![]() Easton playing for Liverpool in July 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rebecca Anne Easton [1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 April 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Birkenhead, England | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Youth career | |||
1988–1992 | Rivacre Ladies | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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