Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 12 May 1980||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2001 | Lynn Fighting Knights [2] | 54 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Mill Hill | |||
1995–1996 | Wembley | ||
1996–1999 | Arsenal | ||
International career‡ | |||
1997–1999 | England | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:54, 24 September 2022 (UTC) |
Sarah Reed (born 12 May 1980) is a former England women's international footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Her greatest achievement was playing in the winning games of the 1998 FA Women's Cup Final and 1999 FA Women's Cup Final with Arsenal. [3] [4]
Reed was an unused substitute for Wembley when they won the 1995–96 FA Women's Premier League Cup final, beating Doncaster Belles on penalties at Underhill Stadium. [5]
Reed won the Women's FA Cup twice during her career, both with Arsenal. In 1998 they beat Croydon 3-2 at the New Den and in 1999 they beat Southampton Saints 2-0 at The Valley. [6]
Reed won three caps for England, at a time when she was an understudy to Pauline Cope. She was called up for the first time by Ted Copeland as a 16-year-old Wembley player for a UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying fixture against Portugal at Griffin Park on 19 May 1996. [1] She appeared as a substitute for Cope in a 6–0 friendly defeat by the United States in Portland, Oregon, on 11 May 1997. She made another substitute appearance for Cope in a 4–1 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification playoff win in Romania on 13 September 1998. Her third and final England cap came as a substitute for Rachel Brown in a 4–1 friendly defeat by Italy in Bologna on 26 May 1999. [7]
In November 2022, Reed was recognized by The Football Association as one of the England national team's legacy players, and as the 124th women's player to be capped by England. [8] [9]
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