The Edinburgh Dynamos Ladies Football Club was a leading

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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. The team was revived in the 1960s. In 1970, it was one of six founder members of the

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, and it competed in the

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from its first season, winning the competition in 1975/76. It proved particularly successful in the

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, winning in 1972, 1974/75, 1975/76, and 1978/79. It also won the

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in 1977. Players from the team were prominent in the early

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, and included

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, who captained it in its first ever match, against England.{{cite news , last1=Campbell , first1=Alan , title=HOW THE HOOVERETTES AND PRIMA DONNAS WON THE LONG GAME , url=https://www.nutmegmagazine.co.uk/issue-4/how-the-hooverettes-and-prima-donnas-won-the-long-game/ , access-date=5 September 2022 , work=Nutmeg , issue=4 , date=June 2017 In the 1980s, the team was less successful, losing in the Women's Cup final in 1980/81 and 1984/85. It continued playing in the top division until the end of the 1988/1989 season, after which it withdrew from the league.

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Women's football clubs in Scotland Football in Edinburgh