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Legendary Player

Lily St Clair

Lily scored the opening goal in the first recorded women's football match in 1881. Few records survive from the game in Edinburgh. Scotland beat England 3-0 on the day and Lily’s strike stands as the first recorded female goal in the history of the Association game.

Legend

Lily St Clair

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Biography

Lily scored the opening goal in the first recorded women's football match in 1881. Few records survive from the game in Edinburgh. Scotland beat England 3-0 on the day and Lily’s strike stands as the first recorded female goal in the history of the Association game.

Portrait of Lily St Clair, painted by Stuart Gibbs and displayed at the Scottish Football Museum.