Alex Culvin

Alex Culvin
Personal information
Full name Alexandra Culvin
Date of birth (1983-11-16) 16 November 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Full-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Everton
2002–2003 Doncaster Belles
2003–2008 Leeds
2008–2010 Everton
2010–2011 AZ Alkmaar 11 (0)
2011–2012 Bristol Academy 14 (0)
2012 Liverpool 4 (0)

Academic background
Alma materLiverpool John Moores University
University of Central Lancashire
Academic work
DisciplineSport
Sub-disciplineSport management
InstitutionsUniversity of Salford
Leeds Beckett University
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandra Culvin (born 16 November 1983)[1] is an English sports management lecturer and former women's footballer. As a footballer, Culvin played for Leeds, Everton, Doncaster Belles, AZ Alkmaar, Bristol Academy, and Liverpool, and as an academic, she has worked as a lecturer at the University of Salford and Leeds Beckett University.

Football career

Culvin played predominantly as a full-back.[2] In 2004, whilst Culvin was playing for Leeds, she was selected for the England women's under-21 squad.[3] Culvin played for Leeds in the 2006 FA Women's Cup final against Arsenal.[4] In 2009, whilst Culvin was playing for Everton, she was selected for the Great Britain women's football squad for the 2009 Universiade.[5] Culvin later played for AZ Alkmaar in the women's Eredivisie, before signing for Bristol Academy in February 2011.[2] She was sent off during Bristol Academy's 2012 FA Cup semi-final against Birmingham City.[6] Culvin later played for Liverpool, before being released in October 2012.[7] During her career, Culvin played in the UEFA Women's Champions League for Everton, AZ and Bristol Academy.[1]

Academic career

Culvin was born in Merseyside.[2] In 2009, she was studying at Liverpool John Moores University,[5] and she also wrote a PhD thesis on professional women's football in the UK at the University of Central Lancashire.[8] She has worked as a sports management lecturer at the University of Salford,[9] and as a senior lecturer at Leeds Beckett University.[10]

Culvin is a supporter of universal basic income,[11] and believes that men's football clubs should also have a women's team, as it would help them with public relations.[12] In 2020, she investigated the health effects on players of the FA Women's Super League becoming a fully professional league. She found evidence of fat shaming and eating disorders amongst players.[13] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she was critical of the government's decision to suspend women's football , whilst men's football was allowed to continue.[14]

Honours

Everton

References

  1. ^ a b "A. CULVIN". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Bristol Academy go Dutch for FA's new Women's Super League". Bristol Post. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "England select under-21 squad". Women's Soccer Scene. 1 June 2004. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  4. ^ Wood, Nick (2 May 2006). "Big day turns into nightmare". Yorkshire Evening Post. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Great Britain women's football squad announced for World University Games 18/06/2009". British Universities and Colleges Sport. 18 June 2009. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  6. ^ Leighton, Tony (15 April 2012). "Birmingham beat Bristol to reach FA Women's Cup final for first time". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  7. ^ Pearce, James (8 October 2012). "Liverpool FC Ladies release 10 players following disappointing end to Women's Super League season". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Elite Female Football in England: How 'do' they do it?". The Football Collective. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Coronavirus: Top US women footballers join Premier League as a result of pandemic". Sky News. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Alex Culvin". The Conversation. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  11. ^ ""We need radicalism to knit our humanity back together again:" The case for a universal basic income". Morning Star. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Ein Haus auf Sand gebaut". Der Spiegel (in German). 5 September 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Weight charts, 'fat clubs' and disordered eating: the hidden health crisis in women's football". The Daily Telegraph. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  14. ^ "FA faces claim of gender bias as it only closes girls' academies during lockdown". Sky News. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Everton Win FA Women's Cup". wsff.org.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2022.