Birmingham City dedicated their hard-fought Women's Championship win at Portsmouth at the weekend to Republic of Ireland midfielder Lily Agg, who is facing a lengthy spell out with an ACL injury.
On Saturday the Blues confirmed that 31-year-old Agg has suffered the dreaded knee injury. She has undergone surgery and now faces into a period of rehabilitation.
It's terrible timing for Agg, who'd have hoped and expected to have been part of new Ireland head coach Carla Ward's plans for next month's Nations League games against Turkey and Slovenia.
She might miss out on a successful title push too.
Birmingham are now a point clear at the top of the table as they chase promotion back to the Women's Super League.
Goals from Ava Baker, Ellie Mason and Cho So-hyun sealed victory on the south coast of England, with the team afterwards posing for a photo with 'Agg 12' on the back of it in a show of solidarity.
In better news, Lucy Quinn made a welcome return to action. Quinn replaced Choe Yu-ri in stoppage time to help Birmingham see out the result. Quinn missed the Euro 2025 play-off final defeat to Wales with an ankle injury that required surgery.
Three points for Lily. 💙#BCFC pic.twitter.com/Pqdzv1jCCm
— Birmingham City Women (@BCFCWomen) January 19, 2025
