peter andrew beardsley mbe played for man u man city liverpool and everton.
peter andrew beardsley mbe played for man u man city liverpool and everton.
who played for man u man city liverpool and everton?
peter andrew beardsley mbe
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on 14 october 2018, arsenal laid down a huge marker in their title challenge with a 5–0 thrashing of champions chelsea, inflicting a first home defeat on the champions since july 2016. williamson said, “this result means everything, regardless of league standings, we want to be the arsenal of old, the arsenal that everyone doesn’t want to play." as a die hard arsenal fan, the win meant a lot to williamson. “i said to mitch [emma mitchell] as we were walking over, as an arsenal supporter i hope that they feel it, that i feel exactly what they’re feeling watching this game. first and foremost i’m a supporter of this football club.” joe montemurro began utilizing williamson on the right of a back 3 and after a 4–0 win at bristol city on 28th october, in which williamson assisted jordan nobbs for one of the goals, he said, "leah’s really adapting to a bit more of a pro-active defending methodology. she’s got a bit of freedom to go forward and i’m really enjoying working with her. she’s getting the rewards for the amazing work that she’s put in over pre-season and the season so far, so all credit to her.” arsenal won their first 9 games and went into the match with man city 6 points clear of their title rivals. by the time arsenal faced man city on 2 december, their injury crisis was such that they were forced to start 17 year old paige bailey gayle in an injury hit team that lost 2–0 to a brace by georgia stanway. two games later, a 2–1 home defeat to chelsea which happened to be williamson's 100th arsenal appearance allowed man city to move a point clear albeit having played one game more. on the injury situation, williamson said, "obviously injuries are a factor and everyone can see we’re down to the bare bones at the moment and it was before christmas. but genuinely, we are not a team that makes excuses and it’s not something we’re talking about. we are focusing more on how to get the ball from a to b, for example." on the achievement of reaching 100 appearences at the age of just 21. williamson added, "it’s funny, i was just talking to my mum and we said i could have done it much more quickly were it not for injuries. naturally, i am always striving for more. in our meeting room at the training ground, the names of all the women who have made 100 appearances are on the wall and i look at some of the names on that wall and, without being too much of a fan girl, a lot of them are my heroes. it’s amazing to be up there now in their company. but it’s about the future for me too and the first 100 is amazing and especially at my age, i really do aim to get a few hundred more yet with this football club and in this shirt. this is more than just a football club to me. my family are all arsenal supporters and they remind me every day that i am living a dream to play here and i hope that i have made them proud. important day for me and them, i just wish we could have won". on february 23rd, arsenal attempted to defend their title in the fa wsl continental cup but after 120 goaless minutes, man city won 4–2 on penalties. on williamson, joe montemurro said, "for a girl of her age to show the maturity and the ability to understand the game, the way she positions herself- her positioning is like a 30 year old pro. she always finds the pass, she’s unbelievable. she has all the attributes to be an amazing footballer and an amazing centre-back on the world scale and england should be very excited about the prospect of her going to a world cup with them. we love having her at arsenal." on the cup final defeat, williamson said. "that gives you a good idea of the character and resilience of this team. but also we’ve got players that know what it means to be arsenal and we’ve got new players that already know what that means. today we maybe didn’t play the arsenal way, but that character is what it takes to play for a top team to take a game as far as you can, to fight and when it comes to the league, that’s exactly what we will do. we’re pissed off now and we’ve only got one target to focus on and we’ll give it every thing we’ve got." back in the league, arsenal won 3 games in a row, scoring 10 goals while conceding none after the chelsea defeat before an away tie with liverpool on 24 march which arsenal won 5–1 on a terrible pitch. england manager, phil neville was present and while watching williamson ahead of the world cup said, "this girl is a star. you get some players who are born to captain england. she’s a leader. she’s only 22, and she comes into the squad and acts like a 30-year-old." arsenal won another four games in a row to clinch the title with a 4–0 defeat of brighton at the amex on 28 april. as a childhood arsenal fan it meant the world to her and she said, "i came here when i was 9 and we were winning the league every year and it was all i ever wanted, to win the league with arsenal. i guess i thought i would walk into the team one day and it would just happen. but the game has developed so much and the competition is so fierce, to win that out there is absolutely unbelievable. i thought it might come sooner, but the wait has made it sweeter.” on the injuries arsenal suffered throughout the season, williamson said, "that makes today even greater, because we’ve had a crazy season with injuries. it’s easy to forget that when the trophy is in the cabinet. it’s easy to forget that at one stage we were down to ten senior outfield players. those two defeats [to city and chelsea either side of christmas] was during the readjustment period. but losing those two games was probably good for us in the long run because we knew there was no room for error, so we’ve played every game like a cup final. i do just wish we could have played that city game more towards the start of the season when we were on a great run playing unbelievable football. a lot of teams would crumble in those circumstances but we didn’t.” williamson was typically modest in her own performance in the title clinching match, "i think that might be the worst i’ve ever played for the club and it’s because of how much this game and this title means to me. that’s something i’ll learn from, but i won’t apologise for feeling that way.” in the title winning season, the most common passing duo was williamson to lisa evans (centre half to right wing back), williamson also finished the season as arsenal's most active player on the ball with 1,501 touches to her name, as well as completing the most successful passes in the opposition’s half (591). she also made more interceptions than any other player in arsenal's squad (30).
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