She most recently played club football for Coventry City Ladies and has represented England at senior international level.
[3] After just one season in the under-14s team, then manager Marcus Bignot promoted Hickmott to the senior side, with her debut coming against Garswood Saints in the Midland Combination.
[3] Although initially a midfielder, Bignot switched Hickmott to left-back and she was a regular in the side that won first the Midland Combination and then the FAWPL Northern Division, and with it promotion to the FA Women's Premier League.
[4] On leaving Birmingham at the end of the 2002–2003 season, Hickmott joined Fulham Ladies,[5] playing in Europe for Marieanne Spacey's side.
Hickmott remained with Fulham initially, but a month into the following season, left to join Northern Division Coventry Ladies, where she was employed as a coach within their centre of excellence and also worked for the Birmingham FA.