Eartha Cummings

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Eartha Cumings
Personal information
Full nameEartha Cumings
Date of birth (1999-06-11) 11 June 1999 (age 19)
Place of birth Scotland
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Bristol City
Number 13
Youth career
Spartans FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2018 Spartans FC
2018– Bristol City 0 (0)
National team
2013–2014 Scotland Under-16 3 (0)
2015–2016 Scotland Under-17 5 (0)
2016–2018 Scotland Under-19 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 6 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 October 2018

Eartha Cumings (born 11 June 1999) is a Scottish football player. Cummings currently plays for Bristol City.

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Playing career

Spartans, 2014–2018

Cumings started her senior career at age 14 with the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) Spartans, a club which she joined age 10. [1] [2]

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Bristol City, 2018–

Cumings subsequently joined Bristol City in the FA WSL alongside fellow Scottish international Lucy Graham prior to the 2018–2019 season. [3] [4]

Lucy Graham is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bristol City in the FA WSL and the Scotland national team. She has previously played for Forfar Farmington and Hibernian in Scotland and Mallbackens in Sweden.

International career

Cumings has represented Scotland at the under-16, under-17 and under-19 levels. [5] [6]

The Scotland women's national under-17 football team, also known as Scotland under-17s or Scotland U17(s), represents Scotland in association football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association, the governing body for football in Scotland.

Scotland women's national under-19 football team represents Scotland at the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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References

  1. "Eartha Cumings Spartans FC" . Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  2. "Scotland Training Camp call-ups for Spartans trio" . Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. "City women land scottish duo". Bristol City W.F.C. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  4. "Bristol City Women: Scottish pair Lucy Graham and Eartha Cumings join". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. "Eartha Cummings Scottish FA".
  6. "Eartha Cumings Soccerway".
Scottish Football Association governing body of association football in Scotland

The Scottish Football Association, is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA include clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations. It was formed in 1873, making it the second oldest national football association in the world. It is not to be confused with the "Scottish Football Union", which is the name that the SRU was known by until the 1920s.