Kirsty Pealling is a former footballer who spent her entire club career with Arsenal Ladies

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...

. She also represented 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...

 at full international level.

Club career

Pealling attended Haggerston School and was spotted by Arsenal Ladies manager Vic Akers

Vic Akers

Victor David Akers, OBE is a former football player and manager. He played as a left back and is currently Arsenal's kit manager...

 during a five-a-side tournament when she was 13. At the time of her retirement in 2006, Pealling was the clubs longest serving player, the record appearance holder and had won the most trophies. She won domestic trebles with Arsenal in 1993 and 2001.

Pealling worked as a sports development officer for Croydon Council and since 2004 has coached at Hampstead FC.

International career

Eighteen-year-old Pealling made her 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...

 debut in a 3-0 Euro 1995 qualifying

1995 UEFA Women's Championship qualification

The qualification for the 1995 UEFA Women's Championship was held between August 15, 1993 & October 30, 1994. The winner of the quarter-finals qualified.-Group 1:-------------------------------------------------Group 2:--------...

 win in Belgium

Belgium women's national football team

The Belgium women's national football team represents Belgium in international women's football. They are currently 33rd at the FIFA Women's World Rankings.-World Cup record:- UEFA Women's Championship Record :*1984 : did not qualify...

 in November 1993. She also featured in the eventual semi-final defeat to Germany

Germany women's national football team

The German women's national football team represents Germany in international women's football and is directed by the German Football Association . The team – informally called West Germany in English – played its first international match in 1982...

. However, Pealling and Joanne Broadhurst

Joanne Broadhurst

Joanne "Jo" Broadhurst is a former English female footballer. She represented England at full international level and played for the leading English clubs Doncaster Belles, Arsenal and Croydon/Charlton Athletic.-Club career:...

 were controversially dropped from the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squad, with manager Ted Copeland

Ted Copeland

Ted Copeland is an English former football coach. He managed the England women's side between 1993 and 1998, leading them to a quarter-final appearance in the 1995 World Cup....

 saying "They are not international footballers at this level."

After a long spell out of international football, Pealling returned as a substitute against Denmark

Denmark women's national football team

The Denmark women's national football team represents Denmark in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Danish Football Association .-World Cup:*1970 : Winner *1971 : Winner...

 in August 2001. In May 2004 she played the first half of a 1-0 friendly win over Iceland

Iceland women's national football team

The Iceland women's national football team represents Iceland in international women's football. It is currently ranked as the 15th best national team in the world by FIFA...

 at London Road

London Road

-England:There are countless London Roads in the UK. Only those significant outside their local area are listed here:* London Road, Brighton; for which a railway station is named* London Road, Guildford; for which a railway station is named...

, Peterborough

Peterborough

Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...

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