Lindsay Johnson

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Lindsay Johnson
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-05-08) 8 May 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Hartlepool, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Coventry City
2001–2003
Liverpool Ladies
2003–2015
Everton Ladies
International career‡
2004–2010 England 43 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:56, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Lindsay Johnson (born 8 May 1980) is an English former

Everton Ladies and the England women's national football team. Johnson was a fast and versatile defender, with the ability to play in any of the defensive positions.[2]

Early life

Johnson was born in

athletics training, although was not allowed to compete until the age of eight years.[5] She went on to represent her county at 200m and the long jump and also represented her county at hockey and netball.[5]

Club career

Johnson's football career began at the age of 11 years when she joined a girls club.

Arsenal Ladies in the final.[9]

Johnson's loyalty to Everton was rewarded with another two Cup finals in 2010: a 3–1 defeat by

a memorable extra–time win over Arsenal in the FA Women's Cup.[11]

When the

Oxford United would be her last. Johnson marked the occasion with a goal in Everton's 5–3 win.[12]

International career

Johnson represented England at Under-21 level, before making her senior debut against the Netherlands in September 2004.[2] Her performances during the following season's Algarve Cup ensured a regular place in coach Hope Powell's England squad.

Although initially left out of the

2007 World Cup squad, she was included as a late replacement for Steph Houghton, who sustained a fractured fibula in training.[13]

In May 2009, Johnson was one of the first 17 female players to be given central contracts by

Alex Scott and Faye White.[16] She replaced White in the first half of the quarter-final game against Finland[17] and played all of the semi-final extra-time victory against the Netherlands.[18]

Johnson was allotted 153 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.[19][20]

Personal life

Slide-tackling Rosella Ayane of Millwall in March 2015

Johnson, a fan of Newcastle United,[21] was a teacher of PE at The King's Academy, but gave up her teaching career to focus on her football career.[21] She also works as a mentor and trainer for BTEC students studying fitness and sports development at Cardinal Heenan Sports College and as part of this is at the forefront of the SHAPE initiative that aims to promote health and physical activity among young children in central Liverpool.[22] Johnson was at Cardinal Heenan for 17 years and left her position as Assistant Headteacher to join Withington Girls' School as Director of Sport.

Johnson now has a high profile national media career, and is well renowned for her knowledgeable co-comms for national and international women's fixtures.

She is related to Jenny Wilkes, also a footballer; who plays for Newcastle United Women and England at Junior level.[23]

Career statistics

International goal

Scores and results list England's goal tally first.

Honours

Everton
  • FA Women's Cup
    : 2009–10
  • FA Women's Premier League Cup
    : 2007–08
England
  • Cyprus Cup
    : 2009

References

  1. ^ "#20 Lindsay Johnson". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Lindsay Johnson". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Lindsay helps England make Euro final". The Hartlepool Mail. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original on 18 January 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  4. ^ "Town girl goes for Euro glory!". Hartlepool Mail. 8 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
  5. ^ a b c d "Champion Profile – Lindsay Johnson". Sporting Champions. Retrieved 8 September 2009. [dead link]
  6. ^ Johnson, Lindsay (22 March 2015). "Tweet". Twitter. Retrieved 31 March 2015. when I was at university I played 1/2 games for them! #random
  7. ^ "Lindsay set for Euro 2009 warm up". The Hartlepool Mail. 28 February 2009. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  8. ^ "England squad guide". BBC Sport. 3 June 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  9. ^ Chris Young (11 March 2008). "Lindsay's goal more medals". The Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 8 September 2009.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "'Overwhelmed' White lauds Final effort". The Football Association. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  11. ^ Peter Lansley (4 May 2010). "Natasha Dowie goals lift family mood as Everton win Women's Cup". The Times. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  12. ^ Philbin, Paul (18 October 2015). "Everton Ladies 5-3 Oxford United Ladies: Match report". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Lindsay Johnson gets England call". The Liverpool Echo. 17 August 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  14. ^ "England Women awarded contracts". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 May 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  15. ^ "England squad announced for Euro 2009". Fair Game. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ Tony Leighton (8 September 2009). "Who's who in the England squad facing Germany in the European Championship final". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  17. ^ "Finland women 2–3 England women". BBC Sport. 3 September 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  18. ^ Marc Vesty (6 September 2009). "England Ladies 2 – 1 Holland Ladies". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  19. ^ "England squad named for World Cup". The Football Association. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  20. ^ Lacey-Hatton, Jack (18 November 2022). "Lionesses introduce 'legacy numbers' for players past and present". mirror. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  21. ^ a b "Interview with Lindsay Johnson". Sporting Champions. Archived from the original on 28 May 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  22. ^ Liam Martindale. "Shaping the future". Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  23. ^ Dan Warburton (7 April 2009). "Newcastle schoolgirl gets an England call-up". JournalLive.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

External links

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