Martha Harris (footballer)

Martha Harris
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994
Place of birth England
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Lincoln Ladies 16 (0)
2014– Liverpool 27 (0)
National team‡
2013 England U19 11 (0)
2014 England U20 3 (1)
2014–2015 England U23 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:40, 10 June 2017 (UTC+1).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:40, 10 June 2017 (UTC+1)

Martha Harris (born 19 August 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Liverpool in the FA Women's Super League.[1]

Club career

She made her league debut for Lincoln Ladies (since re-located and re-branded as Notts County) on 26 August 2012 in a FA WSL match against Liverpool,[2] coming on as a 59th-minute substitute for Bonnie Horwood.[3] In all she made three substitute appearances in the 2012 WSL season,[2] with the team managed by her father Glen Harris.[4] The following season saw new manager Rick Passmore take charge of the team,[5] and this coincided with Harris becoming a key part of the Lincoln first team, making twelve starts and one substitute appearance in the Lady Imps' fourteen league games.[2]

Her performances in the 2013 season were enough to earn her a move to Liverpool, where she signed a two-year contract,[6] and she also became the first ever winner of the PFA Women's Young Player of the Year award in April 2014.[7] In Harris's first season at Liverpool they retained their WSL title on the final day of the season.[8] She also represented Liverpool in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Harris was ever-present in the 2015 FA WSL season but the club limped to a seventh-place finish. In November 2015 she signed a new contract with Liverpool.[9] On 12 May 2016, she was named Liverpool Ladies Player of the Season.[10]

International career

Harris was part of the England women's national under-19 football team who finished as runners-up to France at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Wales.[11]

In her first season with Liverpool she was called up to the England squad for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[12] She scored in England's opening match, a 1–1 draw with South Korea, but the next two matches were lost and England went out in the first round.[13] Harris then graduated to England's under-23 team.

League appearances

As of 10 June 2017[2]
SeasonTeamStartsSubstituteTotalGoals
2012Lincoln Ladies0330
2013Lincoln Ladies121130
2014Liverpool64100
2015Liverpool140140
2016Liverpool3030

Personal life

Harris comes from a footballing family in Scothern, who in 2011 were all associated with Lincoln Ladies or Lincoln City.[14] Her father Glen Harris had two spells as manager of Lincoln Ladies, and later managed Doncaster Rovers Belles.[15] Older sister Meg was club captain at Lincoln until quitting football when she became pregnant with twins in 2014. Meg is married to former England captain Casey Stoney.[14][16] Younger brother Liam is a youth team player at Lincoln City, and Martha's twin sister Emily plays recreationally, though she was formerly a team-mate of Martha's at Lincoln.[14][17]

References

  1. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League – Martha Harris". UEFA. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "M. Harris". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Liverpool vs. Notts County 2–3". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Lincoln Ladies part company with manager Glen Harris". BBC Sport. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  5. ↑ John Fernandez (1 February 2013). "New manager for Lincoln Ladies". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Martha Harris: Liverpool Ladies sign England Under-19 defender". BBC Sport. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  7. ↑ D. Marshall (28 April 2014). "Former Lincoln Ladies star Martha Harris receives PFA Women’s Young Player of the Year accolade". Lincolnshire Echo. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Leighton, Tony (12 October 2014). "Liverpool Ladies pip Chelsea to WSL title on dramatic final day". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Liverpool Ladies trio pen new contracts". Liverpool F.C. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Quartet of accolades for Philippe Coutinho at LFC Players' Awards". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Martha Harris". UEFA. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  12. ↑ Glenn Lavery (1 July 2014). "England squad named for Women's U20 World Cup". The Football Association. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  13. ↑ Whiley, Mark (25 November 2014). "The Big Read: Martha Harris shining bright for club and country". Lincolnshire Echo. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  14. 1 2 3 Emily Clark (26 August 2011). "Football – a Harris family affair". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Glen Harris: Doncaster Belles appoint ex-Lincoln Ladies boss". BBC Sport. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  16. ↑ Casey Stoney (16 July 2014). "Why being a gay mum can help my England career". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  17. ↑ "Meet the Harrises: A real football family". FIFA. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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