Samantha Britton

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Personal information
Full name Samantha Britton
Date of birth (1973-12-08) 8 December 1973 (age 50) [1]
Place of birth Huddersfield, England
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder/
Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Huddersfield Town
Bronte
Arsenal Ladies
Cove Rangers
Croydon
Doncaster Belles
Everton Ladies
2000 IBV 14 (12)
2001–2003 Leeds United Ladies
2003–2005 Everton Ladies
International career
England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samantha Britton (born 8 December 1973) is an English retired footballer, and former England international player. An extremely versatile performer, Britton was equally at home playing in defence, midfield or attack. [2]

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Britton played for England in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. [3]

She dropped out of the side after the finals, but scored on her return two years later as England beat Scotland 4–0. [4] At the time she was playing for Cove Rangers in Scotland, but was looking for a move back to the English Premier League. She had previously played for Arsenal.

Britton got her wish as she joined Croydon for 1997–98, featuring in the 3–2 FA Women's Cup final defeat to Arsenal. [5] She moved to Doncaster Belles the following season. In summer 2000 Britton played for IBV in Iceland, finishing as the club's top goalscorer with 12 goals in 14 games. [6]

During qualifying for Euro 2001, Britton pre-empted the results of a random drugs test by admitting to smoking marijuana. She was subsequently banned for seven months by England coach Hope Powell and missed six Everton matches while attending a voluntary rehabilitation programme. [7] [8] Britton was recalled to the England squad for the European Championship finals. [1]

In March 2005 she was playing for Everton, [9] having re-joined from Leeds United in January 2003. [10]

International career

In November 2022, Britton was recognized by The Football Association as one of the England national team's legacy players, and as the 88th women's player to be capped by England. [11] [12]

Personal life

Britton is of Jamaican descent through her father. [13]

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