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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Suzanne Wrack

Millie Bright, serial silverware winner, signs off with a legacy few will match

Millie Bright celebrates with her WSL winners medal after Chelsea's title-clinching victory in 2023
Millie Bright won eight WSL titles and six FA Cups with Chelsea, as well as making 88 appearances for England. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/The FA/Getty Images

Millie Bright’s voice choked up very quickly and she could barely get the words out during an emotion-packed goodbye video to announce the end of her playing career. Bright may be from Derbyshire but she could not be more Chelsea and she leaves with a staggeringly big legacy at club level and with England.

It has been a tough, injury-hit year for the 32-year-old Bright. An ankle problem sustained in early February, against Tottenham, meant she played her last professional game, not realising it at the time. The injuries have taken their toll. In the emotional farewell Bright said: “I’ve been playing injured for the last six years and I’m tired.”

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