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词条 Claire Utley
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  1. Club career

  2. International career

  3. References

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Claire Utley (born 11 February 1979) is an English former football defender, best known for her long association with Doncaster Rovers Belles. Utley represented England five times at senior international level.

Club career

In summer 1994 three players from Doncaster Belles' double-winning team left for Liverpool Ladies. As a result, Minsthorpe High School pupil Utley was drafted into the first team as a fifteen-year-old centre-back, making her debut in a 7–1 home win against Millwall Lionesses on the opening day of the 1994–95 season. In October 1994 she featured in the FA Women's Premier League Cup final, held over from the previous season, as the Belles were beaten 4–0 by Arsenal Ladies.

Utley was nicknamed Des after Des Walker. She suffered an Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury in April 2001[2] and missed a year of action, returning for the Belles' 2–1 defeat to Fulham in the 2002 FA Women's Cup final.[3] She then spent a short spell at Leeds United in 2002–03.[4]

In 2004 Doncaster Belles suffered an exodus of players after a financial crisis, however, Utley and Vicky Exley chose to remain loyal to the club.[5]

She joined Whitley Bay ahead of season 2010–11.[6] After two appearances that season, Utley left the club.[7]

International career

After breaking through at Doncaster Belles, Utley was thought likely to play for England "as sure as the sun shines on the Sahara."[8]

Utley eventually won five caps for the senior England women's national football team.[9]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/claire-utley/20420/|title=England - Claire Utley|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=19 April 2011}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/title_hopes_suffer_setback_1_515807?action=logout|title=TITLE HOPES SUFFER SETBACK|publisher=Doncaster Free Press|accessdate=7 August 2011|date=19 April 2001}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/fulham-too-professional-for-battling-belles-650449.html|title=Fulham too professional for battling Belles|publisher=The Independent|author=Tony Leighton|accessdate=3 October 2010|date=7 May 2005}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www2.doncastertoday.co.uk/belles/belles.htm|title=Doncaster Belles – Meet The Squad|publisher=Doncaster Free Press|accessdate=3 November 2010}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/free-press-sport/BELLES-DEFY-THE-ODDS-.844896.jp|title=BELLES DEFY THE ODDS|publisher=Doncaster Free Press|accessdate=3 November 2010|date=26 August 2004}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whitleybayfc.com/women/players.htm|title=Pen Pics 2008–2009|publisher=Whitley Bay FC|accessdate=2 November 2010}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whitleybayfc.co.uk/women/archive/1011/|title=Season 2010-2011 Archive|publisher=Whitley Bay FC|accessdate=19 November 2012}}
8. ^{{cite book |title=I Lost My Heart To The Belles |last=Davies |first=Pete |year=1996 |publisher=Mandarin |location=London |isbn=0-7493-2085-0 |page=9|quote=[...] merely fifteen years old – a centre-half who, if she stayed fit and keen would play for England one day as sure as the sun shines on the Sahara.}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/home.php?section=ope&category=fte&subcat=players&action=full&id=33|title=Claire Utley|publisher=Doncaster Rovers Belles|accessdate=2 November 2010}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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8 : 1979 births|Living people|English women's footballers|England women's international footballers|Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. players|Leeds United L.F.C. players|FA Women's Premier League players|Women's association football defenders

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