Career

She represented the Wales women"s national football team and the English FA Women"s Premier League clubs Arsenal and Wembley. In 1991-1992, the first season of England"s national women"s league structure, Ball plundered 23 goals as Arsenal pipped Abbeydale to promotion into the National Division. Ball featured for Wembley in the following season"s 1–0 FA Women"s Cup final defeat to Millwall Lionesses.

She emerged from retirement to do so, aged 35, while working as an Royal Air Force stewardess.

Ball was capped at international level by Wales. In 1995 Union of European Football Associations Women"s Championship qualification Ball scored twice in her five appearances for Wales.

Achievements

• She also headed the winner in the inaugural Premier League Cup final in May 1992, as Arsenal beat Millwall Lionesses 1–0. The following season Arsenal won a domestic treble, with Ball rampant. She scored in every round of the Word Federation of Advertisers Cup, and her headed goal in the 3–0 final win over Doncaster Belles was the 38th of a prolific campaign. In April 1995, Ball, by then reduced to bit-part status, came on for the final two minutes of Arsenal"s 3–2 FA Women"s Cup final win over Liverpool Ladies. In 1995–1996 Ball played for Wembley Ladies – and won a last minute penalty kick as Wembley ultimately beat Doncaster Belles in the Premier League Cup final on 10 March 1996.