Amanda Barr
English footballer (born 1982)
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Amanda Jayne Maslin-Barr (née Barr; born 2 May 1982) is an English women's football striker. She scored ten goals in 39 appearances for England 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. In domestic football, she played for several different clubs at senior level from 1999 to 2012.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Amanda Jayne Maslin-Barr[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Stockport, Greater Manchester | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1999 | Stockport County L.F.C. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Stockport County L.F.C. | ||
| 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 | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2001–2007 | England | 39 | (10) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:08, 17 May 2007 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 06:08, 20 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Barr attended Avondale High School and began her career at her local team Stockport County L.F.C., staying for six years.[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 Barr returned to Charlton.
In the summer of 2006, Barr joined newly promoted Blackburn Rovers and was made captain in September.[3] She signed for Leeds United in January 2007.[4]
In July 2008, Barr signed with the OOH Lincoln Ladies.[5] She scored 16 goals in her first season, but left when the club failed to win promotion from the Northern Division.[6] 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 Barr for The Lilywhites, as he sought to build a squad capable of winning promotion to the National Premier Division.[7] Barr switched to Northern Combination outfit Sheffield Wednesday Women in February 2011.[8]
International career
After scoring 11 goals in 18 appearances at U-18 level,[9] Barr made her first England start on 1 March 2002 in a 3-1 Algarve Cup defeat to Norway.[10] She scored her first goal four days later in a 6–3 loss to Sweden.[11] Barr had won her first senior cap as a late substitute in a 1–0 win over Scotland at Reebok Stadium in May 2001.[12]
Barr played at Euro 2005, scoring England's second goal in their opening 3-2 group stage win over Finland.[13]
She was given number 138 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.[14][15]
International goals
- Scores and results list England's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | Scored |
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| 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 took a football scholarship in the national player development centre at Loughborough University. Her nickname is "Munch".[16] 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 retired from playing in 2012 and founded RTB Development, of which Danni and herself are directors.[citation needed]