Lauren Walker

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| position = Defender / Midfielder

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| youthclubs2 = Stoke City Ladies

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| clubs4 = Blackburn Rovers Ladies

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Lauren Walker (born 12 March 1989) is an English footballer who usually plays at either left-back or left midfield. She previously represented Blackburn Rovers Ladies in the FA Women's Premier League National Division. She hails from Birches Head, Staffordshire.

Club career

Walker played as a junior for Port Vale Girls{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Shoot-ends-world-title-hopes/article-1151230-detail/article.html|title=Shoot out ends world title hopes|publisher=The Sentinel|date=2009-07-08|accessdate=14 September 2009}} and Stoke City Girls{{cite web|url=http://www.sportacrossstaffordshire.co.uk/live/cme351.htm|title=Stoke City Girls' FA Centre of Excellence - player receives England call up|publisher=Sport across Staffordshire|accessdate=14 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303103048/http://www.sportacrossstaffordshire.co.uk/live/cme351.htm|archive-date=3 March 2012|url-status=dead}} and as a senior for Wolves Women in the Northern Premiership before joining Arsenal Ladies' reserve side. She left Arsenal to join Blackburn Rovers Ladies in July 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/LadiesProfiles/0,,10303~1751872,00.html|title=Lauren Walker|publisher=Blackburn Rovers F.C.|accessdate=2009-10-28}}{{cite news|url=http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/LadiesNews/0,,10303~1723408,00.html|title=Rovers ladies land talented trio|publisher=Blackburn Rovers F.C.|date=2009-07-15|accessdate=14 September 2009}} Her first goal for Rovers came in their 4–2 Women's FA Cup first round win at home to Manchester City Ladies.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/women/8253702.stm|title=Cup holders Arsenal beat Watford|author=Tony Leighton|work=BBC Sport|date=2009-09-14|accessdate=14 September 2009}}

International career

Walker was selected as a member of the Great Britain women's football squad for the World University Games in Belgrade in 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.bucs.org.uk/news.asp?section=000100010002&itemid=3648|title=Great Britain women's football squad announced for World University Games|publisher=British Universities & Colleges Sport|date=2009-06-18|accessdate=14 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720121130/http://www.bucs.org.uk/news.asp?section=000100010002&itemid=3648|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead}} She played in each of the side's previous three games, but was an unused substitute as Britain lost on penalties to Japan in the semi-final. The side eventually won the Bronze Medal after beating France in the third-place play-off match.{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Football-Potteries-duo-win-world-bronze/article-1173910-detail/article.html|title=Potteries duo win world bronze|date=2009-07-17|accessdate=14 September 2009}}

Personal life

Walker was a Sports and Exercise Science student at the University of Hertfordshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.uh-au.org.uk/scholars.asp?id=10|title=Lauren Walker|publisher=The University of Hertfordshire Athletic Union|accessdate=14 September 2009}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Following her retirement, she became a biology teacher at Derby Grammar School.{{cite web |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2789309903|title=Former professional footballer Lauren brings lessons from pitch to classroom: biology teacher starred for arsenal and aston villa|work=Derby Telegraph|date=22 March 2023|accessdate=4 April 2023|last=Green|first=Kirsty|id={{ProQuest|2789309903}} }}

Statistics

To 28 October 2009

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|WFA Cup !colspan="2"\|Premier League Cup !colspan="2"\|County Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
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Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Blackburn Rovers Ladies \|2009–10 \|5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	7	4
colspan="2"\|Club Total !5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	7	4

References

Category:1989 births

Category:Living people

Category:English women's footballers

Category:Arsenal W.F.C. players

Category:Blackburn Rovers W.F.C. players

Category:FA Women's National League players

Category:Women's association football midfielders

Category:Stoke City L.F.C. players

Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers W.F.C. players

Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain

Category:Summer World University Games medalists in football

Category:Alumni of the University of Hertfordshire

Category:Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent

Category:Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade

Category:21st-century English sportswomen