Beth Mead opened the scoring after just three minutes and scored a hat-trick, one of three England players to do so.
Another was Ellen White, who broke Kelly Smith’s all-time goalscorer record to become England’s highest ever goalscorer.
The Manchester City striker now has 48 goals in 101 appearances for the Lionesses, surpassing Smith’s previous record of 46 that stood since 2014.
Manchester United’s Alessia Russo scored a second hat-trick, while Manchester City forward Lauren Hemp scored four, her first goal in an England shirt.
Ten different players came on the scoresheet for England on a historic night with Bethany England, Jill Scott, Ella Toon, Jordan Nobbs and Georgia Stanway.
However, the result – which surpassed England’s previous record win of 13–0 – raised fresh questions about competition at international level and prompted some suggestions for lower-ranked teams such as Latvia to play the pre-qualifiers. .
“I think we’ll have to see it,” England manager Sarina Wigman told reporters. “You want competitive sports and these are not competitive sports. In every country, you want to develop the women’s game, but I don’t think it’s good that the score is that high.
“I know there’s a focus from the federations and UEFA and FIFA, and I think it’s good because I don’t think 20-0 is good for anyone’s development.
“We need some top-level games now that we’re going to have because then we’ll really know where we are.”
Also on Tuesday, the Republic of Ireland beat Georgia 11-0 and Norway 10-0, while Belgium beat Armenia 19-0 in their qualifiers on November 25 in this round of international matches.
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