Edna Neillis
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 April 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 18 July 2015 (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Cumbernauld, Scotland | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970-1973 | Westthorn United | ||
| 1973–1975 | Reims | ||
| 1975–1977 | A.C.F. Milan | ||
| 1978–1982 | Gorgonzola | ||
| 1983 | Piacenza | ||
| 1984 | Gorgonzola | ||
| 1985–1989 | A.C.F. Foggia | ||
| 1989–1990 | A.C.F. San Pietro in Lama[1] | ||
| International career | |||
| 1972–1975 | Scotland | 5 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Edna Neillis (15 April 1953 – 13 July 2015) was a Scottish women's football forward, who represented the Scottish women's football team and played in the French and Italian championships.[2]
Neillis was born in Glasgow, and raised in the east of the city, playing football in the streets as a child and for Ruchazie boys' team.[3][4] She went on to play with Westthorn United, a women's team based in Glasgow.[4] She earned her first cap with the Scotland national team as a teenager and played in the team's first international match against England in 1972.[3] Previously, women's football was banned for over 50 years.[5]
Neillis and her teammate Rose Reilly received a lifetime ban by the Scottish FA after speaking out against the national team's amateur-level coach in 1975.[6][7] She continued to play professionally in Italy.
Honours
[edit | edit source]A.C.F. Milan
- Serie A title: 1975[7]
- Italian Cup: 1975, 1976[7]
Gorgonzola
- Italian Cup: 1980[7]
Individual
- Inducted into Scottish Women in Sport Hall of Fame in 2018
In popular culture
[edit | edit source]In 2013, Neillis was featured in the BBC documentary Honeyballers, focused on the pioneers of Scottish women's football.[8][9] In December 2015, a motion to induct Neillis into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame was proposed.[10]
References
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External links
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- Scottish women's footballers
- Scotland women's international footballers
- 2015 deaths
- 1953 births
- Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
- Serie A (women's football) players
- Scottish expatriate women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Stade de Reims Féminines players
- Expatriate women's footballers in France
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in France
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Footballers from Glasgow
- ACF Milan players
- 20th-century Scottish sportswomen
- Scottish women's football biography stubs