Lydia Anne Ellis
Chesterfield Ladies FC 1994 – 1996

from Jane Ebbage:-

(former Chesterfield Ladies FC player and coach,

currently Head Coach at the FA National Player Development Centre)

Lydia Ellis was typical of the sports mad teenagers who came to play

for Chesterfield Ladies F.C.

In the Summer of 1996 at the age of 16 she had everything to live for,

she was an all rounder with a bright academic future in front of her.

Then meningitis struck, and we never saw her again.

She was cremated in her favourite Number 10 shirt.

As I wrote this, 4 years later, the memories of Lydia came flooding back.

She should have achieved so much but she never got the chance.

Rest in peace Lydia