Rachel Stowell

Rachel Stowell

Stowell in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1977-07-27) 27 July 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Bristol, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Bristol City Women
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1996	Bristol City Women
1996–2000	Southampton Saints
2000–2004	Fulham Ladies
2004–2005	Bristol City Women
2005–2006	Arsenal Ladies
2006–2008	Leeds United Ladies
2009–2010	Leicester City Women
International career^‡
2002–2005	England	14	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:08, 31 December 2010 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:08, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Rachel "Macca"[1] Stowell (née McArthur; born 27 July 1977) is a former English football player, who played as a central midfielder. She finished her career with Leicester City Women after season 2009–10, and is a former member of the England squad.

Club career

Stowell joined Bristol City Women aged 12 and played with her local club for seven years before moving to Southampton Saints. With Southampton, Stowell played in the 1999 FA Women's Cup final.[2] She was a full-time professional player with Fulham from 2000 until 2003.[3][4] Stowell later played for Bristol City Ladies again, Arsenal Ladies[5] and Leeds United Ladies.[6] Stowell joined Leicester City after a period of inactivity after childbirth and an ACL injury.[1] She captained Leicester to third place in the 2009–10 FA Women's Premier League Northern Division, then retired at the end of the season.[1]

International career

Stowell made her senior England debut against Norway, playing at right-back in a 3–1 defeat at the Algarve Cup in March 2002.[2]

She was allotted 141 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.[7][8]

International goals

Scores and results list England's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Scored
1	9 March 2005	Paderne	Northern Ireland	4–0	Algarve Cup	1

Personal life

Stowell (right) tackles Heather Scheuber of Birmingham City

She married former Wolves goalkeeper Mike Stowell in June 2009,[9] following the birth of their daughter in April of the previous year.[9] The two married whilst they both were in Leicester. Rachel being a Leicester City Women's player and her husband, Mike Stowell, being the goalkeeping coach at Leicester City FC.

Her grandfather Wally McArthur played for Bristol Rovers from 1933 until 1950.[10]

References

1. "Rachel announces retirement". London: Women's Soccer Scene. 21 May 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
2. "READ UP ON TONIGHT'S ENGLAND STARS". Norwich City F.C. 23 July 2002. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
3. Merritt, Stephanie (8 April 2001). "Something for the ladies". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
4. Burt, Jason (3 May 2003). "FA's broken promise ends Fulham's brave new world". The Independent. London. Retrieved 3 April 2010.^[dead link‍]
5. Leighton, Tony (7 November 2005). "McArthur held up but will return". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
6. "Ludlow levels Leeds". TheFA.com. 4 March 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
7. Lacey-Hatton, Jack (18 November 2022). "Lionesses introduce 'legacy numbers' for players past and present". mirror. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
8. "ENGLAND PLAYER LEGACY AND RESULTS ARCHIVE" (Press release). The Football Association. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
9. "A wedding belle for Mike". Wolves Heroes. 25 January 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
10. Parkinson, Simon (19 March 2020). "Football After 57 years, John is still a great servant to DRG". Bristol Post. Retrieved 6 January 2025.