Pauline Cope whose married name is Pauline Boanas, is a retired English football

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 former 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...

 goalkeeper.

Club career

At club level Cope won the FA Women's 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...

 with Millwall Lionesses

Millwall Lionesses L.F.C.

Millwall Lionesses Ladies Football Club were founded in March 1972 by Patricia Maslin and Rita Bullions. In a time when women's football was almost unheard of the group of women who made up the Lionesses were at first snubbed by Millwall FC but went on to became the first women's football team 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...

 and Croydon

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...

 and in May 2004 played in goal for Charlton

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...

 in their 3-0 final defeat against Arsenal.

In 2003 she began working as a full-time girls' development officer with Charlton. Cope then retired from club football at the end of the 2005-2006 season.

International career

Cope played 60 times for England, making her debut against 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...

 in Bochum

Bochum

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 in February 1995, before retiring from international football in April 2004.

In 2008 she was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame

English Football Hall of Fame

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Personal life

Cope is married to Estonia

Estonia women's national football team

The Estonia women's national team is controlled by the Estonian Football Association. The team is composed of players from the domestic league.-World Cup record:-European Championship record:*1984 to 1991 – Did not enter, was part of Soviet Union...

 women's team coach Keith Boanas

Keith Boanas

Keith Robert Boanas is an English football manager and the current coach of the Estonia women's national football team.-Playing career:...

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Honours

• FA Women's Premier League National 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...
  
  : 3

1994–95, 1998-99, 1999-00

• FA Women's 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...
  
  : 4

1994-95, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2004-05

• Women's League Cup: 4

1994–95, 1996–97, 2003-04, 2005-06