Name: Lucy Staniforth
Nationality: England
Date of Birth: October 2, 1992
Position: Midfielder
Current club: Aston Villa
Women's Super League clubs played for: Notts County, Bristol City, Liverpool, Sunderland, Birmingham City, Manchester United, Aston Villa
Aston Villa's Lucy Staniforth has not played in a great number of the side's Women's Super League games in 2025/2026, making 10 appearances overall and accumulating 209 minutes of playing time. She has been selected in the starting XI in two of these appearances across their 22 fixtures and been predominantly used as a substitute on eight occasions.
The last Women's Super League appearance that Staniforth made came on May 16 for Aston Villa versus London City Lionesses; a meeting that she played only 10 minutes in during a 2-1 defeat. She has been shown a yellow card once.
Staniforth played 12 Women's Super League games last season for Aston Villa and created one assist.
Staniforth switched to Aston Villa in January 2023 from Manchester United, for whom she made 30 league appearances in total, scoring two goals and providing two assists.
