Becky Easton

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Becky Easton
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Easton playing for Liverpool in July 2015
Personal information
Full name Rebecca Anne Easton [1]
Date of birth (1974-04-16) 16 April 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Birkenhead, England
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
1988–1992 Rivacre Ladies
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1994 Leasowe Pacific
1994–1997 Liverpool Ladies
1997–2000 Everton Ladies
2000–2004 Doncaster Rovers Belles
2004–2012 Everton Ladies
2012–2015 Liverpool Ladies 31 (1)
2015–2016 Doncaster Rovers Belles 3 (0)
International career
England 44 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:24, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Rebecca Anne Easton (born 16 April 1974) [2] is an English former footballer who played for Doncaster Rovers Belles, Everton and Liverpool.

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Easton played as right-back and central midfielder and represented England at full international level. [3] Merseysider Easton has won league titles with both Everton and Liverpool. [4]

Club career

Easton joined Everton from Liverpool Ladies in 1997 [5] and won the league title in her first season with The Blues. She had featured in Liverpool's FA Women's Cup final defeats in 1995 and 1996. [6]

Easton had a second spell with Everton having re-signed from Doncaster Rovers Belles in the 2004 close season, [7] where she had been captain. [8]

In 2012 Easton was released by Everton, but won a contract for the 2013 FA WSL season with Liverpool after a successful trial. [9]

With Easton in the team Liverpool won the league title in 2013 and 2014 but were much less successful in 2015, finishing second bottom. Her 2015 campaign was truncated by a broken arm. [10] Aged 41, she was among four players to be released by the club at the end of the season. [11]

In December 2015 Easton rejoined Doncaster Rovers Belles, where she would combine playing with a role as assistant general manager. [12] Doncaster lost their four opening games and were marooned at the foot of the WSL 1 table, when Easton left the club by "mutual consent" in the mid-season break, ostensibly to focus on her studies. [13]

International career

Easton represented England at senior level, playing in England's first ever FIFA Women's World Cup finals appearance in 1995, which ended with a 3–0 quarter-final defeat by Germany. [14]

In 2000, she was named as the Nationwide International Player of the Year, based on her consistency for the national team. [3]

She was allotted 104 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international. [15] [16]

Personal life

Easton worked as a podiatrist in Liverpool, [17] until she began full-time football training during her second spell with Liverpool. She also embarked on a master's degree in sports directorship at Manchester Metropolitan University. [18]

Easton is the cousin of comedian Paul O'Grady. [19] On 26 May 2016, she married former teammate Natasha Dowie. [20]

Honours

Club

Everton Ladies
Liverpool Ladies

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References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/02/2012 and 29/02/2012". TheFA.com. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Becky Easton". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  3. 1 2 "England women player profiles". BBC Sport. 19 June 2001. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  4. ↑ Cooke, Crippy (14 November 2017). "Daily Cannon Exclusive: Interview with former Liverpool and England defender Becky Easton" . Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Davies, Pete (7 September 1997). "New year for Belles of the ball". The Independent. London. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  6. ↑ Lavery, Glenn (1 May 2010). "Easton promise". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Everton signing spree". Fair Game. 19 July 2004. Retrieved 9 November 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Becky Easton interview". Women's Football News Archive. 22 May 2003. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  9. ↑ "Becky Easton adds experience to the mix". She Kicks. 10 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  10. ↑ Currie, Jo (31 August 2015). "Liverpool Ladies: Defender Becky Easton fractures arm". BBC Sport . Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Liverpool Ladies: Becky Easton among four players released". BBC Sport . 24 November 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Doncaster Rovers Belles sign Becky Easton & Katrin Omarsdottir". BBC Sport . 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Doncaster Rovers Belles: Natasha Dowie and Becky Easton leave club". BBC Sport . 1 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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  16. ↑ Lacey-Hatton, Jack (18 November 2022). "Lionesses introduce 'legacy numbers' for players past and present". mirror. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  17. ↑ Emma Thompson (16 October 2010). "Article: Helping people get back on their feet; Rebecca Easton, podiatrist My Day: Rebecca Easton, podiatrist from NHS Liverpool Community Health, based at Latham Court with the Out of Hospital Service. This is her day ...(Features)". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 8 February 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  18. ↑ Currie, Jo (29 April 2015). "Becky Easton: Liverpool defender not ready to retire at 41". BBC Sport . Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  19. ↑ "Meet the ladies in red". Liverpool FC.
  20. ↑ Twitter : wedding photographs, friends evoking clearly their marriage, "Wedding" says Natasha; Instagram : best post wedding photograph
Sporting positions
Preceded by Doncaster Rovers Belles captain
2001–2004		Succeeded by
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