Two years later she became the fourth player to make a century of appearances, behind Pauline Hamill, Julie Fleeting and Gemma Fay.

[6] After three years at Celtic, Love signed for rivals Glasgow City in February 2011;[7][8][9] she remained with the club for over a decade, winning multiple Scottish Women's Premier League championships and cups and featuring in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

[14] She made her senior debut for Scotland in the 2002 Algarve Cup during a 3–0 defeat to Canada[5] and scored her first international goal against France in a February 2004 friendly match.

[2][17] By the time of her 191st and last cap in a friendly victory against Brazil in April 2019,[5] she was the national record holder for appearances by an outfield player[1] (she was named in the squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup two months after that,[18] but did not feature in Scotland's three matches – unlike at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 tournament where she was introduced as a substitute in the first two matches and started in the third, a win over Spain).

[1] A football training programme for young girls operated by Ayrshire College is named in her honour.