Amanda Barr

Amanda Maslin-Barr

Personal information
Full name	Amanda Jayne Maslin-Barr[1]
Date of birth	2 May 1982
Place of birth	Stockport, England
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Nottingham Forest Ladies
Youth career
1993–	Stockport County
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
0000–1999	Stockport County
1999–2000	Everton Ladies
2000–2001	Doncaster Rovers Belles
2001–2002	Everton Ladies		(6)
2002–2004	Charlton Athletic		(33)
2004–2005	Birmingham City		(8)
2005–2006	Charlton Athletic
2006–2007	Blackburn Rovers Ladies
2007–2008	Leeds Carnegie Ladies
2008–2010	OOH Lincoln Ladies
2010–2011	Preston North End Women
2011	Sheffield Wednesday Women
2012–	Nottingham Forest Ladies
National team^‡
2001–2006	England	37	(10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:08, 17 May 2007 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:08, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Amanda Jayne Maslin-Barr (born 2 May 1982) is an English football striker who plays club football for FA Women's Premier League team Nottingham Forest Ladies. She scored ten goals in 37 appearances for the England women's national football team after making her international debut in 2001. Barr spearheaded the England attack at the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, hosted in her native North West. She married former Lincoln City, Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Daniella (Danni) Maslin in December 2014 and changed her name to Maslin - Barr. She is currently Guiseley Vixens manager, who play in the Northern Premiership.

Club career

Maslin-Barr attended Avondale High School and began her career with six years at local team Stockport County.^[2] Following spells with Everton Ladies and Doncaster Belles, she was awarded the National Division Golden Boot in 2003, after scoring 17 goals in 17 league games for Charlton Athletic. She also scored three goals in helping the team advance to the FA Cup final that season. She scored another 18 goals the following season (2003–04), when Charlton finished runners up in the league to Arsenal.

Barr then signed for Birmingham City alongside England teammates Jo Fletcher, Alex Scott and Rachel Yankey. But after one season Birmingham experienced a funding crisis and Maslin-Barr returned to Charlton.

In the summer of 2006, Maslin-Barr joined newly promoted Blackburn Rovers and was made captain in September.^[3] The following month she was sent off for throwing the ball at a referee,^[4] and did not play until signing for Leeds United in January 2007.^[5]

In July 2008 Maslin-Barr signed with the OOH Lincoln Ladies.^[6] She scored 16 goals in her first season, but left when the club failed to win promotion from the Northern Division.^[7] After a spell training with Leeds Carnegie she returned to OOH Lincoln a few weeks later, but missed most of 2009-10 with a back injury.

At the start of the 2010-11 season, new Preston North End Women manager Andy Burgess signed Maslin-Barr for The Lilywhites, as he sought to build a squad capable of winning promotion to the National Premier Division.^[8] Maslin-Barr switched to Northern Combination outfit Sheffield Wednesday Women in February 2011.^[9]

International career

After scoring 11 goals in 18 appearances at U-18 level,^[10] Barr made her first England start on 1 March 2002 in a 3-1 Algarve Cup defeat to Norway.^[11] She scored her first goal four days later in a 6-3 loss to Sweden.^[12] Barr had won her first senior cap as a late substitute in a 1–0 win over Scotland at Reebok Stadium in May 2001.^[13]

Maslin-Barr played at Euro 2005, scoring England's second goal in their opening 3-2 group stage win over Finland.^[14]

International goals

Scores and results list England's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Scored
1	5 March 2002	Lagos	Sweden	3–6	Algarve Cup	1
2	22 September 2002	St Andrew's, Birmingham	Iceland	1–0	2003 FIFA World Cup Qual.	1
3	21 October 2003	Kryoia Soveto, Moscow	Russia	2–2	Friendly	1
4	14 November 2003	Deepdale, Preston	Scotland	5–0	Friendly	1
5	16 September 2004	Sportpark De Wending, Heerhugowaard	Netherlands	2–1	Friendly	1
6	17 February 2005	National Hockey Stadium, Milton Keynes	Italy	4–1	Friendly	1
7	9 March 2005	Faro	Portugal	4–0	Algarve Cup	1
8	21 April 2005	Prenton Park, Tranmere	Scotland	2–1	Friendly	1
9	5 June 2005	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester	Finland	3–2	2005 UEFA Championship	1
10	1 September 2005	Ertl-Glas-Stadion, Amstetten	Austria	4–1	2007 FIFA World Cup Qual.	1

Personal life

Barr was among the first players who won a scholarship to the national player development centre at Loughborough University.^[9] Her nickname is "Munch".^[15]

References

1. "Player Statistics". FIFA. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
2. "Family fanfare for goal heroine". Euro2005.net. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
3. "Barr Handed Blackburn Captaincy". Fair Game. 2006-09-18. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
4. Sale, Charles (2006-11-02). "FA must bar Barr for a long time". London: Daily Mail. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
5. "Barr joins Leeds". Fair Game. 2007-01-16. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
6. "Lady Imps raise the Barr". Lincoln City F.C. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
7. "Carla Ward and Amanda Barr leave OOH Lincoln Ladies". Lincolnshire Echo. 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
8. "Maslin-Barr signs for PNEWFC". Preston North End FC. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
9. "Sheffield Wednesday sign Amanda Barr". Shekicks.net. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
10. "England women Fixtures and Results, 2004/05". Cresswell Wanderers FC. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
11. "Hope gives youngsters the thumbs up". TheFA.com. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
12. Thorsten Frennstedt (2002-03-05). "Dam: Målkalas mot England" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
13. Colin Aldis (2001-05-28). "Lacklustre England win against Auld Enemy". Women's Soccer World. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
14. "England Women 3-2 Finland Women". BBC. 2005-06-05. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
15. Barr, Amanda (2005-09-16). "Player position guide: Striker". BBC. Retrieved 2010-05-24.