Lynda Shepherd

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Lynda Shepherd
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-05-05) 5 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Plymouth, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Manchester United
Stockport County Ladies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Stockport County Ladies
2005–2010
Blackburn Rovers Ladies
 97 (6)
2010–2012
Liverpool Ladies
 21 (1)
2010 →
Manchester City Women
(loan)
2012–2013
Manchester City Women
2014–2019
Blackburn Rovers
 151 (46)
International career
2008 England U23
2013–2014 Northern Ireland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lynda Shepherd (born 5 May 1985) is a retired

Blackburn Rovers L.F.C. She represented Northern Ireland at international level, after playing for England
at under–21 and under–23 levels.

Club career

Shepherd played for

Blackburn Rovers Ladies in July 2005.[2]

Shepherd joined

Manchester City in the meantime.[4]

At the halfway point of the 2012 FA WSL, Liverpool were again rooted to the bottom of the table and sacked manager Robbie Johnson. Shepherd, Ruesha Littlejohn and Nicola Twohig were released by incoming manager Matt Beard.[5] Later that month Shepherd signed for Manchester City.[6]

International career

Shepherd was first selected for England's under–21 team in July 2004,[2] playing in the Nordic Cup.[7] In 2006, Shepherd was named as a late replacement for the England Senior Team's training trip to La Manga Club.[8] She later played for England at under–23 level.[9] In February 2008 she scored for England U–23s against Germany, also in La Manga.[10]

In 2013 Shepherd accepted a call–up to the senior

South Africa.[12]

Blackburn statistics

To October 2009

Club Season League WFA Cup Premier League Cup County Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Blackburn Rovers Ladies[2]
2005–06
2006–07
 20 0 4 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 29 2
2007–08
 22 1 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 31 2
2008–09
 20 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 29 1
2009–10
 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 0

References

  1. ^ "Lynda recalls her special week". Women's Football News Archive. 17 May 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "Lynda Shepherd". Blackburn Rovers F.C. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Liverpool beat Wolves in Keele final". She Kicks. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Andrea Worrall/Manchester City LFC". She Kicks. 26 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  5. British Broadcasting Corporation
    . Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  6. She Kicks
    . 17 August 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Lynda and Sophie do County Ladies proud". Stockport Express. M.E.N. Media. 6 July 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  8. ^ "England's three new lions". Fair Game. 11 January 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  9. ^ "England U23s defeat USA". Fair Game. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  10. ^ "Germany Edge It". thefa.com. The Football Association. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  11. ^ "A Spirited Performance by a Young Northern Ireland Team". Irish Football Association. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  12. British Broadcasting Corporation
    . Retrieved 12 March 2013.


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