Samantha Britton

Sammy Britton
Personal information
Full name Samantha Britton
Date of birth 8 December 1973 (1973-12-08) (age 38)[1]
Place of birth England
Playing position Defender / Midfielder /
Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
Huddersfield Town
Bronte
Arsenal Ladies
Cove Rangers
Croydon
Doncaster Belles
Everton Ladies
2000 IBV 14 (12)
2001–2003 Leeds United Ladies
2003–2005 Everton Ladies
National team
England
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Samantha "Sammy" Britton (born 8 December 1973) is a retired English footballer, and former England international player. An extremely versatile performer, Britton was equally at home playing in defence, midfield or attack.[2]

Britton played for England in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.[3]

She dropped out of the side after the finals, but scored on her return two years later as England beat Scotland 4-0.[4] At the time she was playing for Cove Rangers in Scotland, but was looking for a move back to the English Premier League. She had previously played for Arsenal.

Britton got her wish as she joined Croydon for 1997-98, featuring in the 3-2 FA Women's Cup final defeat to Arsenal.[5] She moved to Doncaster Belles the following season. In summer 2000 Britton played for IBV in Iceland, finishing as the club's top goalscorer with 12 goals in 14 games.[6]

During qualifying for Euro 2001, Britton pre-empted the results of a random drugs test by admitting to smoking marajuana. She was subsequently banned for seven months by England coach Hope Powell and missed six Everton matches while attending a voluntary rehabilitation programme.[7][8] Britton was recalled to the England squad for the European Championship finals.[1]

In March 2005 she was playing for Everton,[9] having re-joined from Leeds United in January 2003.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "European Women Championship 2001 - Final Tournament Details". RSSSF.com. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eur-women01det.html. Retrieved 2010-11-14. 
  2. ^ "England Women's player profiles". BBC Sport. 2001-06-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2001/womens_euro_2001/1388301.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-30. 
  3. ^ "England-Samantha Britton". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=417/index.html. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
  4. ^ Sweet, Susan (1997-08-25). "England excel as Coultard joins club". London: The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-england-excel-as-coultard-joins-club-1247174.html. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 
  5. ^ Adam Szreter (1998-05-05). "Women's Football: Another trophy for the Gunners". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/womens-football-another-trophy-for-the-gunners-1161257.html. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
  6. ^ "Grein - Samantha Britton rekin úr enska landsliðinu" (in Icelandic). MBL.is. 2000-11-28. http://www.mbl.is/mm/gagnasafn/grein.html?grein_id=574073. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
  7. ^ Pete Lansley (2001-06-30). "Britton survives drug 'shame'". London: The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/britton-survives-drug-shame-676074.html. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
  8. ^ Tony Leighton (2001-03-12). "The highs and lows of Britton". London: BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1216502.stm. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
  9. ^ "Cite revel in relegation win". London: The Guardian. 2005-03-07. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2005/mar/07/womensfootball.sport1. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 
  10. ^ Paula Cocozza (2003-02-03). "Women's Football". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2003/feb/03/newsstory.sport1?INTCMP=SRCH. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
England squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
England squad – 2001 UEFA Women's European Championship