Lucy Ward
Lucy Ward may refer to:
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Lucy Ward (footballer)
Lucy Ward (born 15 April 1974) is a retired English female football forward. She spent most of her senior career with Leeds Carnegie and is also head of education and welfare at the boys academy for Leeds United. She represented England at Under-21 level.
Club career
Ward joined Leeds United Ladies when it was a community team, staying with the club as they rose to be one of the best teams in England. She moved to Doncaster Rovers Belles in the 2002-03 season, returning to Leeds for the start of the following season.
She played in Lucas Radebe's testimonial at Elland Road in May 2005, scoring soon after coming on as a substitute for Gary Speed and later setting up a goal for Matthew Kilgallon.
In May 2006 she played in the Women's FA Cup Final, scoring an own goal after just three minutes as Leeds went on to lose 5-0 to Arsenal Ladies.
She became head of education and welfare at Leeds United's academy, overseeing around 250 junior players and a handful of young first-team players.
Lucy Ward (musician)
Lucy Victoria Ward (born 12 December 1989) is a British singer-songwriter from Derby. She performs, with a voice described as expressive and powerful, traditional English folk songs as well as her own material. Her three albums, Adelphi Has to Fly, Single Flame and I Dreamt I Was a Bird, have been critically acclaimed and have each received four-starred reviews in the British national press.
Early life and education
The youngest of six children, Lucy Ward grew up in Littleover, Derbyshire. She went to St Peter's Junior School in Littleover, and Littleover Community School. She started playing guitar and wrote her first song at the age of 14, and soon afterwards performed live for the first time. After performing at open mic nights across the Midlands she put her name forward for the BBC Young Folk Awards at the age of 18, and two years later signed a contract with Navigator Records.
Professional career
Adelphi Has to Fly
On Adelphi Has to Fly, which is produced by Stu Hanna from Megson, Lucy Ward is accompanied by Sam Pegg, Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow from O'Hooley & Tidow and by Debbie and Stu Hanna.
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