Theresa "Terry" Wiseman (born 1956) is an

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and former

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. She played as a

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and represented

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at senior international level. She won the

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twice during her club career.

Career

Wiseman won 68 caps for England. After a period as understudy to England's original goalkeeper

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, Wiseman made her debut on 23 July 1979, in a 2–0 win over

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held in

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during an unofficial European Championship. Ten years later she made her 50th appearance in a 2–0 home friendly defeat to

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. The match was held at

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to mark the 20th anniversary of the

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(WFA), played as a curtain–raiser to the male national team's

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game against

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. She had played in the

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defeat to Sweden in the

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final. At club level she played for

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's women's section and represented Friends of Fulham in the victorious

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against

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, the 1989 final defeat to

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and the

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defeat to Doncaster Belles. Wiseman also won the WFA Cup in

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with

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when they defeated Doncaster Belles 4-2 at

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. —

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speaking to On the Ball magazine. In November 2022, Wiseman was recognized by

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as one of the England national team's legacy players, and as the 45th women's player to be capped by England.

Post-football career

In her other career as an animator Wiseman worked on

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and later moved to

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to work for

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, recently working as a timing director on

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. She trained at

Hornsey College of Art Hornsey College of Art, also known as HCA, founded in 1880 as the Hornsey School of Arts, was an art school in Crouch End, part of Hornsey, Middlesex, England. From 1965 it was in the London Borough of Haringey. From 1955 to 1973, when it was me ...

Honours

Howbury Grange *

FA Women's Cup The Women's FA Challenge Cup is the top annual cup tournament for women's clubs in English football. Founded in 1970, it has been named the WFA Cup, FA Women's Cup, and now Women's FA Cup (currently known as the Adobe Women's FA Cup for sponso ...

: 1983-84

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiseman, Theresa 1956 births FA Women's National League players Fulham F.C. Women players Howbury Grange players Artists from London English women's footballers England women's international footballers English animators British women animators Living people Women's association football goalkeepers 20th-century English sportswomen