Debbie Bampton

Debbie Bampton
Personal information
Full name Deborah Bampton
Date of birth (1961-10-07) 7 October 1961
Place of birth England
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Barnfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Maidstone
Lowestoft
Howbury Grange
Millwall Lionesses
1987–1988 Despar Trani 80
Millwall Lionesses
1991–1992 Wimbledon
1992–1994 Arsenal
1994–2000 Croydon
2000 Doncaster Belles
National team
1978–1997 England 95 (7)
Teams managed
1994–2000 Croydon
2006–2008 Whitehawk FC Ladies
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Deborah "Debbie" Bampton, MBE, (born 7 October 1961) is an English former international football midfielder. She was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2005.[1] In 1998 Bampton was awarded an MBE in recognition of her services to women's football as both a player and a manager.[2]

Club career

Bampton began her career at the age of 14. She played for Howbury Grange managed by her father Albert. She was a member of the side that won the Women's FA Cup in 1984. In 1987 she moved to Italy, playing for Despar Trani 80 as a full–time professional alongside compatriot Kerry Davis. She spent just one season there, but won runners–up medals in both the Serie A and national Cup.[1]

She joined Arsenal Ladies in 1992, winning the treble in her first season at the club. In 1994 Bampton left to become player-manager of Croydon Women. In 1995–96, Croydon won the League title and the FA Women's Cup. Despite leaving the field after eight minutes due to injury, Bampton won her fifth FA Cup winners' medal when Croydon beat Liverpool in the 1996 final at the New Den.[3] She won the league with Croydon twice more before leaving to join Doncaster Belles as a player in 2000 after the Croydon club moved to Charlton.[4]

In 2004 she joined Eastbourne Borough Ladies FC, a team her father Albert was coaching. During their first season as a women team they went on to win the Sussex County Cup and the League Cup,

She joined the coaching staff of Whitehawk Ladies in the 2006 close season, along with former Arsenal and England player Angela Banks.[5] In February 2008, she was manager of Whitehawk Ladies.[6] Bampton joined the coaching staff of Lewes FC Ladies in January 2009.[7]

International career

Bampton made her England debut whilst still at school, playing against the Netherlands in September 1978.[1] She went on to win 95 caps for England.

Bampton hit the winning goal in Denmark as England qualified for the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football final.[8] In the second leg of the final at Kenilworth Road, Bampton scored in England's penalty shootout defeat to Sweden.[9] In 1985 she became the England captain following the retirement of Carol Thomas, then England's most capped player and still the second longest serving captain.

In 1995 she controversially took over the England captaincy from Gillian Coultard[10] and led the Three Lionesses into their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup appearance that year.[11] Bampton recalled: "It was difficult, especially as Gill and I were roommates and at that point the England squad was split. A lot of people wanted Clare Taylor to be captain, but it was something I'd always wanted to do and so I just enjoyed it."[12] She retained the captaincy for England's failed 1997 UEFA Women's Championship qualification campaign.[13] In May 1997 Bampton made her final England appearance in a 6–0 friendly defeat to United States in Portland.[14]

Playing style

Bampton was a tall, strong and industrious central midfielder. She characterised herself as "a box-to-box player" and said "I worked hard to win the ball, and I was always looking to make forward runs. I was not a natural goalscorer, but I did look to set up chances for others."[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Galvin, Robert. "Hall of Fame: Debbie Bampton". National Football Museum. Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  2. ↑ "Queen's Birthday honours: Hurst joins the football knights". The Independent. 1998-06-13. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
  3. ↑ Townsend, Nick (1996-04-29). "Soccer Diary". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  4. ↑ "Charlton's bonus chance". BBC Sport. 5 February 2001. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
  5. ↑ "Whitehawk swoop for ex-England stars". Fair Game. 2006-06-29. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
  6. ↑ "Match Report: Whitehawk Ladies 0-1 Rushden & Diamonds Ladies". 2008-02-25. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
  7. ↑ "Busy schedule for Lewes teams". Lewes FC. 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
  8. ↑ "Danmark - England 0 - 1". DBU.dk. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
  9. ↑ Nilsson, Andreas. "EM för damer 1984". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  10. ↑ Mike Rowbottom (1995-06-06). "Women boldly go where no men have been of late". The Independent. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  11. ↑ "England". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
  12. ↑ "On the Ball with Debbie Bampton". On the Ball. Archived from the original on 7 March 2001. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  13. ↑ Guy Hodgson (1996-10-01). "Bampton still has to break down barriers". The Independent. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
  14. ↑ "Women's match data 1996 - 1999". EnglandFC.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.

Debbie Bampton – FIFA competition record

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