Crystal Palace Women are delighted to confirm the signing of UEFA European Championship winner, and celebrated Women’s Super League goalscorer, Bethany England.
The 32-year-old England international has put pen-to-paper on a two-year deal with Palace, with the option for a one-year extension, and will wear the No. 9 shirt.
The Barnsley-born striker has starred at the highest level of the game for both club and country since she came through the ranks at Doncaster Rovers Belles in 2011.
England joined Chelsea in 2016, where she scored 21 goals in all competitions during the 2019/20 season, subsequently winning the Women’s Super League Player of the Season award. That season, she also scored the winning goal in the Continental League Cup Final, helping the Blues to a first-ever win in the competition.
She won nine major trophies during her spell in West London – including four league titles – before joining Tottenham Hotspur in January 2023, where her goals helped the Lilywhites secure survival and reach a first-ever FA Cup Final in her first full season.
England left Spurs this summer as their all-time leading goalscorer in the WSL, bagging 32 goals in her three-and-a-half seasons in North London.
The centre-forward has shone on the international stage too, scoring 11 goals in 26 appearances for the Lionesses to date.
England was a part of Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses squad which captured the public’s hearts by winning the UEFA Women's European Championships in 2022, before playing five times – including in the Final – during her country’s run to the 2023 FIFA World Cup Final.
The prolific striker joins Palace having scored 87 WSL goals – a tally surpassed only by Manchester City’s Vivianne Miedema in the competition's history.
Upon signing for the club, England said: “It feels great to sign for Crystal Palace. I'm very excited to be here, and looking forward to meeting all the girls and getting started.
“Palace are an ambitious club. They've been in the WSL before, they've had two amazing promotions now, and I think you can see their investment in the Women's game. They're really pushing to want to be amongst the best, and they’ve got amazing facilities.
“It's a place where I hope that I can make a lot of good memories, score a lot of goals, and make some good history for the Football Club.”
Manager Jo Potter added: “We are absolutely delighted to have Bethany here at Palace. She has scored goals wherever she has gone, and I am sure she will be crucial for us next season.”
