Andrea Worrall

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Andrea Worrall
Personal information
Full name Andrea Sarah Worrall [1]
Date of birth (1977-04-01) 1 April 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth Ashton-under-Lyne, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Tameside MBC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–1998 Stockport Ladies
1998–2001 Everton Ladies
2001 Liverpool Ladies
2001–2003 Manchester City Ladies
2003–2005 Leeds United Ladies
2005–2008 Stockport County Ladies
2008–2011 Manchester City Ladies
2011 Liverpool Ladies 6 (0)
2013–2014 Manchester City Ladies 2 (0)
International career
Wales 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:40, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Andrea Sarah "Andie" Worrall (born 1 April 1977) is an English-born Welsh international footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.

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Club career

Early career

Worrall began playing for Tameside MBC after watching her father play football for a pub team throughout her childhood. She had been prevented from playing organised football at school because she was female. [2]

Senior career

Her senior career has taken in Stockport Girls/Ladies, [3] Everton Ladies, [4] Liverpool Ladies, [5] Manchester City Ladies, [6] Leeds United Ladies [7] and Stockport County Ladies. [8]

Worrall played at Wembley with Everton in August 1998. The Blues lost the inaugural AXA Challenge Trophy to Arsenal on penalties, despite Worrall saving from Faye White. [9] She also featured in the 1998–99 FA Women's Premier League Cup final, a 3–1 defeat to Arsenal at Prenton Park in March 1999. [10]

In 2008 Worrall returned to Manchester City Ladies. [2] In March 2011 she made the difficult decision to leave Manchester City for Liverpool Ladies, in order to play in the new FA WSL. [11] Worrall left Liverpool after the 2011 FA WSL season. [12] She rejoined City in February 2013 when fellow goalkeeper Danielle Brown suffered a knee injury. [13]

International career

Worrall was called into the England squad for a friendly against Italy in April 1998. [3]

She later played for Wales, [14] [15] producing "heroics" in a 2–0 European Championship qualifying defeat to Belgium in December 1999. [16] During qualifying for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, Worrall played in a 5–1 defeat to Scotland at Almondvale Stadium in October 2001. [17] She won a total of six caps for Wales. [18]

Personal life

Worrall is an avid supporter of Manchester City. [2] [19]

In October 2013 The Lesbian & Gay Foundation named Worrall 'Homo Heroes Role Model of the Year' for her work in championing LGBT causes. At the time, she was working as a manager for a housing association in deprived inner city areas of Manchester. [20]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/03/2011 and 31/03/2011" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Andrea Worrall/Man City". She Kicks. 15 January 2010. Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  3. 1 2 Ged Scott (21 April 1998). "LADIES IN THE LIMELIGHT". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Sarah Winterburn (29 March 1999). "Football: Spacey provides a final flourish for Gunners; Women's League Cup final: Everton 1 Arsenal 3". The Guardian.
  5. ↑ David Randles (7 November 2001). "Ladies in derby cup clash". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  6. ↑ Andrea Morgan (27 February 2002). "GUNNERS' STAR LUDLOW MISSES OPENER; WOMEN'S SOCCER: PORTUGAL MISSION FOR WALES". Western Mail.
  7. ↑ Sophie Hazan (29 January 2005). "United Ladies gunning for cup holders". Yorkshire Evening Post.
  8. ↑ "B'ham Ladies beat Stockport". BBC. 13 September 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  9. ↑ "Football: Spacey's spot-on". Daily Mirror . 10 August 1998. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  10. ↑ Sarah Winterburn (28 March 1999). "Spacey provides a final flourish for the Gunners". The Guardian . Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  11. ↑ "Andrea Worrall/Goalkeeper/Liverpool FC Ladies". She Kicks. 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  12. ↑ Hamish Bidwell (3 February 2012). "Kiwi goalkeeper jumps at Liverpool opening". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  13. ↑ "Transfer News - Two in, One Out at City". Manchester City L.F.C. 3 February 2013. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  14. ↑ Carl Butler (16 November 2001). "MICKEY'S GIRL IS A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK". Daily Post (Liverpool).
  15. ↑ "Wales Training Squad for Algarve Cup". Fair Game. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  16. ↑ "Bcgfc News Archive". Bangor Girls FC. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  17. ↑ "Match Report". FIFA . Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  18. ↑ "Goalkeepers / Andrea Worrall". Liverpool Ladies FC. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  19. ↑ Women in sports the lesbian peril Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine DIVA Lesbian Magazine
  20. ↑ Keegan, Mike (12 October 2013). "Accolades for Manchester City Ladies' 'Homo Hero' goalie". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 13 October 2013.
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