllister played in every Wales game from 1994 to 2001Laura McAllister could soon be one of the most influential women in world football. On Tuesday, the former Wales captain stands for election to be Uefa's female representative on the Fifa Council, the sport's ultimate decision-making body. "She made a huge impression on me," Plaid's leader at the time, Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas, tells BBC Sport Wales. Fishlock believes McAllister's election to the Fifa Council would have major benefits for football, and not only in Wales. Now she needs the votes of Uefa's 55 member nations in order to join the 37-strong Fifa Council, led by Fifa president Gianni Infantino.

Source: BBC April 19, 2021 07:43 UTC