Leigh Caitlyn Nicol (born 26 September 1995) is a Scottish retired footballer who last played for Crystal Palace in the English FA Women's Championship.

Raised in Newarthill,[5] Nicol started her footballing career at Motherwell Girls where she was captain of her age group from 2006 to 2008.

[6][7] She then moved to London in 2012 to secure a place at Arsenal's prestigious academy where she could continue her education whilst training and playing for the club's reserve side.

[5][8] An opportunity to play first team football opened up when former Arsenal Ladies player Jayne Ludlow became manager of FA WSL 2 club Reading Women.

[5] In 2021, Nicol spoke of her struggle to maintain her mental health following an incident of phone hacking two years earlier in which personal videos were circulated online.