Edinburgh Dynamos L.F.C.
The Edinburgh Dynamos Ladies Football Club was a leading association football team in Scotland.
The club was founded in the 1940s by Linda Clements and Mary Leslie, who had formerly played for the Edinburgh City Girls F.C. The Girls team disbanded soon afterwards, but the Dynamos survived until the mid-1950s.[1]
The team was revived in the 1960s.[1] In 1970, it was one of six founder members of the Scottish Women's Football Association,[2] and it competed in the Scottish Women's Football League from its first season, winning the competition in 1975/76.[3] It proved particularly successful in the Scottish Women's Cup, winning in 1972, 1974/75, 1975/76, and 1978/79. It also won the Scottish Women's Football League Cup in 1977.[4]
Players from the team were prominent in the early Scotland women's national football team, and included Sheila Begbie, who captained it in its first ever match, against England.[5]
In the 1980s, the team was less successful, losing in the Women's Cup final in 1980/81 and 1984/85.[4] It continued playing in the top division until the end of the 1988/1989 season, after which it withdrew from the league.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Davidson, Gina (7 October 2014). "The women's football team banned by Edinburgh". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Williams, Craig (9 March 2019). "How Stewarton Thistle and Westthorn Utd started a new era for women's football in Scotland". Football Scotland. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Women's League Competitions". Scottish Football Historical Results Archive. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Scotland (Women) - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.
- ^ Campbell, Alan (June 2017). "HOW THE HOOVERETTES AND PRIMA DONNAS WON THE LONG GAME". Nutmeg. No. 4. Retrieved 5 September 2022.