Kirsty Barton
Appearance
![]() Kirsty Barton playing for Brighton & Hove Albion in February 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kirsty Barton | ||
Date of birth | 29 May 1992 | ||
Place of birth | England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Chelsea | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2011 | Chelsea | 2 | (0) |
2011–2021 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 169 | (15) |
2021 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Crystal Palace | 26 | (5) |
2023 | Lewes | 12 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 October 2018 |
Kirsty Barton (born 29 May 1992) is an English football midfielder.
Career
[edit]She began her youth career at Chelsea where she remained for seven years. She signed for Brighton & Hove Albion in 2011 and became the club's longest-serving player.[1] Barton was instrumental in helping the Seagulls rise from the third tier of English women's football to their subsequent position in the FA WSL, England's top tier.[2][3] In January 2023, Barton mutually terminated her contract with Crystal Palace.[4]
Barton joined Lewes F.C. Women in January 2023.[5]
Barton is now the Head of Girls' Football at Royal Russell School.
Barton married her former Brighton teammate Kayleigh Green in 2023.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Brighton & Hove Albion". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Barton hopes to learn lessons in the top flight". The Argus. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Kirsty Barton leaves Palace Women". Crystal Palace. 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Kirsty Barton is a Rook – Lewes Community Football Club". lewesfc.com. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ Selby, Erik. "Brighton & Hove Albion Women's Football Club". BN1 Magazine. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Green, Kayleigh. "On behalf of Mrs & Mrs Barton we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who shared our special day with us 👰🏼 👰🏻♀️ We had an incredible day and one we will cherish for the rest of our life 💕 #Mrs&MrsBarton #wife". Instagram. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Kirsty Barton at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. players
- Women's Super League players
- Women's association football midfielders
- English women's footballers
- Chelsea F.C. Women players
- English LGBT footballers
- 21st-century English LGBT people
- 20th-century English LGBT people
- Welsh lesbian sportswomen
- Crystal Palace F.C. (Women) players
- Women's Championship (England) players
- English women's football biography stubs