Vicky Johnson

Vicky Sartain (nee Johnson)

Personal information
Birth name	Vicky Johnson
Position(s)	Right-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Spurs Ladies
	Lowestoft Ladies F.C.
	Norwich City Women F.C.
International career
1980-84	England	5	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vicky Johnson is a former England women's international footballer who won five caps as a defender and scored one goal.[1] Johnson played for Lowestoft Ladies with whom she won the 1982 WFA Cup final. She won the tournament for a second time in the 1986 WFA Cup final with Norwich City Women

Club Career

Johnson was playing for Spurs Ladies when she received her first international cap.[1] She won the Women's FA Cup for the first time in 1982 with Lowestoft Ladies after they defeated Cleveland Spartans 2-0 in the final at Loftus Road.[2] Maureen Martin signed her to Norwich where she won her second WFA winners medal in 1986. They beat Doncaster Rovers Belles at Carrow Road.[3][4]

International career

Vicky Johnson debuted for England in 1980 against Belgium.[5] In November 2022, Johnson was recognized by The Football Association as one of the England national team's legacy players, and as the 50th women's player to be capped by England.[6]

Honours

Lowestoft Ladies F.C.

• FA Women's Cup: 1982

Norwich City

• FA Women's Cup: 1986[7]

References

1. "Pioneers of women's football to be recognised at Wembley this evening". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
2. "Lowestoft Ladies' incredible FA Cup final triumph remembered in new book". Eastern Daily Press.
3. "The day Norwich City raised the FA Cup". Eastern Daily Press.
4. "The forgotten story of women's football pioneer Maureen Martin". nytimes.com.
5. "Lowestoft's FA Cup winners and Lionesses reunite for special anniversary". Lowestoft Journal. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
6. "ENGLAND PLAYER LEGACY AND RESULTS ARCHIVE" (Press release). The Football Association. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
7. Rampling, Ali. "The forgotten story of women's football pioneer Maureen Martin". The Athletic.