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Paula Howells (born 22 March 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for the FA Women's Championship club Lewes. She has previously played for England Under 19s and 23s and for the London Bees.

Paula Howells

Howells in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Paula Howells
Date of birth	(1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth	Sussex, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Lewes
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–2014	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	(0)
2014–2019	London Bees	105	(20)
2019–	Lewes	24	(3)
National team‡
2019	England U19	9	(0)
2019–	England U23	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 October 2022

Life

Howells was born on 22 March 1997[1] in Sussex and she was an Arsenal fan as a child. She admired their striker Thierry Henry and she tried to follow his style.[2] When she was at school she suffered early with discrimination against her as a female footballer. When there was a special match when she was thirteen then the boys at her school would be allowed to miss lessons. However the girls were expected to attend normal schooling. She protested, but this made no difference, and she got into some trouble.[3]

Club career

Brighton

Howells played for Brighton WFC[4] until July 2014.[5]

London Bees

She joined London Bees in 2014.[5]

In 2017, Howells started playing with FA Women's Championship club London Bees playing as an attacking midfielder and making seventeen appearances. She got her only yellow card that season and she scored six goals. In the next season she scored just one goal but she was only in four line ups.[1]

Lewes FC

She joined Lewes for the 2019 team.[1] The team are unusual as they pay their men's team and their women's team the same amount. The matches cost the same to see and Howell's has noted that the women and men practice together regularly.[3] She is a midfielder who scores goals. In October 2021 she scored the opening goal against Charlton Athletic.[6] It was a long range goal and she scored another against Coventry when her team beat them 4-1.[2]

International career

Howells has been capped by England at two youth levels. In 2016 she appearred for the England under-19 team; once in a draw with Sweden and again in a win over Austria.[1]

She received her first call up for an under-23 match in 2018 for a goaless draw against the USA.[1]

Other

Howells helped to organise her team mates to support a virtual Bingo night during the pandemic to support MindOut.[7] MindOut is a mental health charity that supports the LGBTQ community.[8]

References

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