Samantha Britton

Sammy Britton
Personal information
Full nameSamantha Britton
Date of birth8 December 1973[1]
Place of birthEngland
Playing positionDefender / Midfielder /
Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
Huddersfield Town
Bronte
Arsenal Ladies
Cove Rangers
Croydon
Doncaster Belles
Everton Ladies
2000IBV14(12)
2001–2003Leeds United Ladies
2003–2005Everton 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "European Women Championship 2001 - Final Tournament Details". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
  2. ↑ "England Women's player profiles". BBC Sport. 2001-06-19. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  3. ↑ "England-Samantha Britton". FIFA. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  4. ↑ Sweet, Susan (1997-08-25). "England excel as Coultard joins club". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
  5. ↑ Adam Szreter (1998-05-05). "Women's Football: Another trophy for the Gunners". The Independent. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  6. ↑ "Grein - Samantha Britton rekin úr enska landsliðinu" (in Icelandic). MBL.is. 2000-11-28. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  7. ↑ Pete Lansley (2001-06-30). "Britton survives drug 'shame'". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  8. ↑ Tony Leighton (2001-03-12). "The highs and lows of Britton". London: BBC Sport. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  9. ↑ "Cite revel in relegation win". London: The Guardian. 2005-03-07. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
  10. ↑ Paula Cocozza (2003-02-03). "Women's Football". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-02-15.