Career
Crilly joined Hamilton Academical at youth team level and progressed to playing for the first team in the SWPL. She signed for league champions Glasgow City in December 2012. In 2009 Crilly began attending the Scottish Football Association (SFA) National Performance Centre at the University of Stirling. The circumstances surrounding Crilly"s debut for the senior Scotland team garnered international media attention.
After a series of injuries in an August 2012 friendly against Norway at East End Park, national coach Anna Signeul called on Crilly, who was at the match as a spectator.
Wearing oversized borrowed kit, Crilly came on as a second-half substitute and scored the equalising goal in the 2–2 draw.