A "promising" young footballer has completed a full season of the FA Lioness talent pathway - which could see her playing for England in the future.
Lillie Quinlivan Coulson's season in the England U15 National Talent Camps was part of the pathway alongside playing in the U16 girls' squad at Sunderland RTC, as well as training with Sunderland's academy for five years. The 15-year-old from Wylam dedicates at least 20 hours each week to the sport, in both travel and training alongside studying her GCSEs.
Lillie started her football journey in 2013 playing for the Wylam Rockets and at the age of 10, joined the NUFC foundation elite training squad before being selected to play for the Sunderland U11 team. This season, alongside participating in the Sunderland squad, she played in the U16 Northumberland squad and helped the team to win the Northern Counties Cup for the first time.
