Late flowering in Scotland
Fame came late in the day for Rose Reilly, Scotland’s only World Cup winner – who was victorious when playing for Italy in1984 – but the pioneer will complete a move from anonymity to centre stage when a play about her life travels her home nation in April.
The production of is another indication of the belated flowering of the women’s game north of Hadrian’s Wall. Reilly, 65, has been inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame and in January was made an MBE in The
