Fairytale ending against Canberra United for Melbourne City's Rebekah Stott in first A-League Women's game back

Isobel Cootes
Updated December 4 2021 - 3:33pm, first published December 3 2021 - 9:30pm
Canberra United captain Michelle Heyman came close several times. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Canberra United captain Michelle Heyman came close several times. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Canberra United's first game had multiple storylines being written at Viking Park - marking a return to the pitch for a cancer-survivor, the first game back for a once-retired veteran of the A-League Women, the 10-year age difference and a home-grown talent's return from Norway.

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Isobel Cootes

Isobel Cootes

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Sports reporter at The Canberra Times. A Novocastrian with a passion for football (or soccer as they call it in the capital) via The Examiner and The Port Lincoln Times.

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