Emma Beckett (footballer)

Emma Louise Beckett (born 29 May 1987) is an Irish football midfielder who plays for Watford and the Ireland national team.

Emma Beckett
Playing for Tottenham Hotspur in 2019
Personal information
Full name Emma Louise Beckett[1]
Date of birth (1987-05-29) 29 May 1987
Place of birth Northampton, England[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Watford
Number 13
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Northampton Town
2007–2009 Watford
2009 Fulham
2009–2011 Millwall Lionesses
2011–2012 Charlton Athletic
2012–2014 Watford
2015 Amazon Grimstad 20 (1)
2016–2019 London Bees 29 (5)
2019 Tottenham Hotspur 8 (1)
2019– Watford 9 (1)
National team‡
2015– Ireland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:20, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Club career

With her hometown club Northampton Town, Beckett was part of a treble-winning team in 2004–05.[3] Beckett later became a journeywoman, playing for several FA Women's Premier League teams in Greater London. In 2015, after accepting an offer to join Amazon Grimstad of the Norwegian Toppserien, Beckett quipped that she had "more clubs than Tiger Woods".[4] She left London Bees, where she had been the captain, to join Tottenham Hotspur in January 2019.[5]

International career

Although born and raised in England, Beckett was eligible to play for Ireland or Northern Ireland as her parents came from Roscommon and Cork.[4]

On 5 May 2014, Republic of Ireland women's national football team manager Susan Ronan named Beckett in an experimental squad for a friendly against the Basque Country.[6] Beckett started the game in Ireland's 2–0 defeat in Azpeitia, which was not classified as a full international fixture.[7]

Beckett retained her place in the national team for a January 2015 training camp in La Manga, Spain. She was a half-time substitute for Louise Quinn in a 3–1 training match defeat by Norway at La Manga Stadium.[8] She also played against Slovakia at the 2015 Istria Cup, after a groin injury kept her out of Ireland's opening match against Hungary.[9]

In August 2016 Ronan recalled Beckett to a young and predominantly home-based senior squad for a training camp in Wales.[10][11] She played in two challenge matches against the Welsh hosts, winning mild praise from Ronan: "Emma Beckett who was recalled to the squad did herself no harm".[12][13]

References
  1. "Emma Louise Beckett Kampstatistikk" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. "7. Emma Beckett". Charlton Athletic W.F.C. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. "Northampton Town Ladies Charity Match". Northampton Town F.C. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2019. Appearing for the 2004–2005 squad is Emma Beckett. Since leaving the club, Emma has played in the Women’s Super League for Watford and is now playing full time over in Norway for Amazon Grimstad.
  4. "VIDEO: Emma Beckett on being part of WNT Squad". Football Association of Ireland. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. Frith, Wilf (12 January 2019). "Spurs Ladies capture Bees' captain Beckett". She Kicks. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  6. "Ronan names squad for Basque friendly". Extratime.ie. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  7. "Ireland lXI [sic] beaten by experienced Basque side". Football Association of Ireland. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  8. "Ronan happy with training game performance". Football Association of Ireland. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  9. "Ireland pay price for defensive errors". Football Association of Ireland. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  10. Blake, Ben (17 August 2016). "Youth given a chance to impress as 9 new faces named in Ireland senior women's squad". The42.ie. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  11. "Sue Ronan names Wales training camp squad". Football Association of Ireland. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  12. "Young Ireland hold Wales in stalemate". Football Association of Ireland. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  13. "Video: Late McCabe double secures victory over Wales". Football Association of Ireland. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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