McGovern still keeps a copy of the notorious calendar in her home outside of Sydney, so what does her family think 24 years on? I think my most risky photo didn't end up in the calendar," the 20-year-old said with a laugh. "I was almost glad. I was feeding a calf and there wasn't much to cover me. Our photographer was really good. She was a good laugh. I think with her, it made it easier to have a good time and a bit of fun. She photographed our dinner and dance as well, so she got to see us in our clothes as well."

On a more general note, women's sport in Australia has suffered in comparison to men's sport, and nowhere is this more evident than in sponsorship, profile and media coverage," she said in a second sitting a few days later. Loading... With the Sydney 2000 Olympics on the horizon, Australian sports teams were desperate to gain some publicity before a game-changing year for the nation. It's exactly where all us past players wanted the game to get to, and just because it didn't get there in our time in the Matildas, it doesn't mean we're not proud and grateful and happy that the game has got to a point where they don't need to do that stuff anymore. It is important that allegations that female athletes were pressured into appearing in this sort of ad because they were told the sport needed the revenue be investigated." She remembers her mum running around to several newsagencies buying up copies of the calendar once it had been released, and still has Alicia's photo framed and hanging in her house.

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The annual community calendar is taking a Heroes vs Villains: Cute & Cheeky theme for its 2023 edition. https://www.womenofwaynesville.org/naked-calendar As a young kid growing up playing football, a lot of people made comments about my physique because I'm athletic," she says.

After retiring from football, McGovern switched to the mining industry. "If I got into a conversation with a burly bloke who had no football connections, when I said I used to play, the first thing they would say to me is 'were you in the calendar?' So that's how they kind of contextualised it." I thought that was good to have in there. That was boundary-pushing. To present women in that way was different." An unintended legacy The photographs in this calendar are all hunting related, and the people featured are Worcestershire supporters or hunt staff!” — Rachel Maddox Myself and others from our riding school/livery yard have produced a naked calendar to raise funds for HEART (Highland Equine And Riding Therapy) which is a small local charity supporting children and adults with disabilities or long term health conditions to enjoy the benefits of horse riding. It started as a joke, but in fact everyone really got into the spirit of the project and gained lots of confidence. In fact, some people seemed happier to have their clothes off than on!” — Christine Fletcher I have previously said that I respect the rights of adult sportspeople to make decisions about how they market themselves. The issue with the television ad is that there appears to be a culture in women's soccer that this type of activity is part of their role as Matildas.That's the question the board of the Australian Women's Soccer Association (AWSA), the national governing body of women's football at the time, was faced with as they tried to get the Matildas ready for one of the most significant football tournaments of their lives. I've got my photo framed up in my home now. When I look at it, it's an image for me that's frozen in time because of what I was going through as an athlete. It represented so much.