Andrea Worrall

Andrea Sarah "Andie" Worrall (born 1 April 1977) is an English-born Welsh international footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.

Andrea Worrall
Personal information
Full name Andrea Sarah Worrall[1]
Date of birth (1977-04-01) 1 April 1977
Place of birth Ashton-under-Lyne, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Tameside MBC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1998 Stockport Ladies
1998–2001 Everton Ladies
2001 Liverpool Ladies
2001–2003 Manchester City Ladies
2003–2005 Leeds United Ladies
2005–2008 Stockport County Ladies
2008–2011 Manchester City Ladies
2011 Liverpool Ladies 6 (0)
2013–2014 Manchester City Ladies 2 (0)
National team
Wales 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:40, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Worrall began playing for Tameside MBC after watching her father play football for a pub team throughout her childhood. She had been prevented from playing organised football at school because she was female.[2]

Senior career

Her senior career has taken in Stockport Girls/Ladies,[3] Everton Ladies,[4] Liverpool Ladies,[5] Manchester City Ladies,[6] Leeds United Ladies[7] and Stockport County Ladies.[8]

Worrall played at Wembley with Everton in August 1998. The Blues lost the inaugural AXA Challenge Trophy to Arsenal on penalties, despite Worrall saving from Faye White.[9] She also featured in the 1998–99 FA Women's Premier League Cup final, a 3–1 defeat to Arsenal at Prenton Park in March 1999.[10]

In 2008 Worrall returned to Manchester City Ladies.[2] In March 2011 she made the difficult decision to leave Manchester City for Liverpool Ladies, in order to play in the new FA WSL.[11] Worrall left Liverpool after the 2011 FA WSL season.[12] She rejoined City in February 2013 when fellow goalkeeper Danielle Brown suffered a knee injury.[13]

International career

Worrall was called into the England squad for a friendly against Italy in April 1998.[3]

She later played for Wales,[14][15] producing "heroics" in a 2–0 European Championship qualifying defeat to Belgium in December 1999.[16] During qualifying for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, Worrall played in a 5–1 defeat to Scotland at Almondvale Stadium in October 2001.[17] She won a total of six caps for Wales.[18]

Personal life

Worrall is an avid supporter of Manchester City[2] and one of relatively few out lesbian footballers.[19]

In October 2013 The Lesbian & Gay Foundation named Worrall 'Homo Heroes Role Model of the Year' for her work in championing LGBT causes. At the time, she was working as a manager for a housing association in deprived inner city areas of Manchester.[20]

References
  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/03/2011 and 31/03/2011" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  2. "Andrea Worrall/Man City". She Kicks. 15 January 2010. Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  3. Ged Scott (21 April 1998). "LADIES IN THE LIMELIGHT". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  4. Sarah Winterburn (29 March 1999). "Football: Spacey provides a final flourish for Gunners; Women's League Cup final: Everton 1 Arsenal 3". The Guardian.
  5. David Randles (7 November 2001). "Ladies in derby cup clash". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  6. Andrea Morgan (27 February 2002). "GUNNERS' STAR LUDLOW MISSES OPENER; WOMEN'S SOCCER: PORTUGAL MISSION FOR WALES". Western Mail.
  7. Sophie Hazan (29 January 2005). "United Ladies gunning for cup holders". Yorkshire Evening Post.
  8. "B'ham Ladies beat Stockport". BBC. 13 September 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  9. "Football: Spacey's spot-on". Daily Mirror. 10 August 1998. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  10. Sarah Winterburn (28 March 1999). "Spacey provides a final flourish for the Gunners". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  11. "Andrea Worrall/Goalkeeper/Liverpool FC Ladies". She Kicks. 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  12. Hamish Bidwell (3 February 2012). "Kiwi goalkeeper jumps at Liverpool opening". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  13. "Transfer News - Two in, One Out at City". Manchester City L.F.C. 3 February 2013. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  14. Carl Butler (16 November 2001). "MICKEY'S GIRL IS A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK". Daily Post (Liverpool).
  15. "Wales Training Squad for Algarve Cup". Fair Game. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  16. "Bcgfc News Archive". Bangor Girls FC. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  17. "Match Report". FIFA. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  18. "Goalkeepers / Andrea Worrall". Liverpool Ladies FC. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  19. Women in sports the lesbian peril Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine DIVA Lesbian Magazine
  20. Keegan, Mike (12 October 2013). "Accolades for Manchester City Ladies' 'Homo Hero' goalie". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
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