Samantha Britton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samantha Britton | ||
| Date of birth | 8 December 1973[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. | |||
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 2 "European Women Championship 2001 - Final Tournament Details". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ↑ "England Women's player profiles". BBC Sport. 2001-06-19. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ↑ "England-Samantha Britton". FIFA. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ↑ Sweet, Susan (1997-08-25). "England excel as Coultard joins club". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ↑ Adam Szreter (1998-05-05). "Women's Football: Another trophy for the Gunners". The Independent. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ↑ "Grein - Samantha Britton rekin úr enska landsliðinu" (in Icelandic). MBL.is. 2000-11-28. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ↑ Pete Lansley (2001-06-30). "Britton survives drug 'shame'". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ↑ Tony Leighton (2001-03-12). "The highs and lows of Britton". London: BBC Sport. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ↑ "Cite revel in relegation win". London: The Guardian. 2005-03-07. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ↑ Paula Cocozza (2003-02-03). "Women's Football". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
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