Millie Farrow
Farrow in 2023
Personal information
Full name Millie Laura Farrow[1]
Date of birth (1996-06-03) 3 June 1996
Place of birth Portsmouth, England
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Perth Glory
Number 9
Youth career
Hampshire Centre of Excellence
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Chelsea 3 (1)
2016–2017 → Bristol City (loan) 16 (11)
2018 Bristol City 9 (1)
2018–2020 Reading 14 (3)
2020–2021 Leicester City 17 (4)
2021–2022 Crystal Palace 19 (5)
2022 London City Lionesses 0 (0)
2022–2023 North Carolina Courage 3 (0)
2023– Perth Glory 12 (6)
International career‡
2014–2015 England U19
2016 England U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:40, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 November 2016

Millie Laura Farrow (born 3 June 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Perth Glory in the A-League Women competition. She has represented England on the under-19 and under-23 national teams.

Career

Farrow attended Itchen College in Southampton where she was part of the team who won the ECFA National Knockout Cup, scoring four goals in the final against Wyke College at the Bescot Stadium.[2]

Chelsea

Farrow made her debut for Chelsea during the 2014 FA WSL season.[3] Chelsea finished in second place with a 8–4–2 record.[3]

Farrow returned for the 2015 FA WSL season and scored her first goal against Bristol City on 12 July 2015.[3][4] She made two appearances for Chelsea during the regular season. The team finished in first place.[3]

Bristol City

Farrow went on loan to Bristol City in January 2016 ahead of the 2016 FA WSL season.[5][6] She scored 11 goals in her 16 appearances for the team and helped secure a second-place result with a 10–3–3 record and promotion to FA WSL 1.[7] Farrow scored a brace during the final game of the season against Oxford United helping Bristol City win 5–0.[8]

Farrow signed permanently for Bristol City in January 2018, after her previous loan spell had been cut short by injury.[9]

Reading

On 22 July 2018, Farrow joined Reading.[10] On 8 June 2020, Reading announced that Farrow had left the club after her contract had expired.[11]

Leicester City

On 22 August 2020, FA Women's Championship club, Leicester City announced the signing of Millie Farrow ahead of the 2020–21 season, among seven other FA WSL players, as they embarked on their journey as a fully professional club.

Crystal Palace

Farrow in 2021

On 20 July 2021, FA Women's Championship club Crystal Palace announced the signing of Farrow ahead of the 2021–22 season. She scored her first goal in a 1–1 draw with newly promoted Sunderland.

The following season she signed for London City Lionesses but left after her contract was voided without making a competitive appearance.[12] She then joined National Women's Soccer League side North Carolina Courage on a deal until the end of the 2023 season.[13]

Perth Glory

On 17 July 2023, Perth Glory announced the signing of Farrow ahead of the 2023–24 A-League Women season.[14]

On 9 December 2023, Farrow became the first player to score a hat-trick for Perth Glory since Sam Kerr in 2019, scoring all three of their goals against Melbourne City in a 1–3 win in Melbourne.[15]

International career

Farrow has represented England on the under-19[16] and under-23 national teams.[17]

Personal life

Farrow has struggled with obsessive compulsive disorder throughout her career.[18] In 2023, she released a book called Brave Enough Not To Quit, which details how she deals with her OCD and anxiety.[19]

Honours

with Chelsea
with Bristol City
  • FA WSL 2 Runner-up: 2015
with Leicester City

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2018 and 31/07/2018" (PDF). The FA. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Women's Footballers Crowned National Champions!". Itchen College. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Millie Farrow". Soccer Way. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Getting to know you: Bristol City striker Millie Farrow". FA WSL. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Walsh, Jonathan (13 January 2016). "Chelsea's Farrow and Brett loaned to Bristol City Women". Vavel. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Chelsea duo relishing their challenge with Bristol City Women". Bristol Post. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "2016 Standings and Player Stats". FA WSL. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "WSL 2: Yeovil Town Ladies pip Bristol City Women to title". BBC. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "Millie Farrow: Bristol City Women sign Chelsea Ladies forward". BBC Sport. 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Millie Farrow: Reading Women sign Bristol City Women striker". BBC Sport. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "🙏 Reading FC Women issue thanks as out of contract players depart". www.readingfc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  12. ↑ "LONDON CITY LIONESSES ANNOUNCE DEPARTURE OF FORWARD FARROW". fawslfulltime.co.uk. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  13. ↑ "Courage Sign English Forward Millie Farrow". North Carolina Courage. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  14. ↑ Morgan, Gareth (17 August 2023). "Exciting English forward added to Glory ALW squad". Perth Glory. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  15. ↑ "Glory import does something not seen since Sam Kerr as Glory make statement against City". A-Leagues. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  16. ↑ Lavery, Glenn (24 January 2014). "Casey Stoney to assist Mo Marley with England U19 training". England Football Association. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  17. ↑ "U-23 WNT Wins Nordic Tournament in England After 1–1 Draw with Hosts". U.S. Soccer Federation. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  18. ↑ Whyatt, Katie (21 January 2023). "Millie Farrow on OCD: 'It got to the point where it controlled my life'". The Athletic. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  19. ↑ Sanders, Emma (27 January 2023). "Millie Farrow on her struggle with OCD and serious injuries". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

Further reading

  • Caudwell, Jayne (2011), Women's Football in the UK: Continuing with Gender Analyses, Routledge, ISBN 041556087X
  • Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368
  • Scraton, S., Magee, J., Caudwell, J. (2008), Women, Football and Europe: Histories, Equity and Experience (Ifi) (Vol 1), Meyer & Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbH, ISBN 1841262250
  • Stewart, Barbara (2012), Women's Soccer: The Passionate Game, Greystone Books, ISBN 1926812603
  • Williams, Jean (2003), A Game for Rough Girls?: A History of Women's Football in Britain, Routledge, ISBN 0415263387
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