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‘Bringing My Experience’ – Payne On City Switch

Our LCFC Women squad welcomed another summer recruit earlier this week with Republic of Ireland’s Heather Payne joining the Foxes on a two-year contract.

2025-08-15T11:05+01:00

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15 Aug, 2025

‘Bringing My Experience’ – Payne On City Switch

Our LCFC Women squad welcomed another summer recruit earlier this week with Republic of Ireland’s Heather Payne joining the Foxes on a two-year contract.

Admin

2025-08-15T11:05+01:00

‘Bringing My Experience’ – Payne On City Switch

Our LCFC Women squad welcomed another summer recruit earlier this week with Republic of Ireland’s Heather Payne joining the Foxes on a two-year contract.

Admin

2025-08-15T11:05+01:00

‘Bringing My Experience’ – Payne On City Switch

Our LCFC Women squad welcomed another summer recruit earlier this week with Republic of Ireland’s Heather Payne joining the Foxes on a two-year contract.

Admin

2025-08-15T11:05+01:00

‘Bringing My Experience’ – Payne On City Switch

Our LCFC Women squad welcomed another summer recruit earlier this week with Republic of Ireland’s Heather Payne joining the Foxes on a two-year contract.

Admin

2025-08-15T11:05+01:00

Heather Payne signs having most recently featured in the WSL for Everton
The new recruit is an experienced full-back with international caps to her name
She can’t wait to get going in Leicester blue, now beginning preparations for the new season

The 25-year-old defender arrives in Leicestershire with Barclays Women's Super League experience having spent the past two seasons playing regularly for Everton.

Also an established player with the Republic of Ireland, she is determined to bring her passion and experience to the team as Amandine Miquel’s side gear up for an exciting 2025/26 campaign.

"I'm Irish so I'll bring a distinctive kind of passion to the game,” the full-back outlined. “I've always been really hard working and keen to get forward as a defender. I want to provide more goals and assists for the team this season.

“With Ireland I have over 50 caps and I’ve played consistently in the WSL for two years with Everton. Hopefully I can bring all of that experience to the team. I want to keep improving and do as best I can with the group."

As City’s sustained progress continues, following our record points total last season, Payne hopes to help drive the Football Club forward in the forthcoming campaign.

"This is a Club that is on the up,” she added. “For me personally, it's a place where I can develop, and I've heard really good things about the team itself and the staff. They were keen to have me here, which is always a really good bonus.

“King Power Stadium is really nice and it's important for the women's team to play here. For us to have access to this, it's absolutely incredible.

“Belvoir Drive is an outstanding facility and that's an added bonus, having access to everything you need as a player. It looks really good and I'm excited to get to work there.”

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