Three Lionesses legends inducted into Women's Super League Hall of Fame

13 November 2023 , 18:00

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Ellen White (L), Anita Asante (M) and Jill Scott (R) have been inducted into the WSL Hall of Fame (Image: Getty Images)

Former England internationals , MBE and have been inducted into the Barclays Women’s Super League Hall of Fame for 2023.

The acknowledgement recognises the players' standout professional careers in England, which spanned well over 360 top-flight appearances between the trio as well as more than 80 goals scored.

The players were hugely impactful in laying the foundations of the current women's and girl's game and augmenting its growth to its current exponential state.

Scott, whose career saw her feature for Everton, Manchester City and Aston Villa, made a sensational 175 WSL appearances in total. She scored 22 goals and won every possible domestic trophy, including four Women’s FA Cups, three Continental Tyres League Cups and one league title, before helping the Lionesses to a first-ever international trophy at the 20220 European Championship.

White's career similarly spanned a stunning number of appearances, with the Aylesbury-born goal-scorer finding the back of the net on 61 occasions across 144 league appearances for Arsenal, Notts County, Birmingham City and Manchester City. It's a statistic that made her the league's all-time goalscorer at that time and lifting nine domestic trophies during her career, including successive league titles in 2011 and 2012 with the Gunners.

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Asante is largely credited with setting the foundations of the women’s game in England prior to the creation of the Barclays Women’s Super League, with a trophy laden spell at Arsenal throughout the noughties, including the quadruple in 2006/2007 which saw the Gunners claim the UEFA Women's Cup, FA Women's National Premier League, FA Women's Cup and the FA Women's Premier League Cup, becoming the the first team outside Germany or Scandinavia to win the UEFA Women's Cup.

The inductees were honoured at an event at the National Football Museum on Monday evening and join an illustrious group of individuals including Chelsea manager Emma Hayes, Karen Carney MBE and Arsenal legend Kelly Smith.

White, Scott and Asante’s inductions were decided by the Barclays WSL Hall of Fame selection panel, which features prominent former players, coaches, and officials from the women’s game, as well as journalists and members of FA staff.

Megan Feringa