Women’s football in Scotland has a magnificent but largely overlooked history of more than 100 years. This fascinating exhibition looks at the early days, telling the story of trailblazers Rutherglen Ladies who battled against the odds just to play matches yet led the way in the 1920s and 1930s. Led by superstar captain Sadie Smith, the grandmother of singer-songwriter Eddi Reader, Rutherglen Ladies also featured Cardenden’s own May Watson who would later be described as “probably one of the best lady footballers in Britain”.
Read more about the exhibition and an appeal for information about the women’s game in Fife here.
Photo credit – Fiona Skillen (@fionaskillen), Steve Bolton (@DagenhamInvince) and Glasgow Caledonian University.
War Memorial Gardens,
Kirkcaldy,
KY1 1YG
01592 583206
