![]() Walsh with West Ham in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Megan Laura Walsh [1] | ||
Date of birth | 12 November 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Bromsgrove, England [2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | West Ham United | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2011 | Aston Villa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Aston Villa | 26 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Everton | 14 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Notts County | 12 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Yeovil Town | 44 | (0) |
2019–2023 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 65 | (0) |
2023– | West Ham United | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2010 | England U17 | 1 | (0) |
2011–2012 | England U19 | 4 | (0) |
2014–2017 | England U23 | 3 | (0) |
2022– | Republic of Ireland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:04, 8 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 February 2022 |
Megan Laura Walsh (born 12 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club West Ham United and the Republic of Ireland national team.
Walsh is a product of the Aston Villa academy. She played internationally for England at all youth levels up to the under-23 side but declared for the Republic of Ireland in November 2021, for whom she is qualified by paternal descent.
Megan made her league debut against Birmingham City on 4 September 2013. [3]
Megan made her league debut against Manchester City on 23 March 2016. [4]
Following the demise of Notts County in Spring 2017, Walsh signed for Yeovil Town for the rest of the FA WSL Spring Series. [5] She made her league debut against Bristol City on 3 May 2017. [6] Megan signed a contract extension on 16 August 2017. [7]
In July 2019, following Yeovil's relegation to the FA Women's National League South, Walsh remained in the WSL after signing for Brighton & Hove Albion. [8] She made her league debut against Bristol City on 7 September 2019. [9] Megan signed a contract extension on 9 January 2020, extending her stay till 2021. [10] She signed another contract extension on 6 May 2021, extending her stay until 2023. [11]
Megan departed Brighton in 2023. [12]
Megan was announced at West Ham on 18 August 2023. [13] She made her league debut against Arsenal on 26 November 2023. [14]
Walsh represented Great Britain at the 2017 Summer Universiade. [15]
After representing England at youth levels between 2010 and 2020, it was announced that Walsh had changed her international allegiances to Ireland, eligible through her Wexford-born grandfather, having failed to receive a call up for the England senior team. She was called up for Ireland's Women's World Cup qualifiers against Slovakia and Georgia. [16] Walsh earned her first cap for Ireland on 19 February 2022 in a 1–0 defeat by Russia at the 2022 Pinatar Cup. [17]
Megan was called up for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. [18]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aston Villa | 2010–11 | Women's Premier League | 1 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2011–12 | Women's Premier League | 14 | 0 | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
2012–13 | Women's Premier League | 11 | 0 | ? | ? | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
Total | 26 | 0 | ? | ? | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
Everton | 2013 | Women's Super League | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2014 | Women's Super League | 3 | 0 | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
2015 | Women's Super League 2 | 9 | 0 | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 14 | 0 | ? | ? | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
Notts County | 2016 | Women's Super League | 12 | 0 | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Yeovil Town | 2017 | Women's Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
2017–18 | Women's Super League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
2018–19 | Women's Super League | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
Total | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2019–20 | Women's Super League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
2020–21 | Women's Super League | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
2021–22 | Women's Super League | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Women's Super League | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
Total | 65 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 0 | ||
West Ham United | 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Career total | 161 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 198 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Republic of Ireland | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Ellen Toni Convery is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. She is the record goalscorer for the England women's national team.
Angharad Jane James, also known as Angharad James-Turner, is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National Women's Soccer League club Seattle Reign and the Wales national team.
Megan Kelly Alexander is an English footballer who plays as a defender. She has previously played for Liverpool, Oxford United, Everton, Bristol City, Millwall Lionesses, Yeovil Town, and Coventry United. Alexander has represented England at under-17 level.
The 2015 season of the Women's Super League was the fifth season of the FA WSL, the top-level women's football league of England. The season was played from 25 March to 4 October.
Ellen Rose Curson is a Welsh professional footballer who most recently played for Yeovil Town Ladies.
Erin Jacqueline Cuthbert is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Chelsea in the FA WSL and is a member of the Scotland national team. She studied at University of the West of Scotland, combining graduation from the Open University with being a professional football player.
Sophie Baggaley is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Brighton & Hove Albion in the Women's Super League.
Anna Victoria Moorhouse is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Rosella Ayane is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Morocco national team. Internationally, Ayane represented England at under-17 and under-19 level before being capped at senior level by Morocco.
The FA WSL Spring Series was an interim edition of the FA WSL between the sixth and seventh full seasons. The Spring Series ran from February to May 2017 to bridge the gap from the 2016 FA WSL season which ran from March to September as a summer tournament, and the 2017–18 season which started in September 2017.
The 2017 season was Yeovil Town Ladies Football Club's 27th season of competitive football and its first season in the FA WSL 1, at the top level of English women's football, after promotion from the FA WSL 2.
Lucy Jane Quinn is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Championship club Birmingham City. Born in England, she is a member of the Republic of Ireland women's national team. She joined Birmingham City for a second time in 2021, having also played for Portsmouth, Yeovil Town and Tottenham Hotspur.
The 2018–19 FA WSL was the eighth edition of the FA Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It was the first season after a rebranding of the four highest levels in English women's football. The previous FA WSL 2 became the Championship – eleven clubs competed in the 2018–19 FA Women's Championship.
Poppy Pattinson is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Brighton & Hove Albion of the English Women's Super League and the England under-23s. She has previously played for Sunderland, Manchester City, Bristol City and Everton.
Courtney Elizabeth Brosnan is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English Women's Super League club Everton. Born in the United States, she represents the Republic of Ireland women's national team.
Ashleigh Megan Plumptre is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Premier League club Al-Ittihad and the Nigeria women's national team. Formerly an England youth international, she made her senior Nigeria debut in February 2022.
The following is a list of records and statistics of the Women's Super League (WSL) — the highest level of women's football in England — since its inception in 2011. Barring total appearances, all statistics do not include the 2017 FA WSL Spring Series, which bridged the gap between the 2016 and 2017–18 season, featuring only 8 games for each team. Many league record team statistics only cover 22 and 14 game seasons, as they have been featured in the league at least more than once.
Grace Clinton is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English Women's Super League (WSL) club Manchester United and the England national team. Clinton started her senior career at Everton before moving to Manchester United. She had loan spells at Bristol City, where she won the 2022–23 Championship title, and Tottenham Hotspur.
The 2023–24 West Ham United F.C. Women season was the club's 33rd season in existence and their sixth in the Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid. Along with competing in the WSL, the club also contested two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.