Emily Hollinshead
{{Short description|Welsh footballer (born 1995)}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Emily Hollinshead
| image = London Bees v Everton LFC, 20 May 2017 (012).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Hollinshead in 2017
| fullname = Emily Hollinshead
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|9|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nantwich, Cheshire, England
| height = 1.74m
| currentclub = Fylde
| clubnumber = 10
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Crewe Alexandra
| years1 = 2014–2017
| clubs1 = Everton
| caps1 = 24
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2017–2018
| clubs2 = Sheffield United
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2018–
| clubs3 = Fylde
| caps3 = 45
| goals3 = 15
| nationalyears1 = 2016–
| nationalteam1 = Wales
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 4 September 2021
| ntupdate =
}}
Emily Hollinshead (born 13 September 1995) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a winger and striker for Fylde and the Wales national team.{{cite web|url=http://sheffield.fawsl.com/news/emily_hollinshead_signs_for_the_worlds_first.html#juzglwEXC1Qu6A8y.97|title=Emily Hollinshead Signs For The World's First|publisher=FA WSL|date=10 October 2017|accessdate=12 February 2018|archive-date=10 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210235104/http://sheffield.fawsl.com/news/emily_hollinshead_signs_for_the_worlds_first.html#juzglwEXC1Qu6A8y.97|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last=Edmondson |first=Victoria |url=https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/sport/about-us/news/detail/index.php?id=3160 |title=Meet our Sport Scholars: Emily Hollinshead |publisher=Manchester Metropolitan University |date=26 December 2014 |accessdate=2 May 2016 |archive-date=13 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213195100/https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/sport/about-us/news/detail/index.php?id=3160 |url-status=dead }}
Early life
Hollinshead was born in Nantwich, England. When she was 11, Hollinshead challenged a ban from The Football Association on girls over 11 not being allowed to play in the same football team as boys. After her father threatened legal action against The FA for sex discrimination, they announced that they were either considering changing the age limit to under-14 level or allow a special dispensation for one year to allow girls to play in boys teams.{{cite web|last=Wales |first=North |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/fa-ban-for-star-emily-2871412 |title=FA ban for star Emily |work=Daily Post |date= |accessdate=2 May 2016}} During this time, she was a part of the Crewe Alexandra F.C. Girls Centre of Excellence. She later went on to study Primary Education at Manchester Metropolitan University with a view to become a teacher.
Playing career
=Club=
Hollinshead started her senior career at Manchester United Ladies where she won the North West League.
==Everton==
In 2014, she moved to Women's Super League team Everton Ladies while also studying at Manchester Metropolitan University and playing for them in the Northern 1A British Universities and Colleges Sport League. She made her debut for Everton against Durham Women's F.C. in 2014.{{cite web|last1=Philbin|first1=Paul|title=Everton striker hoping to fire Toffees to a promotion push|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-striker-hoping-fire-toffees-10959167|publisher=Liverpool Echo|accessdate=5 May 2016|date=27 February 2016}}
==Sheffield United==
After the FA WSL Spring Series, Hollinshead made the move to Sheffield United.
==Fylde==
=International=
Hollinshead was called up to represent the Wales women's national football team by Jayne Ludlow for their UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying matches.{{cite web |author=Everton Ladies FC |url=http://everton.fawsl.com/news/hollinshead_earns_wales_callup.html#u6Xmitcj8pIm1o66.97 |title=Hollinshead earns Wales call-up |publisher=Everton |date=17 August 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 |archive-date=27 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127021007/http://everton.fawsl.com/news/hollinshead_earns_wales_callup.html#u6Xmitcj8pIm1o66.97 |url-status=dead }} Hollinshead made her debut for Wales against the Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national football team.{{cite web|last=Matheson |first=Sian |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/wales-women-0-0-stalemate-bosnia-8789411 |title=Wales Women in 0–0 stalemate with Bosnia Hertzegovina in Istria Cup |publisher=Wales Online |date= |accessdate=2 May 2016}}
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|emily-hollinshead/341865}}
- [http://everton.fawsl.com/playerProfile/emily_hollinshead.html Everton player profile]{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hollinshead, Emily}}
Category:Welsh women's footballers
Category:21st-century Welsh sportswomen
Category:Footballers from Nantwich
Category:Everton F.C. (women) players
Category:Sheffield United F.C. Women players
Category:Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University
Category:Wales women's international footballers
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:Fylde Ladies F.C. players
{{Wales-women-footy-bio-stub}}
{{Wales-footy-forward-stub}}