Clyde footballer who quit Lanarkshire based club over David Goodwillie signing loses compensation bid

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A stunned Scottish international women's footballer has failed in a court bid to recover what she said were unpaid wages from Clyde FC.Lauren Rabbitte took the Lanarkshire based team and its charitable foundation to an employment tribunal after quitting last year, one day after the club controversially signed David Goodwillie.Ms Rabbitte, who has played professionally in Scotland, England and in the US, told a tribunal that she had been promised a salary of up to £32,000 as the team's new "head of women's and girl's football".The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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