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Justine Joanna Lorton (born 11 March 1974) is an
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er, and former
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international player. A deep–lying forward player, Lorton enjoyed two spells at
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as well as playing in
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and
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.


Club career

Lorton emerged from the Wembley Ladies team managed by John Jones, at the same time as
Kelly Smith Kelly Jayne Smith (born 29 October 1978) is an English former football forward who spent three spells with FA WSL club Arsenal. After moving to the United States, Smith broke records with Seton Hall University then played professionally with ...
. Alongside several other promising youngsters, Lorton and Smith won the
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with Wembley in 1995–96. The following season, Lorton moved to
Millwall Lionesses Millwall Lionesses Football Club is an English women's football club based in Rotherhithe, south-east London, that plays in the , the fifth tier of English women's football. Founded in 1973, the group of women who made up the Lionesses were at ...
and won both the 1996–97 Premier League Cup and
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, beating old team Wembley in the final of the latter competition.
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headed the winning goal from Lorton's corner, in front of 3,015 supporters at Upton Park. Lorton moved to
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in 1998. In the 1999 FA Women's Cup final against Southampton Saints, Lorton created both goals in Arsenal's 2–0 win. From 1999 until 2001 Lorton enjoyed three short but productive spells in
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ic football with
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, scoring eight goals in a total of 24 appearances. She also played for a
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club before returning to England. After joining
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Their home ground is ...
, in March 2003 Lorton hit a late winner from the penalty spot to defeat Arsenal in the FA Women's Cup semi–final and take Charlton into their first final. This was despite "shaking like a leaf" due to nerves. However, Lorton was then on the losing side as The Addicks were soundly beaten by professional
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in the final. She finished as Charlton's top goalscorer in the competition with four goals. In 2003–04 Lorton was back with Arsenal and was a 90th-minute substitute as The Gunners recaptured the FA Women's Cup, beating Charlton 3–0 in the final at
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. On her second debut for Arsenal Lorton scored in a 9–2 win over
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. Lorton also featured from the bench during Arsenal's run to the 2004–05
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semi–final. After a season with
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in 2005–06, Lorton signed for Bristol Academy in summer 2006. In November 2006 she scored in a 5–1 win over Fulham which took Bristol Academy to the top of the
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table for the first time in the club's history. She signed for
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in 2009 and scored in Pompey's shock Premier League Cup win over
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in January 2011. She has played at Yeovil Town and now dons the green and white colours of Keynsham Town.


International career

As a Millwall Lionesses player, Lorton made her senior
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debut as substitute for Sue Smith in a 4–0 friendly win over
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at
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on 23 August 1997. She then replaced
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during a February 1998 3–2 friendly defeat in
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and made a third appearance in
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's first match in charge, a 1–0 home friendly defeat to
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in July 1998. Lorton made one competitive appearance during England's unsuccessful Women's World Cup 1999 qualifying attempt, against
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. In 1999 she featured against
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in a 4–1 friendly defeat and won a sixth cap as a 53rd-minute substitute for
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in a 1–0 victory over
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. Lorton continued to be selected in the National squad ahead of
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, but was not included in the final squad. Lorton has England legacy number 128. The FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.


Personal life

In July 2013 Lorton
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Yeovil teammate
Jade Radburn Jade Annmarie Lorton-Radburn (born 21 February 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Keynsham Town. Club career Lorton-Radburn joined Leicester City Women at under-10 level and later spent three years with ...
. In late 2016 Lorton filed for divorce.


References

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