Issy Pollard

Isobel "Issy" Pollard (born 2 December 1975) is an English former footballer who played for the England women's national football team. She played for several clubs at FA Women's Premier League level and for Betsele IF in Sweden.

Club career Pollard played football at Old Town Primary School in Hebden Bridge. She was also an accomplished field hockey player, representing West Yorkshire Schools and Calderdale under-18s. After contacting the Women's Football Association (WFA) for a club, Pollard was put in touch with Yorkshire and Humberside League Bradford City, who she joined at youth level.

After brief spells in Sweden with Betsele IF and back at Bronte, Pollard was signed by Doncaster Belles in 1995. The transfer was agreed by outgoing manager Paul Edmunds prior to his departure, after Pollard attended a Doncaster Belles match as a guest of her former Bronte team-mate Chantel Woodhead. Pollard was the captain of the Leeds United team who reached the Women's FA Cup semi-final in 2000 and won promotion to the FA Women's Premier League National Division for the first time in 2001.

Personal life Pollard later started a dog walking business in Hebden Bridge called "Rocket Dogz". In April 2021 she opened a raw dog food outlet.