Jordan Nobbs was the new kid on the block when the Women’s Super League started in 2011, surrounded at Arsenal by icons, from Faye White, to Rachel Yankey, to Katie Chapman. Fast forward nearly 5,000 days and Nobbs stands alone as the WSL’s record appearance maker, after playing in her 193rd match last Sunday.
Such has been the playmaker’s longevity that her Aston Villa manager, Robert de Pauw, likened her to “a little Modric in midfield”, especially as she now enjoys a slightly deeper-lying role. “I’m going to write that down and keep it for ever,” Nobbs says, laughing.
