Karen Farley


Karen Farley is an English former women's international footballer. Her married name is Karen Livermore-Farley.

Club career

She won the 1991 WFA Cup final with Millwall Lionesses when they defeated Doncaster Belles 1-0 at Prenton Park.
In 1995 and 1996 Farley was playing her club football in Sweden. In 2000, she was still playing for Hammarby.

International career

Farley represented England at senior level, playing in England's first ever World Cup finals appearance in 1995 which ended with a 3–0 quarter final defeat against Germany. She played in all four games in the tournament held in Sweden and scored two goals in a game versus Nigeria. She scored eight goals in eleven games for England but successive ACL injuries prevented her from potentially achieving more caps.
She was allotted 103 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentResultCompetitionScored
111 December 1994Vicarage Road, Watford1–41995 UEFA Championship1
226 January 1995Florence1–1Friendly1
323 February 1995Bochum1–21995 UEFA Championship1
510 June 1995Tingvalla IP, Karlstad3–21995 World Cup2
719 November 1995The Valley, London5–01997 UEFA Championship Qual.2
811 February 1996Benavente5–01997 UEFA Championship Qual.1