Debbie Bampton
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Deborah Bampton | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Barnfield | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Maidstone | |||
| Lowestoft | |||
| Howbury Grange | |||
| Millwall Lionesses | |||
| 1987–1988 | Despar Trani 80 | ||
| Millwall Lionesses | |||
| 1991–1992 | Wimbledon | ||
| 1992–1994 | Arsenal | ||
| 1994–2000 | Croydon | ||
| 2000 | Doncaster Belles | ||
| National team | |||
| 1978–1997 | England | 95 | (7) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1994–2000 | Croydon | ||
| 2006–2008 | Whitehawk FC Ladies | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Deborah "Debbie" Bampton, MBE, (born 7 October 1961) is an English former international football midfielder. She was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2005. In 1998 Bampton was awarded an MBE in recognition of her services to women's football as both a player and a manager.
Bampton began her career at the age of 14. She played for Howbury Grange managed by her father Albert. She was a member of the side that won the Women's FA Cup in 1984. In 1987 she moved to Italy, playing for Despar Trani 80 as a full–time professional alongside compatriot Kerry Davis. She spent just one season there, but won runners–up medals in both the Serie A and national Cup.
She joined Arsenal Ladies in 1992, winning the treble in her first season at the club. In 1994 Bampton left to become player-manager of Croydon Women. In 1995–96, Croydon won the League title and the FA Women's Cup. Despite leaving the field after eight minutes due to injury, Bampton won her fifth FA Cup winners' medal when Croydon beat Liverpool in the 1996 final at the New Den. She won the league with Croydon twice more before leaving to join Doncaster Belles as a player in 2000 after the Croydon club moved to Charlton.
In 2004, she joined Eastbourne Borough Ladies FC, a team her father Albert was coaching. During their first season as a women team they went on to win the Sussex County Cup and the League Cup,
She joined the coaching staff of Whitehawk Ladies in the 2006 close season, along with former Arsenal and England player Angela Banks. In February 2008, she was manager of Whitehawk Ladies. Bampton joined the coaching staff of Lewes FC Ladies in January 2009.
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