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The incredible story of a feminist icon who paved the way for women in football.

The incredible story of Rose Reilly from Ayrshire, who became a feminist icon, and whose tenacity and talent paved the way for women in football.

Anns na 70an, dh’fhàg Rose Reilly, aois 17 Siorrachd Adhair ‘si a’ sireadh cothrom ball-coise a chluiche gu proifeiseanta. Bhuinnig i Cupa na Cruinne a’ cluiche dhan Eadailt ann an 1984, agus chaidh a h-ainm a chur air adhart airson duais a’ chluicheadair ball-coise boireann as fheàrr air an t-saoghal. Choilean Rose na bha i ag iarraidh a dh’aindheoin’s gun robh i air a casg bho bhith a’ cluiche airson Alba. Tha ‘Rose Reilly’ ag innse sgeulachd beatha boireannach iongantach a bha daingeann, làidir agus tàlanta, feartan a chuidich i ann a bhith a’ faighinn seachad air leth-bhreith agus neo-ionnanachd, agus a chomharraich an t-slighe airson boireannaich eile ann am ball-coise.

In the 1970s, 17-year-old Rose Reilly left Ayrshire, determined to realise her dream to play professional football. A World Cup winner in 1984 for Italy and named the best female footballer in the world in the same year, she made her dreams a reality. Rose Reilly is the incredible story of a feminist icon whose tenacity and talent paved the way for women in football.

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