{{Short description|England netball international}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox netball biography | name = Layla Guscoth | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = Layla Guscoth | maidenname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|03|02|df=yes}} | birth_place = Birmingham, West Midlands, England | height = {{convert|183|cm|ftin|frac=2|abbr=on}}<ref name="teambath010817"/><ref name="mddus290719">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mddus.com/resources/publications-library/fyi/issue-22/profile-half-doctor-half-netballer|title=Profile: Half doctor, half netballer|publisher=www.mddus.com|accessdate=16 April 2020|date=29 July 2019}}</ref> | school = | university = St John's College, Oxford<br>University College London | occupation = Doctor | spouse = | marrieddate = | children = | relatives = | positions = GD, GK, WD | clubyears1 = 2009–2010 | clubteam1 = Loughborough Lightning | clubyears2 = 2010–2016 | clubteam2 = Hertfordshire Mavericks | clubyears3 = 2010–2013 | clubteam3 = → Oxford University | clubyears4 = 2014–2016 | clubteam4 = → UCL | clubyears5 = 2016–2018 | clubteam5 = Team Bath | clubyears6 = 2019– | clubteam6 = Adelaide Thunderbirds | nationalyears1 = 2012– | nationalteam1 = England | nationalcaps1 = 26 | updated = 17 April 2020 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{nb|England}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Netball World Cup}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Liverpool|Team}} }}
'''Layla Guscoth''' (born 2 March 1992) is an England netball international. She was a member of the England squad that won a bronze medal at the 2019 Netball World Cup. At club level, Guscoth has played for Loughborough Lightning, Hertfordshire Mavericks and Team Bath in the Netball Superleague and for Adelaide Thunderbirds in Suncorp Super Netball. She was a member of the Mavericks team that won the 2011 Netball Superleague. She has captained both Mavericks and Thunderbirds. In 2016 she qualified as a doctor.
==Early life and education== Guscoth was born in Birmingham, West Midlands and began playing netball at the age of 11. She discovered an interest in medicine during a hospital work experience placement in sixth form.<ref name="mddus290719">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mddus.com/resources/publications-library/fyi/issue-22/profile-half-doctor-half-netballer|title=Profile: Half doctor, half netballer|publisher=www.mddus.com|accessdate=16 April 2020|date=29 July 2019}}</ref> Between 2010 and 2013 she studied medicine at St John's College, Oxford. In 2012 she was placed third in a top ten list of black students at universities in the United Kingdom. Judges included Trevor Phillips and David Lammy. In 2016 she completed her medical studies at University College London and was awarded a BMBS with Distinction.<ref name="teambath010817"/><ref name="sjc2013">{{cite web|url=https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/sjc.prod/documents/TW10_Summer_web.pdf|title=St John's College, Oxford – TW Summer 2013|publisher=St John's College, Oxford|accessdate=16 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="rare100312">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rarerecruitment.co.uk/rrs2012/03-Layla-Guscoth.php|title=Layla Guscoth - Rare Recruitment|publisher=www.rarerecruitment.co.uk|accessdate=16 April 2020|date=10 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="whtimes020316">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/captain-s-column-layla-guscoth-on-juggling-life-in-the-netball-superleague-with-being-a-medical-student-1-4440945|title=Captain's column: Layla Guscoth on juggling life in the Netball Superleague with being a medical student|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=15 April 2020|date=2 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="adelaide300319">{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.adelaide.edu.au/mens-health/2019/03/30/adelaide-thunderbirds-import-dr-layla-guscoth-teams-up-with-ffcmh/|title=Adelaide Thunderbirds import Dr Layla Guscoth teams up with FFCMH|publisher=adelaide.edu.au|accessdate=16 April 2020|date=30 March 2019}}</ref> Guscoth also played netball at intervarsity level for both Oxford University and UCL.<ref name="ounc091112">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ounc.co.uk/news/blues-netball-birmingham-30-oxford-26|title=Birmingham 1sts 30, Oxford 26|publisher=www.ounc.co.uk|accessdate=16 April 2020|date=9 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="ouncoldgirls">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ounc.co.uk/old-girls|title=Old Girls|publisher=www.ounc.co.uk|accessdate=16 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="pitchero060314">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/rumsnetball/news/3314-rums-1st-vs-ucl-1st-1173985.html|title=RUMS 1st vs UCL 1st|publisher=www.pitchero.com|accessdate=16 April 2020|date=6 March 2014}}</ref>
==Playing career== ===Netball Superleague=== ;Loughborough Lightning During the 2009–10 Netball Superleague season, Guscoth played for Loughborough Lightning.<ref name="teambath010817"/><ref name="sportsister301109">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportsister.com/2009/11/30/netball-england-star-harten-to-captain-new-look-loughborough-lightning-team/|title=Netball: England star Harten to captain new-look Loughborough Lightning team|publisher=www.sportsister.com|accessdate=5 April 2020|date=30 November 2009}}</ref><ref name="lboroecho181209">{{cite web|url=https://www.loughboroughecho.net/sport/other-sport/losing-start-for-lightning-5810554|title=Losing start for Lightning|publisher=www.loughboroughecho.net|accessdate=16 April 2020|date=18 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="lboro110719">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/sport/news/2019/july/loughborough-netballers-to-compete-at-world-cup/|title=Loughborough Netballers get set to compete on World Stage|publisher=www.lboro.ac.uk|accessdate=24 January 2020|date=11 July 2019}}</ref>
;Hertfordshire Mavericks Between 2011 and 2016, Guscoth played for Hertfordshire Mavericks. She was a member of the Mavericks team that won the 2011 Netball Superleague and in the grand final she was named player of the match.<ref name="rare100312"/><ref name="whtimes100611">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/mavericks-crowned-netball-superleague-champions-1-917016|title=Mavericks crowned Netball Superleague champions|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=14 April 2020|date=10 June 2011}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="sportsister100611">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportsister.com/2011/06/10/netball-mavericks-crowned-superleague-champions/|title=Mavericks crowned Superleague champions|publisher=www.sportsister.com|accessdate=3 February 2020|date=10 June 2011|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203221731/http://www.sportsister.com/2011/06/10/netball-mavericks-crowned-superleague-champions/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="skysports100611">{{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/news/12415/6979238/mavericks-crowned-champions|title=Mavericks crowned champions|publisher=www.skysports.com|accessdate=3 February 2020|date=10 June 2011}}</ref> In 2014 she was voted the Netball Superleague Player of the Season after winning 59% of the vote in a Sky Sports poll.<ref name="skysports020614">{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/news/12415/9289224/herts-mavericks-defender-layla-guscoth-wins-zeo-player-of-the-season|title=Herts Mavericks defender Layla Guscoth wins ZEO Player of the Season|publisher=www.skysports.com|accessdate=16 April 2020|date=2 June 2014}}</ref> In 2015 she made her second grand final appearance for Mavericks.<ref name="storm260415">{{cite web|url=https://www.surreystormnetball.co.uk/champions-surrey-storm-56-39-hertfordshire-mavericks/|title=Champions! Surrey Storm 56 – 39 Hertfordshire Mavericks|publisher=www.surreystormnetball.co.uk|accessdate=7 March 2020|date=26 April 2015}}</ref> She captained Mavericks during the 2016 Netball Superleague season.<ref name="whtimes020316"/><ref name="mavericks081215">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/news/mavericks-squad-showcases-combination-of-international-and-home-grown-talent/|title=Mavericks Squad Showcases Combination of International & Home Grown Talent|publisher=www.mavericksnetball.co.uk|accessdate=15 April 2020|date=8 December 2015}}</ref>
;Team Bath Between 2016 and 2018, Guscoth played for Team Bath.<ref name="teambath010817">{{cite web|url=https://www.teambath.com/2017/08/01/layla-guscoth-2/|title=Layla Guscoth|publisher=www.teambath.com|accessdate=15 April 2020|date=1 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="teambath240816">{{cite web|url=https://www.teambath.com/2016/08/24/england-international-layla-guscoth-excited-by-great-challenge-after-joining-team-bath-for-2017-superleague-season/|title=England international Layla Guscoth excited by "great challenge" after joining Team Bath for 2017 Superleague season|publisher=www.teambath.com|accessdate=16 April 2020|date=24 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="skysports250816">{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/netball/news/12415/10550843/layla-guscoth-join-team-bath-for-2017-netball-superleague-season|title=Layla Guscoth joins Team Bath for 2017 Netball Superleague season|publisher=www.skysports.com|accessdate=16 April 2020|date=25 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="teambath141216">{{cite web|url=https://netball.teambath.com/2016/12/14/team-bath-reach-final-of-mike-greenwood-trophy-in-promising-start-to-netball-pre-season-campaign/|title=Team Bath reach final of Mike Greenwood Trophy in promising start to netball pre-season campaign|publisher=www.teambath.com|accessdate=12 February 2020|date=14 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="bbc080218">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/netball/42977931|title=Netball Superleague: Layla Guscoth on juggling junior doctor life with new season|publisher=www.bbc.com|date=8 February 2018|accessdate=29 January 2019}}</ref> Guscoth was named the Team Bath Coaches' Player of the Year in both 2017 and 2018.<ref name="teambath270617">{{cite web|url=https://netball.teambath.com/2017/06/27/netball-player-of-the-year-awards/|title=Superleague stars and rising talent rewarded at Team Bath Netball end-of-season awards|publisher=www.teambath.com|accessdate=12 February 2020|date=27 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="teambath170718">{{cite web|url=https://www.teambath.com/2018/07/17/netball-superleague-awards-dinner/|title=Team Bath Netball Superleague stars reflect on 2018 at end-of-season awards dinner|publisher=www.teambath.com|accessdate=13 February 2020|date=17 July 2018}}</ref>
===Adelaide Thunderbirds=== Since 2019 Guscoth has played for Adelaide Thunderbirds in Suncorp Super Netball.<ref name="bbc240918">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/netball/45628795|title=Layla Guscoth: England defender joins Adelaide Thunderbirds from Team Bath|publisher=www.bbc.com|date=24 September 2018|accessdate=16 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="nsl240918">{{cite web|url=https://www.netballsl.com/2018/09/24/guscoth-signs-for-adelaide-thunderbirds/|title=Guscoth signs for Adelaide Thunderbirds|publisher=www.netballsl.com|date=24 September 2018|accessdate=15 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="thunderbirds280219">{{cite web|url=https://adelaidethunderbirds.com.au/news/english-rose-defender-signs-adelaide-thunderbirds|title=English Rose defender signs with the Adelaide Thunderbirds|publisher=adelaidethunderbirds.com.au|accessdate=16 April 2020|date=28 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="skysports011119">{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/netball/news/12415/11507249/team-baths-layla-guscoth-joins-adelaide-thunderbirds|title=Team Bath's Layla Guscoth joins Adelaide Thunderbirds|publisher=www.skysports.com|accessdate=16 April 2020|date=1 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="superguscoth">{{cite web|url=https://supernetball.com.au/player/layla-guscoth|title=Layla Guscoth|publisher=supernetball.com.au|accessdate=15 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="thunderbirdsguscoth">{{cite web|url=https://adelaidethunderbirds.com.au/player/layla-guscoth|title=Layla Guscoth|publisher=adelaidethunderbirds.com.au|accessdate=15 April 2020}}</ref> Guscoth and her England international teammate Chelsea Pitman were appointed co-captains of Thunderbirds for 2019.<ref name="thunderbirds060419">{{cite web|url=https://adelaidethunderbirds.com.au/guscoth-and-pitman-named-adelaide-thunderbirds-2019-co-captains|title=Guscoth and Pitman named Adelaide Thunderbirds 2019 co-captains|publisher=adelaidethunderbirds.com.au|accessdate=16 April 2020|date=6 April 2019}}</ref>
===England=== Guscoth made her senior debut for England in 2012 against Jamaica.<ref name="englandnetballguscoth">{{cite web|url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/player/layla-guscoth/|title=Layla Guscoth|publisher=www.englandnetball.co.uk|accessdate=15 April 2020}}</ref> She has also represented England at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels, captaining both the under-17 and under-21 squads.<ref name="teambath010817"/><ref name="rare100312"/> Between 2015 and 2018 Guscoth took a break from playing for England as she concentrated on qualifying to be a doctor.<ref name="telegraph070119">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/netball/2019/01/07/layla-guscoth-interview-dont-regret-choosing-doctor-winning/|title=Layla Guscoth interview: I don't regret choosing to be a doctor over winning Commonwealth netball gold|publisher=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=7 January 2019|accessdate=15 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="teambath200818">{{cite web|url=https://www.teambath.com/2018/08/20/england-netball-guscoth-corbin/|title=Layla Guscoth returns for Roses as Team Bath Netball quintet earn England selection for busy Autumn|publisher=www.teambath.com|accessdate=16 April 2020|date=20 August 2018}}</ref> Guscoth was a member of the England squad that won a bronze medal at the 2019 Netball World Cup. However she was injured in a group stage match against Scotland and she missed the remainder of the tournament.<ref name="lboro110719"/><ref name="teambath110719">{{cite web|url=https://www.teambath.com/2019/07/11/netball-world-cup-past-present/|title=Team Bath players past and present ready to shine at 2019 Netball World Cup in Liverpool|publisher=www.teambath.com|accessdate=12 September 2019|date=11 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="nwc2019guscoth">{{cite web|url=https://www.nwc2019.co.uk/people/layla-guscoth/|title=Layla Guscoth|publisher=www.nwc2019.co.uk|accessdate=15 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="bbc130719">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/netball/48977989|title=Netball World Cup: England's Layla Guscoth out with ruptured Achilles|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=15 April 2020|date=13 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="skysports130719">{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/netball/news/12415/11762642/layla-guscoth-to-miss-the-rest-of-the-vitality-netball-world-cup|title=Layla Guscoth to miss the rest of the Vitality Netball World Cup|publisher=www.skysports.com|accessdate=15 April 2020|date=13 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="skysports241219">{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/netball/news/12415/11892482/layla-guscoth-positive-despite-nightmare-netball-world-cup-injury|title=Layla Guscoth positive despite nightmare Netball World Cup injury|publisher=www.skysports.com|accessdate=15 April 2020|date=24 December 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Tournaments ! Place |- |2013 Fast5 Netball World Series<ref name="photoshelter081113">{{cite web|url=https://mbphoto.photoshelter.com/image/I0000i9zD3lb5FKg|title=Michael Bradley – England's Layla Guscoth...|publisher=photoshelter.com|accessdate=17 April 2020|date=8 November 2013}}</ref>||6th |- |2015 Netball Europe Open Championships<ref name=prp0515>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreleasepoint.com/england-squads-announced-trinidad-tobago-series-and-netball-europe-open|title=England squads announced for Trinidad & Tobago Series and Netball Europe Open|publisher=www.pressreleasepoint.com|access-date=28 March 2025|date=May 2015}}</ref><ref name="2015todor66a">{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2015.html|title=Women Netball Europe Open Championship 2015|publisher=www.todor66.com|access-date=5 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404200649/http://todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2015.html|archive-date=4 April 2019|date=5 September 2018}}</ref>||1st |- |2018 Netball Quad Series (September)<ref name="englandnetball230918">{{Cite web|url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/incredible-comeback-secures-final-quad-series-win-roses/|title=Incredible comeback secures final Quad Series win for the Roses|publisher=www.englandnetball.co.uk|accessdate=20 March 2020|date=23 September 2018}}</ref>||2nd |- |2018 Fast5 Netball World Series<ref name="englandnetball170818">{{cite web|url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/england-roses-squad-aiming-defend-fast5-world-netball-series-title-named/|title=England Roses squad aiming to defend Fast5 World Netball Series title named|publisher=www.englandnetball.co.uk|accessdate=6 April 2020|date=17 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="skysports220818">{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/netball/news/12415/11475212/karen-atkinson-to-lead-england-in-fast5-world-series-title-defence|title=Karen Atkinson to lead England in Fast5 World Series title defence|publisher=www.skysports.com|accessdate=6 April 2020|date=22 August 2018}}</ref>||5th |- |2019 Netball Quad Series<ref name="guardian210119">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/20/rachel-dunn-england-australia-quad-series-tracey-neville|title=Rachel Dunn guides England to victory but Australia claim Quad Series|date=21 January 2019|publisher=www.theguardian.com|accessdate=6 April 2020}}</ref>||2nd |- |2019 Netball World Cup<ref name="lboro110719"/><ref name="teambath110719"/><ref name="nwc2019guscoth"/><ref name="bbc130719"/><ref name="skysports130719"/><ref name="skysports241219"/>||{{bronze03}} |- |2023 Netball Quad Series<ref name=en250123>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/report/roses-v-south-africa-9/|title=Vitality Roses take third place at Netball Quad Series|publisher=www.englandnetball.co.uk|access-date=20 March 2020|date=25 January 2023}}</ref>||3rd |- |}
==Doctor== While playing for Team Bath in 2017 and 2018, Guscoth also worked as a doctor at Royal United Hospital and Southmead Hospital.<ref name="teambath010817"/><ref name="bbc080218"/> In 2019, while playing for Adelaide Thunderbirds, she also worked as a researcher/visiting lecturer at the University of Adelaide.<ref name="mddus290719"/><ref name="adelaide300319"/> During the COVID-19 pandemic, when the 2020 Suncorp Super Netball season was suspended, Guscoth volunteered to return to the United Kingdom to work at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.<ref name="thunderbirds020420">{{cite web|url=https://adelaidethunderbirds.com.au/news/thunderbirds-star-layla-guscoth-returns-work-uk-hospital-help-fight-covid-19-0|title=Thunderbirds star Layla Guscoth returns to work in UK hospital to help fight COVID-19|publisher=adelaidethunderbirds.com.au|accessdate=15 April 2020|date=2 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="bbc030420">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/netball/52158402|title=Coronavirus: England netballer Layla Guscoth says it was her duty to help NHS|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=15 April 2020|date=3 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="teambath050420">{{cite web|url=https://netball.teambath.com/2020/04/05/layla-guscoth-nhs-coronavirus/|title=Former Team Bath star Layla Guscoth returns to work in NHS hospital and help fight coronavirus|publisher=www.teambath.com|accessdate=15 April 2020|date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="telegraph140420">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2020/04/14/five-sportspeople-turned-key-workers-tell-stories-nhs-front/|title=Five sportswomen turned key workers tell their stories: from the NHS front line to policing London - and keeping B&Q stocked up|publisher=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=14 April 2020|accessdate=16 April 2020}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Hertfordshire Mavericks *'''Netball Superleague''' **''Winners'': 2011: '''1''' **''Runners up'': 2015: '''1''' ;England *'''Netball Quad Series''' **''Runners Up'': 2018 (Sep), 2019 '''2''' ;Individual *'''Netball Superleague Player of the Season''' ** 2014
==References== {{Reflist|3}}
{{England national netball team}} {{England netball squad at the 2019 World Netball Cup}} {{England squad at the 2023 Netball World Cup}} {{Adelaide Thunderbirds}}
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