| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Deborah Bampton | ||
| Date of birth | October 7, 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Maidstone Tigresses | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| –1988 | Maidstone Tigresses | ||
| 1988–1989 | Trani | ||
| 1991–1992 | Wimbledon | ||
| 1992–1994 | Arsenal | ||
| 1994–2000 | Croydon | ||
| 2000 | Doncaster Belles | ||
| National team | |||
| 1978–1997 | England | 95 | (7) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1994–2000 | Croydon | ||
| 2006–2008 | Whitehawk FC Ladies | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Deborah Bampton, MBE, (born 7 October 1961) is an English former international football midfielder. She was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2005.[1] In 1998 Bampton was awarded an MBE in recognition of her services to women's football as both a player and a manager.[2]
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Bampton began her career at the age of 14. She played for Howbury Grange managed by her father Albert. She was a member of the side that won the Women's FA Cup in 1984. In 1988 she moved to Italy, playing for Trani as a full-time professional alongside compatriot Kerry Davis. She spent just one season there, but won runners-up medals in both the League and national Cup.[1]
She joined Arsenal Ladies in 1992, winning the treble in her first season at the club. In 1994 Bampton left to become player-manager of Croydon Ladies. In 1995–96, Croydon won the League title and the FA Women's Cup. She won the league with Croydon twice more before leaving to join Doncaster Belles as a player in 2000 after the Croydon club moved to Charlton.[3]
She joined the coaching staff of Whitehawk Ladies in the 2006 close season, along with former Arsenal and England player Angela Banks.[4] In February 2008, she was manager of Whitehawk Ladies.[5] Bampton joined the coaching staff of Lewes FC Ladies in January 2009.[6]
Bampton made her England debut whilst still at school, playing against the Netherlands in September 1978.[1] She went on to win 95 caps for England.
Bampton hit the winning goal in Denmark as England qualified for the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football final.[7]
In 1995 she controversially took over the England captaincy from Gillian Coultard[8] and led the Three Lionesses into their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup appearance that year.[9] She retained the captaincy for England's failed 1997 UEFA Women's Championship qualification campaign.[10] In May 1997 Bampton made her final England appearance in a 6–0 friendly defeat to United States in Portland.[11]
Bampton was a tall, strong and industrious central midfielder. She characterised herself as "a box-to-box player" and said "I worked hard to win the ball, and I was always looking to make forward runs. I was not a natural goalscorer, but I did look to set up chances for others."[1]
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