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1ST TEAM
- DETAILS 2007- 08 |
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Leigh Wood
(manager) Leigh is in his first season as Manager of City’s first team after seeing last years reserves to promotion at his first attempt. He claims to be 28 and hails from Chesterfield.
Leigh works for Tameside MBC as a Sports Development Officer and lists his favourite team as (you guessed it) Man Utd, with Bryan Robson as his favourite player. Leigh writes his worst habit is picking his nose which he presumably does whilst watching his favourite film Twin Town. He enjoys listening to Red Hot Chilli Peppers and has Sunday Roast down as his favourite meal. Both of which he does whilst hopefully not picking his nose
One of Leigh’s secrets is that he is the North West ‘facebook’ Champion (internet game) and is an avid player whenever he isn’t at training
Leigh ranks playing in the Giants Stadium in New York along with last seasons Reserve promotion as his best footballing moment. The person he most admires, quite rightly, is his dad and his ambition is to make Man City Ladies into one of the top teams in England
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Charlotte Farrell
(defender) The legend that is Charlotte Farrell is 20 years old and previously attended Manchester University. She was born and now lives in Rochdale.
Her best position is centre back although Charlotte would probably say centre forward. Nicknamed ‘Char’, she lists Wayne Rooney and Vidic as her favourite players, both of whom, like Charlotte, love a tackle.
One of her worst habits is biting her nails, it would take too long to write down the others . She lists chilli, spaghetti, Nando’s and chicken & sweetcorn sandwiches (butties in Rochdale) as her favourite food. Her best film is ‘Finding Nemo’, aahh, and her favourite artist is Britney Spears, double aahh.
She thinks beating Fulham in the FA with City was her best football moment and she puts getting a decent job as her ambition although she been a sales person, post woman, trained as a Pilot and worked at SubWay already this season |
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Danielle Young
(midfield) Danni is 17 and currently attends Stockport College studying for a Diploma in Sports and Exercise Science. She’s a Manchester girl hailing from Droylsden.
She plays right midfield but can also play left mid or right back. Previously she has played for Denton Town and Man Utd but was also a member of Crig Moran’s very successful u16’s squad. She loves watching Ronaldo and aims to score as many as he has for City.
Dan’s worst habit is also biting her nails although her favourite food is pasta (very healthy). She has recently employed a personal trainer to try and get as many muscles as Charlotte F. Her best film is Bend it Like Beckham and she enjoys listening to all types of music.
She lists the ‘amazing’ Thierry Henry (her description) as her favourite player and writes her best footballing moments have been scoring winners in semi finals. |
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Ellena Turner
(midfield) Ellena comes from over the Pennines in Bradford. Where, incidentally, if you go to a Chippy and ask for ‘once’ you get one lot of fish & chips !.
She is 18 years old and works as a Cheque Processor. Her positions are midfield and upfront were she played for Bradford City Ladies from 1998 till 2005. She is also a regular in the Northern Ireland U19 Squad.
Her favourite player is Cesc Fabregas but she also has a bad habit of swearing too much. Her favourite meal is Sunday Roast Pizza, sorry, Sunday Roast and Pizza. Her best film is ‘Love and Basketball’ and her favourite music is a mix of Dance, RnB and Indie.
She lists Stuart McCall (who?) as the man she admires the most (why?) and her best footballing moment being beating Leeds Utd with Man City. Her ambition is to play in the National Premier League with City.
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Katie Brusell
(midfield)
19 years old Katie comes from Stockport and works as a Fitness Instructor. She plays down both wings for City and has done the same job for her previous clubs of Stockport County and Blackburn
Katie's favourite team is Man Utd with Ronaldo her favourite player, as you would expect from a dribbling winger. Kate isn’t frightened of giving her opinion and does so quite often
She lists her worst habit as her mobile. Her favourite meals are Sunday Roast or Chilli, whilst her best film is ‘Man on Fire’.
The music she enjoys listening to the most is ‘the oldies’, which the person she most admires, her mum, would probably agree with. Her best football moment was playing for England U19’s and her ambition is to be healthy and rich, very rich.
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Keeleigh Savage
(forward)
Kee is 17 years old and comes from Stalybridge and when she's not on MSN Instant Messenger attends Stockport College where she is studying for a sports diploma.
She re-joined City in January after a short spell at Stockport County and spent the two previous seasons playing for City's u15's and u16's where she used to play up front.
She lists her favourite meal as pasta and jacket potato and beans and her best film as Stand By Me.
She's a Man United supporter and before he left was a big fan of Giuseppe Rossi who she used to watch playing for the reserves on Thursday nights at Hyde. She states that not only is he a class act as a player but good looking as well even if he was a bit on the short side and hopes that one day he'll come back to United.
Her favourite female player is Katie Anderton of Blackburn Rovers but she rates Lincolns Jodie Snelson highly as well.
She hopes one day to be a PE teacher and intends to spend the next few years improving her game and hopfully one day playing in the National Prem.
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Kel McLellen
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Laura Gligan
(midfield) Laura has played for City since she was a baby. Now 22 she has represented City’s first team for a number of years. Laura works as a fitness instructor at City’s Platt Lane training complex which is very handy especially on training nights
She’s a Manchester girl although did once drift across the City for a brief spell with Stockport. However she saw the light and quickly returned to City to star as a hard working midfielder. She supports, who else, but City with big Richard Dunne as her favourite player.
Her worst habit is biting her nails although she does love a sun bed trip being the only person in Manchester to have a sun tan in the middle of January. Her favourite meal is curry which is lucky as she lives on the edge of the ‘curry mile’. Her best films are Ghost or Champ and her favourite music is reggae. She admires her parents the most but writes she’s still waiting for her best footballing moment, however it may come if her ambition for City to win the league arrives. |
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Levi Wensley
(defender) Levi is 19 years old, single and comes from the heart of Lancashire, Blackburn. She is big sister to 4 younger siblings and drives a sporty mini which has her own personalised number plate.
She is currently studying to be a Physiotherapist at the University of Liverpool. Her favourite position is in centre midfield but has been starring at right back this season for City. Her previous Clubs are Garswood Saints, Burnley Ladies and Darwen Ladies. Lee’s favourite team is her home town club although funnily enough Robbie Savage ranks behind Cesc Fabregas as her favourite player (and that’s not just because of his footballing talents).
She loves to eat Chinese food whilst watching her favourite film ‘the Pursuit of Happiness’. Levi admits to being very disorganised but enjoys all types of dance music. She admires people who become successful despite suffering setbacks and hopes to become a Physio for either a pro football or rugby team (she’s not fussy which !) Her secret ambition is to own a farm in Darwen and drive a tractor down the main street. She comes with subtitles as no-one can understand her mix of Blackburn/Darwen dialect. |
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Lindsay Savage
(Midfield)
Lindsay is a 22 years old local girl who had played for City since she was 15. Born in Manchester ‘Sav’ or ‘Savi’ as she’s known, has the grand job title of Re-mortgaging Post Completion, which basically means she sells you another mortgage.
Lindsay’s favourite team is Man Utd although her favourite player comes from Anfield in the form of Stevie Gerrard. She isn’t quite sure what her best position is suffice to say she can play anywhere. Known for her loud and vocal captaincy (not), her worst habit is swearing which she probably does whilst eating her favourite Nando’s on a Sunday night after playing.
Lindsay’s loves the film’s Titanic and Pirates of the Caribbean (spot the watery connection) but a little dickie bird tells me she has a soft spot for the musicals Oliver Twist and Annie. Songs from which she belts out in the bath
She enjoys listening to Indie music and puts her Mum down as the person she most admires. She also modestly writes she has ‘too many memorable football moments to pick one out.’ |
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Lucy Hindley
(midfield) 17 year old Lucy is in her first season with the 1st team after progressing through from City;s U16’s last term.
She was born in Bolton and attends Canon Slade 6th form in the town. Her nickname is ‘Luce’ and she enjoys playing centre midfield. She came to City from Bolton U14’s, three years ago.
She supports Man Utd with Paul Scholes her favourite player, although Lindsay Savage say’s it should be her. Lucy’s worst habit is eating junk food and her favourite meal is a Saturday night Indian. She loves to watch ‘Happy Gilmour’, ‘Step Up’ and Bond in ‘Casino Royale’. Her favourite music is Indie, Pop and Rock.
Her best football moment was lifting the trophy as captain for City U16’s at the Umbro International Tournament after beating Blackburn in the final. Her ambition is to be the best footballer she can and get a good degree at Uni. |
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Nicola Morgan
(defender) Nicola
hails from the South of England, namely Watford, but we
won�t hold that against her. She is 19 years of age and is a
Student at Liverpool John Moores University.
When she�s not
doing Student type things she works part time at Everton FC
as a Customer Sales Advisor which means she can get cheap
tickets to her favourite team and also her favourite player,
one Jolean Lescott.
She is known
as �Nikki� or �Morgan� which is handy really given her name,
and she plays at left back. Her previous clubs are Belmont
and Watford Ladies from whom she joined City this season.
Her worst habit is biting her nails which she doesn�t do
whilst eating her favourite spaghetti bolognese or steak.
Her favourite film is �She�s
the Man� and she enjoys listening to funky house music, club
anthems and R n B. She most admires her flatmates but we
aren�t quite sure why yet and her best football moment so
far is playing goalkeeper for Watford Academy against
Reading and keeping a clean sheet. Her ambition is to get
promotion with City, and so say all of us |
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Patrice Shirley
(forward)
Patrice is 21 years old and is as
local a girl as you could wish to get, hailing from Moss
Side. Famous for her colourful head-gear Patrice is a
Customer Service Advisor and attended Manchester Met
University.
Her nickname is �P� and she is an ex-centre midfielder now
transformed into a tough, no nonsense striker. Patrice has
played for Man Utd Ladies in the past but saw the light and
last season starred for City Reserves in their promotion
year. She lists Arsenal as her favourite team with Fabregas
and Henry her favourite players.
Patrice is renowned for falling asleep on long journeys eg
Forest, Watford. She enjoys eating chicken and rice (too
much by her own admission). Her fav films are �Boyz in Da
Hood� and Spider Man 3 and she enjoys listening to RNB, Old
Skool Garage and Reggae but not all at once.
Her best football moment thus far is having trials with
England, she aspires to play for her country and be a
success in the Criminal Justice System |
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Rebecca Brown
(Goalkeeper)
Bex� is 21 years old and is a native of Burnley in deepest
Lancashire. She studies at the University of Central
Lancashire.
Her
position is goalkeeper and she has played for City for the
last couple of season�s. Her former Club was Burnley Girls.
She also supports her hometown Club, but only if they win
she points out. Beccy lists her worst habit is talking too
much and telling bad jokes
Her favourite meal is
Chinese and she lists her favourite films as, Dirty Dancing,
Mrs Doubtfire, Forest Gump, Top Gun, you get the idea. Beccy
enjoys going to the cinema would you believe and states she
has an eclectic taste in music (thankfully she explains
eclectic means likes all types)
Beccy admires people who are successful through
hard work and describes her best football moment as being
asked to train with the England U17 squad. Fittingly her
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Rebecca Lee
(midfield)
I9 year old Becky comes to City via Doncaster Belles. She is currently studying to be a Physiotherapist at Manchester Met University.
This Becky’s first season with City after playing in the Premier league for her hometown club. Her favoured position is midfield and she lists her favourite player as Steve Gerrard.
Becky now lives in Rusholme on the ‘curry mile’ which is a shame really as she lists her favourite meals as Lasagne and chips and Spaghetti Bolognese. Her worst habit is nail biting which her favourite film ‘Love Actually’ . She enjoys listening to Pop, Indie and R&B and writes her best footballing moment was scoring for Doncaster against Fulham in the Prem.
She hopes one day to open her own Physiotherapy Practice |
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Shelley James
(forward) 18 years old Shelley is a
resident of St Helen�s, which also happens to be her
hometown. She currently is a Student at St Helens College
and like all good Students still lives at home with her
parents.
Shell came to City via
Merseyside where she played and scored goals for both
Everton and Liverpool. A much sought after goal scorer,
Shell supports Man Utd with Rooney and Ronaldo her favourite
players.
Shelley lists her worst
habit as cracking her knuckles! and her favourite meal as
anything Chinese. She loves to watch �Save the last Dance�
which she would probably like to do with the person she
admires the most, Mr David Beckham. Her favourite artist is
Alicia Keys.
Shells best footballing
moment came when she won the Northern League and Reserve
League title�s in the same season and ended the leading goal
scorer. Her ambition is to win the FA Cup
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Emma Sconce
(midfield) |
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Mary
Steadman (defender) |
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