Emily Hollinshead

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Emily Hollinshead
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Hollinshead in 2017
Personal information
Full name Emily Hollinshead
Date of birth (1995-09-13) 13 September 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Nantwich, Cheshire, England
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker / Winger
Team information
Current team
 Fylde
Number 10
Youth career
Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Everton 24 (5)
2017–2018 Sheffield United 1 (0)
2018– Fylde 45 (15)
International career
2016– Wales 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2021

Emily Hollinshead (born 13 September 1995) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a winger and striker for Fylde and the Wales national team. [1] [2]

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Early life

Hollinshead was born in Nantwich, England. When she was 11, Hollinshead challenged a ban from The Football Association on girls over 11 not being allowed to play in the same football team as boys. After her father threatened legal action against The FA for sex discrimination, they announced that they were either considering changing the age limit to under-14 level or allow a special dispensation for one year to allow girls to play in boys teams. [3] During this time, she was a part of the Crewe Alexandra F.C. Girls Centre of Excellence. [3] She later went on to study Primary Education at Manchester Metropolitan University with a view to become a teacher. [2]

Playing career

Club

Hollinshead started her senior career at Manchester United Ladies where she won the North West League. [2]

Everton

In 2014, she moved to Women's Super League team Everton Ladies while also studying at Manchester Metropolitan University and playing for them in the Northern 1A British Universities and Colleges Sport League. [2] She made her debut for Everton against Durham Women's F.C. in 2014. [2] [4]

Sheffield United

After the FA WSL Spring Series, Hollinshead made the move to Sheffield United. [1]

Fylde

Hollinshead moved to Fylde in February 2018. [5]

International

Hollinshead was called up to represent the Wales women's national football team by Jayne Ludlow for their UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying matches. [6] Hollinshead made her debut for Wales against the Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national football team. [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Emily Hollinshead Signs For The World's First". FA WSL. 10 October 2017. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Edmondson, Victoria (26 December 2014). "Meet our Sport Scholars: Emily Hollinshead". Manchester Metropolitan University. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 Wales, North. "FA ban for star Emily". Daily Post. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Philbin, Paul (27 February 2016). "Everton striker hoping to fire Toffees to a promotion push". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ladies swoop for Wales star". AFC Fylde. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. 1 2 Everton Ladies FC (17 August 2015). "Hollinshead earns Wales call-up". Everton. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Matheson, Sian. "Wales Women in 0–0 stalemate with Bosnia Hertzegovina in Istria Cup". Wales Online. Retrieved 2 May 2016.


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