Amanda Barr
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Amanda Jayne Barr is an English football
player, and plays as a striker
. She plays for Sheffield Wednesday Women, and is a former member of the England
squad.
and began her career with six years at local team Stockport County. Following spells with Everton Ladies
and Doncaster Belles, she was awarded the National Division Golden Boot in 2003, after scoring 17 goals in 17 league games for Charlton Athletic
. She also scored three goals in helping the side to the FA Cup
final that season. She scored another 18 goals the following season (2003–04), when Charlton finished runners up in the league
to Arsenal
.
Barr then signed for Birmingham City
alongside England
teammates Jo Fletcher
, Alex Scott and Rachel Yankey
. But after one season Birmingham experienced a funding crisis and Barr returned to Charlton.
In summer 2006 Barr joined newly-promoted Blackburn Rovers
and was made captain in September. The following month she was sent off for throwing the ball at a referee, and did not play until signing for Leeds United in January 2007.
In July 2008 Barr signed for OOH Lincoln Ladies
. She scored 16 goals in her first season, but left when the club failed to win promotion from the Northern Division
. After a spell training with Leeds Carnegie she returned to OOH Lincoln
a few weeks later, but missed most of 2009-10 with a back injury.
At the start of the 2010-11 season, new Preston North End Women manager Andy Burgess
signed Barr for The Lilywhites, as he sought to build a squad capable of winning promotion to the National Premier Division
. Barr switched to Northern Combination
outfit Sheffield Wednesday Women in February 2011.
start on 1 March 2002 in a 3-1 Algarve Cup
defeat to Norway
. She scored her first goal four days later in a 6-3 loss to Sweden
. Barr had won her first senior cap as a late substitute in a 1–0 win over Scotland
at Reebok Stadium
in May 2001.
Barr played at Euro 2005
, scoring England's second goal in their opening 3-2 group stage win over Finland
.
. Her nickname is "Munch".
Women's football (soccer)
Women's association football has been played for many decades, but was associated with charity games and physical exercise in the past before the breakthrough of organized women's association football came in the 1970s. Before the 1970s, football was basically seen as a men's game...
player, and plays as a striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
. She plays for Sheffield Wednesday Women, and is a former member of the England
England women's national football team
The England women's national football team represents England in international women's football. The side has been quite successful of late, qualifying for three World Cups, 1995, 2007 and 2011...
squad.
Club career
Barr attended Avondale High SchoolStockport Academy
Stockport Academy is a non-selective co-educational school within the English Academy programme, located in Cheadle Heath, Stockport, Greater Manchester. It catered for children aged 11–18 and has approximately 706 pupils on roll, including 76 pupils in the jointed sixth form, for students 16-...
and began her career with six years at local team Stockport County. Following spells with Everton Ladies
Everton L.F.C.
Everton Ladies Football Club are a semi-professional women's association football team from the city of Liverpool, who compete in the FA WSL. They were runners-up to Arsenal in the 2009–10 Premier League National Division season. They have won the title once in 1998 and the FA Women's Cup on...
and Doncaster Belles, she was awarded the National Division Golden Boot in 2003, after scoring 17 goals in 17 league games for Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic L.F.C.
Charlton Athletic Women's Football Club play in the FA Women's Premier League National Division in England. Between 2000, the year it was founded from Croydon Women's F.C. and 2007, Charlton had one of the most successful women's teams in England...
. She also scored three goals in helping the side to the FA Cup
FA Women's Cup
The Football Association Women’s Challenge Cup Competition, commonly referred to as the FA Women's Cup, is the top cup competition for women's football clubs in England – designed as an exact equivalent to the FA Cup created 99 years earlier...
final that season. She scored another 18 goals the following season (2003–04), when Charlton finished runners up in the league
FA Women's Premier League National Division
The FA Women's Premier League National Division is the second level of the English women's football league pyramid. From 1991 until the introduction of the summer competition FA Women's Super League the National Division functioned as the top league in England. Below it are simultaneously the...
to Arsenal
Arsenal L.F.C.
Arsenal Ladies Football Club are an English women's association football club affiliated with Arsenal F.C.. Founded in 1987, they are the most successful club in English women's football having won 34 major trophies to date; which are 12 FA Women's Premier League titles, 11 FA Women's Cups, ten...
.
Barr then signed for Birmingham City
Birmingham City L.F.C.
Birmingham City L.F.C. is a semi-professional English Women's football club who are affiliated to Birmingham City F.C.. They play their home games at Knights Lane, the home of Stratford Town F.C., and were named as founder members of the FA Women's Super League which started in 2011.-History:The...
alongside England
England women's national football team
The England women's national football team represents England in international women's football. The side has been quite successful of late, qualifying for three World Cups, 1995, 2007 and 2011...
teammates Jo Fletcher
Jo Fletcher
Josephine 'Jo' Fletcher is an English female football goalkeeper. She played at full international level for England. She hails from the Wirral.-Club career:Fletcher join Tranmere Rovers Ladies as an under-18 player....
, Alex Scott and Rachel Yankey
Rachel Yankey
Rachel Abba Yankey, MBE is an English football player. She plays for the English side Arsenal, and for the England national team. She plays as a left-winger or forward, and wears the number 11 for Arsenal and England. She is of Ghanaian descent, from her father's side.Yankey is the most-capped...
. But after one season Birmingham experienced a funding crisis and Barr returned to Charlton.
In summer 2006 Barr joined newly-promoted Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers L.F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Ladies Football Club are an English women's football club affiliated with Blackburn Rovers. In 2006 they won the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division and were promoted to the FA Women's Premier League National Division, where they played until relegation in the 2010–11...
and was made captain in September. The following month she was sent off for throwing the ball at a referee, and did not play until signing for Leeds United in January 2007.
In July 2008 Barr signed for OOH Lincoln Ladies
Lincoln City L.F.C.
Lincoln Ladies Football Club are an English women's football club. The club were known as Lincoln City Ladies Football Club until a sponsorship deal in 2008 with OOH Media PLC made them OOH Lincoln Ladies for two seasons. However, they changed their name to Lincoln Ladies FC for their entry into...
. She scored 16 goals in her first season, but left when the club failed to win promotion from the Northern Division
FA Women's Premier League Northern Division
The FA Women's Premier League Northern Division is a league in the third-level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Southern division. These two divisions are below the FA Women's Super League and National Division....
. After a spell training with Leeds Carnegie she returned to OOH Lincoln
Lincoln City L.F.C.
Lincoln Ladies Football Club are an English women's football club. The club were known as Lincoln City Ladies Football Club until a sponsorship deal in 2008 with OOH Media PLC made them OOH Lincoln Ladies for two seasons. However, they changed their name to Lincoln Ladies FC for their entry into...
a few weeks later, but missed most of 2009-10 with a back injury.
At the start of the 2010-11 season, new Preston North End Women manager Andy Burgess
Andy Burgess
Andrew John Blakemore "Andy" Burgess is an English footballer who is currently a player/coach midfielder for Corby Town.-Playing career:...
signed Barr for The Lilywhites, as he sought to build a squad capable of winning promotion to the National Premier Division
FA Women's Premier League National Division
The FA Women's Premier League National Division is the second level of the English women's football league pyramid. From 1991 until the introduction of the summer competition FA Women's Super League the National Division functioned as the top league in England. Below it are simultaneously the...
. Barr switched to Northern Combination
Northern Combination Women's Football League
The Northern Combination Women's Football League, also known simply as the Northern Combination, is at the fourth level of the English women's football pyramid, along with the three other Combination Leagues - South West, South East and Midland...
outfit Sheffield Wednesday Women in February 2011.
International career
After scoring 11 goals in 18 appearances at U-18 level, Barr made her first EnglandEngland women's national football team
The England women's national football team represents England in international women's football. The side has been quite successful of late, qualifying for three World Cups, 1995, 2007 and 2011...
start on 1 March 2002 in a 3-1 Algarve Cup
Algarve Cup
The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's football . Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football...
defeat to Norway
Norway women's national football team
The Norway women's national football team represents Norway in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, are former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams...
. She scored her first goal four days later in a 6-3 loss to Sweden
Sweden women's national football team
Sweden women's national football team are a football team officially representing Sweden in women's football. They won the unofficial European Championships in 1984, a success the team has not managed to repeat, it has however won one World Cup-silver as well as three European Cup-silvers...
. Barr had won her first senior cap as a late substitute in a 1–0 win over Scotland
Scotland women's national football team
The Scotland women's national football team represents Scotland in international women's football. They have yet to qualify for the final stages of the World Cup or European Championships and are currently ranked 23rd in the world and 14th in Europe....
at Reebok Stadium
Reebok Stadium
The Reebok Stadium is the home stadium of English Premier League football club Bolton Wanderers, and is located on the Middlebrook Retail Park in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. It is commonly known as 'The Reebok'...
in May 2001.
Barr played at Euro 2005
2005 UEFA Women's Championship
The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as WOMEN'S EURO 2005 , was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire, England. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affiliated to UEFA, the...
, scoring England's second goal in their opening 3-2 group stage win over Finland
Finland women's national football team
The Finland women's national football team represents Finland in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Finland , reached the semi-finals of the 2005 European Championship, surprising the female football world having drawn with Sweden and beaten Denmark...
.
International goals
- Scores and results list England's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored 1 5 March 2002 Lagos LagosLagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...
3–6 Algarve Cup Algarve CupThe Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's football . Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football...
1 2 22 September 2002 St Andrew's, Birmingham BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
1–0 2003 FIFA World Cup Qual. 1 3 21 October 2003 Kryoia Soveto, Moscow MoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
2–2 Friendly Exhibition gameAn exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
1 4 14 November 2003 Deepdale DeepdaleDeepdale is a stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End F.C. and, up to 2010, England's National Football Museum. Preston North End are one of the founder members of the Football League.- History :...
, Preston5–0 Friendly 1 5 16 September 2004 Sportpark De Wending, Heerhugowaard HeerhugowaardHeerhugowaard is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.-History:...
2–1 Friendly 1 6 17 February 2005 National Hockey Stadium National Hockey StadiumThe National Hockey Stadium was a sports stadium in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, with a nominal capacity of around 4,000 seats . It was used by England Hockey as their national stadium from 1995 to 2003 and as a professional football stadium from 2003 to 2007...
, Milton KeynesMilton KeynesMilton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
4–1 Friendly Exhibition gameAn exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
1 7 9 March 2005 Faro Faro, PortugalFaro is the southernmost city in Portugal. It is located in the Faro Municipality in southern Portugal. The city proper has 41,934 inhabitants and the entire municipality has 58,305. It is the seat of the Faro District and capital of the Algarve region...
4–0 Algarve Cup Algarve CupThe Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's football . Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football...
1 8 21 April 2005 Prenton Park Prenton ParkPrenton Park is an association football stadium in Birkenhead, England. It is the home ground of Tranmere Rovers F.C. The club moved to the current Prenton Park in 1912. The ground has had several rebuilds, with the most recent occurring in 1995 in response to the requirement of the Taylor Report...
, TranmereTranmere, MerseysideTranmere is a suburb of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Administratively, it is also a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the County Borough of Birkenhead, within the geographical county of Cheshire...
2–1 Friendly Exhibition gameAn exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
1 9 5 June 2005 City of Manchester Stadium City of Manchester StadiumThe City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England – also known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship purposes– is the home ground of...
, ManchesterManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
3–2 2005 UEFA Championship 2005 UEFA Women's ChampionshipThe 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as WOMEN'S EURO 2005 , was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire, England. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affiliated to UEFA, the...
1 10 1 September 2005 Ertl-Glas-Stadion, Amstetten Amstetten, Lower AustriaAmstetten is a town in Lower Austria. It is the capital of the Amstetten District.-Geography:Is geographically located between 48 ° 07 ' N and 14 ° 52 ' E , at a height of 275 meters , has an area of 52.22 km ² , its population in 2001 was 22,595 inhabitants, with a population density of 441 habs...
4–1 2007 FIFA World Cup Qual. 1
Personal life
Barr was among the first players who won a scholarship to the national player development centre at Loughborough UniversityLoughborough University
Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...
. Her nickname is "Munch".