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'''Eartha Pond''' (born 4 September 1983) is an English footballer who plays internationally for [[Saint Lucia women's national football team|Saint Lucia]] and previously played club football as a defender for [[Arsenal W.F.C.|Arsenal]], [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]], [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]], Leeds, and [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]. She is currently the Non-Executive Director on the Football Association's Women's Football Board.
'''Eartha Pond''' (born 4 September 1983) is an English footballer who plays internationally for [[Saint Lucia women's national football team|Saint Lucia]] and previously played club football as a defender for [[Arsenal W.F.C.|Arsenal]], [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]], [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]], Leeds, and [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]. She is currently the Non-Executive Director on the Football Association's Women's Football Board.


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Pond was raised in [[Queen's Park, London]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Whyatt |first=Katie |date=2018-11-17 |title=Former Spurs Ladies star Eartha Pond on helping Grenfell survivors: 'I live in the area, know people from the tower' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/11/17/former-spurs-ladies-star-eartha-pond-helping-grenfell-survivors/ |website=2023-08-14 |via=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=2023-08-13 |archive-date=2023-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813090314/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/11/17/former-spurs-ladies-star-eartha-pond-helping-grenfell-survivors/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At 11 years old, she was scouted by [[Arsenal F.C.]]<ref name=":0" />
Pond was raised in [[Queen's Park, London]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Whyatt |first=Katie |date=2018-11-17 |title=Former Spurs Ladies star Eartha Pond on helping Grenfell survivors: 'I live in the area, know people from the tower' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/11/17/former-spurs-ladies-star-eartha-pond-helping-grenfell-survivors/ |website=2023-08-14 |via=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=2023-08-13 |archive-date=2023-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813090314/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/11/17/former-spurs-ladies-star-eartha-pond-helping-grenfell-survivors/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At 11 years old, she was scouted by [[Arsenal F.C.]] and began playing for them at age 12 in 1995.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-04 |title=Raising the game on and off the pitch at Hendon FC – in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2022/aug/04/raising-the-game-on-and-off-the-pitch-at-hendon-fc-in-pictures-women-girls |access-date=2024-07-13 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


== Club career ==
== Club career ==
Pond played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for a large variety of football clubs throughout her career.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Theivam |first=Kieran |date=2021-07-30 |title=Eartha Pond appointed to FA Women's Board as independent non-executive director |url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2021/jul/30/20210730-eartha-pond-appointed-to-board |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=[[The Football Association]] |archive-date=2022-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026170248/https://www.thefa.com/news/2021/jul/30/20210730-eartha-pond-appointed-to-board |url-status=live }}</ref> Early in her career she played for Chelsea, Arsenal, and Charlton.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cocozza |first=Paula |date=2004-04-05 |title=Women's football |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/apr/05/newsstory.sport8 |access-date=2024-07-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eartha Pond profile page on Stamford-Bridge.com |url=https://stamford-bridge.com/player.php?id=5963&surname=Pond&firstname=Eartha |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=stamford-bridge.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The History Of Chelsea Women |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/the-history-of-chelsea-women |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=www.chelseafc.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> She made the 2003 Women's FA Cup final with Charlton, losing against Fulham.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-05-05 |title=Fulham Ladies bag Cup |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3001281.stm |access-date=2024-07-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Pond played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for a large variety of football clubs throughout her career.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Theivam |first=Kieran |date=2021-07-30 |title=Eartha Pond appointed to FA Women's Board as independent non-executive director |url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2021/jul/30/20210730-eartha-pond-appointed-to-board |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=[[The Football Association]] |archive-date=2022-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026170248/https://www.thefa.com/news/2021/jul/30/20210730-eartha-pond-appointed-to-board |url-status=live }}</ref> Early in her career she played for Arsenal, Chelsea, and Charlton.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cocozza |first=Paula |date=2004-04-05 |title=Women's football |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/apr/05/newsstory.sport8 |access-date=2024-07-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eartha Pond profile page on Stamford-Bridge.com |url=https://stamford-bridge.com/player.php?id=5963&surname=Pond&firstname=Eartha |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=stamford-bridge.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The History Of Chelsea Women |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/the-history-of-chelsea-women |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=www.chelseafc.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> She made the 2003 Women's FA Cup final with Charlton, losing against Fulham.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-05-05 |title=Fulham Ladies bag Cup |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3001281.stm |access-date=2024-07-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref>


Pond was part of [[Arsenal W.F.C.|Arsenal]]'s [[2009 FA Women's Cup final|2009 FA Cup]] winning squad, just four years after she left school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women in Football - From Grease to girls playing football and a whole lot more - we've got it covered in our #AskEartha Q&A |url=https://www.womeninfootball.co.uk/news/2019/03/07/from-grease-to-girls-playing-football-weve-got-it-covered-in-our-askeartha-q-and-a/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=www.womeninfootball.co.uk}}</ref> Pond moved on to Chelsea the following season, and then left England for the only time in her career to join the Buffalo Flash of the United States based W-League.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo fields English flair in 2010 |url=http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/home/409150.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610054812/http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/home/409150.html |archive-date=10 June 2011 |access-date=25 May 2010 |publisher=USLsoccer.com |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Flash would go on to win the W-League championship at the end of the season, making it two trophies in two years for Pond.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Buffalo Flash Win USL W-League Championship |url=https://isnsoccer.com/buffalo-flash-win-usl-w-league-championship/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=International Soccer Network |language=en-US}}</ref> She would move on to play with Barnet and Birmingham City during 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barnet FC Ladies {{!}} The FA Women's National League |url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/displayTeam.html?divisionseason=724561&teamID=6544045#tab-2 |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=fulltime.thefa.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Speck |first=Ivan |date=2011-12-21 |title=Eartha kits! Pond wants to pull on football AND handball shirts at the Olympics |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-2077241/London-2012-Eartha-Pond-wants-pull-football-AND-handball-shirts.html |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Mail Online}}</ref> Her 2013 season at Queen's Park Rangers saw her play as a stand-in goalkeeper for injured teammate and score in the same match.<ref>{{Cite web |last=FC |first=QPR |title=Official website of Queens Park Rangers for the latest news from Loftus Road |url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=QPR FC |language=en}}</ref> On 3 April 2014, Pond was announced as a signing by Reading.<ref>{{Cite web |last=FC |first=Reading |title=WOMEN STRENGTHEN SQUAD |url=https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2014/april/women-strengthen-squad/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Reading FC}}</ref> Later that year she would join Tottenham Hotspur.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spurs Ladies player Eartha Pond shortlisted for Global Teacher Prize |url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/spurs-ladies-player-eartha-pond-shortlisted-for-global-teacher-prize/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Tottenham Hotspur |language=en}}</ref>
Pond was part of [[Arsenal W.F.C.|Arsenal]]'s [[2009 FA Women's Cup final|2009 FA Cup]] winning squad, just four years after she left school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women in Football - From Grease to girls playing football and a whole lot more - we've got it covered in our #AskEartha Q&A |url=https://www.womeninfootball.co.uk/news/2019/03/07/from-grease-to-girls-playing-football-weve-got-it-covered-in-our-askeartha-q-and-a/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=www.womeninfootball.co.uk}}</ref> Pond moved on to Chelsea the following season, and then left England for the only time in her career to join the Buffalo Flash of the United States based W-League.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo fields English flair in 2010 |url=http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/home/409150.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610054812/http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/home/409150.html |archive-date=10 June 2011 |access-date=25 May 2010 |publisher=USLsoccer.com |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Flash would go on to win the W-League championship at the end of the season, making it two trophies in two years for Pond.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Buffalo Flash Win USL W-League Championship |url=https://isnsoccer.com/buffalo-flash-win-usl-w-league-championship/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=International Soccer Network |language=en-US}}</ref> She would move on to play with Barnet and Birmingham City during 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barnet FC Ladies {{!}} The FA Women's National League |url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/displayTeam.html?divisionseason=724561&teamID=6544045#tab-2 |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=fulltime.thefa.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Speck |first=Ivan |date=2011-12-21 |title=Eartha kits! Pond wants to pull on football AND handball shirts at the Olympics |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-2077241/London-2012-Eartha-Pond-wants-pull-football-AND-handball-shirts.html |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Mail Online}}</ref> Her 2013 season at Queen's Park Rangers saw her play as a stand-in goalkeeper for injured teammate and score in the same match.<ref>{{Cite web |last=FC |first=QPR |title=Official website of Queens Park Rangers for the latest news from Loftus Road |url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=QPR FC |language=en}}</ref> On 3 April 2014, Pond was announced as a signing by Reading.<ref>{{Cite web |last=FC |first=Reading |title=WOMEN STRENGTHEN SQUAD |url=https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2014/april/women-strengthen-squad/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Reading FC}}</ref> Later that year she would join Tottenham Hotspur.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spurs Ladies player Eartha Pond shortlisted for Global Teacher Prize |url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/spurs-ladies-player-eartha-pond-shortlisted-for-global-teacher-prize/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Tottenham Hotspur |language=en}}</ref>

Revision as of 07:34, 13 July 2024

Eartha Pond
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-09-04) 4 September 1983 (age 40)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1995–1999 Arsenal W.F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Chelsea
2002 Arsenal
2003-2004 Charlton
2005–2009 Arsenal W.F.C.
2009–2010 Chelsea
2010 Buffalo Flash
2011 Barnet
2011–2012 Birmingham City
2012 Everton
2013 Queens Park Rangers
2014 Reading
2014–2018 Tottenham Hotspur
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eartha Pond (born 4 September 1983) is an English footballer who plays internationally for Saint Lucia and previously played club football as a defender for Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Charlton Athletic, Leeds, and Tottenham Hotspur. She is currently the Non-Executive Director on the Football Association's Women's Football Board.

Early life and education

Pond was raised in Queen's Park, London.[1] At 11 years old, she was scouted by Arsenal F.C. and began playing for them at age 12 in 1995.[1][2]

Club career

Pond played as a defender for a large variety of football clubs throughout her career.[3] Early in her career she played for Arsenal, Chelsea, and Charlton.[4][5][6] She made the 2003 Women's FA Cup final with Charlton, losing against Fulham.[7]

Pond was part of Arsenal's 2009 FA Cup winning squad, just four years after she left school.[8] Pond moved on to Chelsea the following season, and then left England for the only time in her career to join the Buffalo Flash of the United States based W-League.[9] The Flash would go on to win the W-League championship at the end of the season, making it two trophies in two years for Pond.[10] She would move on to play with Barnet and Birmingham City during 2011.[11][12] Her 2013 season at Queen's Park Rangers saw her play as a stand-in goalkeeper for injured teammate and score in the same match.[13] On 3 April 2014, Pond was announced as a signing by Reading.[14] Later that year she would join Tottenham Hotspur.[15]

Pond won a quadruple with Tottenham Hotspur, the most notable trophy being the overall winner of the FA Women's Premier League, a promotion playoff that saw Spurs reach the second tier of English women's football for the first time.[16]

Post-playing career

After her professional football career, Pond took positions as a physical education teacher and held administrative educational roles.[3] In 2019, she petitioned the Government of the United Kingdom to make physical education a core course, alongside subjects like math and English.[17]

She was elected as a local councillor on the Queen's Park Community Council in London in 2014 and was re-elected in 2018 and 2022. She is chair of the council.

She was instrumental in supporting victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.[3][18]

In 2021, Pond assumed the inaugural position of Non-Executive Director on The Football Association's Women’s Football Board.[3][18]

International career

Pond had youth caps with various England squads, but she did not make her senior international debut until her club career had come to a close. She debuted for Saint Lucia in September 2023, starting games against Cuba and Guadeloupe in Group B of League C of Concacaf Women's Gold Cup Qualifying. In the latter game, she registered two assists, as Saint Lucia won 5-1.[19] She was included in the squad for Saint Lucia's December games against the same two opponents.

Honours

Arsenal

Buffalo Flash

Tottenham Hotspur

References

  1. ^ a b Whyatt, Katie (2018-11-17). "Former Spurs Ladies star Eartha Pond on helping Grenfell survivors: 'I live in the area, know people from the tower'". 2023-08-14. Archived from the original on 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2023-08-13 – via The Daily Telegraph.
  2. ^ "Raising the game on and off the pitch at Hendon FC – in pictures". the Guardian. 2022-08-04. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  3. ^ a b c d Theivam, Kieran (2021-07-30). "Eartha Pond appointed to FA Women's Board as independent non-executive director". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 2022-10-26. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  4. ^ Cocozza, Paula (2004-04-05). "Women's football". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  5. ^ "Eartha Pond profile page on Stamford-Bridge.com". stamford-bridge.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  6. ^ "The History Of Chelsea Women". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  7. ^ "Fulham Ladies bag Cup". 2003-05-05. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  8. ^ "Women in Football - From Grease to girls playing football and a whole lot more - we've got it covered in our #AskEartha Q&A". www.womeninfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  9. ^ "Buffalo fields English flair in 2010". USLsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  10. ^ "Buffalo Flash Win USL W-League Championship". International Soccer Network. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  11. ^ "Barnet FC Ladies | The FA Women's National League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  12. ^ Speck, Ivan (2011-12-21). "Eartha kits! Pond wants to pull on football AND handball shirts at the Olympics". Mail Online. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  13. ^ FC, QPR. "Official website of Queens Park Rangers for the latest news from Loftus Road". QPR FC. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  14. ^ FC, Reading. "WOMEN STRENGTHEN SQUAD". Reading FC. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  15. ^ "Spurs Ladies player Eartha Pond shortlisted for Global Teacher Prize". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  16. ^ "Spurs Ladies all set for Women's Super League". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  17. ^ Wilson, Jeremy (2019-05-15). "Eartha Pond on swapping Chelsea and Arsenal for sports bra campaign to get girls inspired and into sport". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  18. ^ a b Ayodele, Mayowa (2021-08-06). "Eartha Pond joins FA Women's Football Board". Operation Black Vote. Archived from the original on 2023-08-15. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  19. ^ "A fantastic four for Arnicka Louis as Saint Lucia win at Guadeloupe". Concacaf. 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  20. ^ "Ladies lift Ryman Cup". Spurs Ladies. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  21. ^ Menno, Dustin (8 May 2016). "Tottenham Hotspur Ladies win the double after lifting FA WPL Cup". Cartilage Free Captain. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.


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