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Eartha Pond
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-09-04) 4 September 1983 (age 41)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
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.[1]

Club career

Pond played as a defender for a large variety of football clubs throughout her career.[2] Early in her career she played for Chelsea, Arsenal, and Charlton.[3][4][5] She made the 2003 Women's FA Cup final with Charlton, losing against Fulham.[6]

Pond was part of Arsenal's 2009 FA Cup winning squad, just four years after she left school.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] She would move on to play with Barnet and Birmingham City during 2011.[10][11] 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.[12] On 3 April 2014, Pond was announced as a signing by Reading.[13] Later that year she would join Tottenham Hotspur.[14]

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.[15]

Post-playing career

After her professional football career, Pond took positions as a physical education teacher and held administrative educational roles.[2] In 2019, she petitioned the Government of the United Kingdom to make physical education a core course, alongside subjects like math and English.[16]

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.[2][17]

In 2021, Pond assumed the inaugural position of Non-Executive Director on The Football Association's Women’s Football Board.[2][17]

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.[18] 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. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Cocozza, Paula (2004-04-05). "Women's football". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  4. ^ "Eartha Pond profile page on Stamford-Bridge.com". stamford-bridge.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  5. ^ "The History Of Chelsea Women". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  6. ^ "Fulham Ladies bag Cup". 2003-05-05. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Buffalo fields English flair in 2010". USLsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  9. ^ "Buffalo Flash Win USL W-League Championship". International Soccer Network. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  10. ^ "Barnet FC Ladies | The FA Women's National League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ FC, QPR. "Official website of Queens Park Rangers for the latest news from Loftus Road". QPR FC. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  13. ^ FC, Reading. "WOMEN STRENGTHEN SQUAD". Reading FC. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  14. ^ "Spurs Ladies player Eartha Pond shortlisted for Global Teacher Prize". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  15. ^ "Spurs Ladies all set for Women's Super League". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "A fantastic four for Arnicka Louis as Saint Lucia win at Guadeloupe". Concacaf. 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  19. ^ "Ladies lift Ryman Cup". Spurs Ladies. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  20. ^ 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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