Watford-born Kelly Smith has been included on the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award shortlist after an excellent season with Arsenal Ladies.

The 36-year-old attacker retired from international duty earlier in the season after representing her country 117 times and scoring 46 goals.

Smith helped steer the Gunners through a tumultuous 2014 campaign in which the club had three managers - Shelley Kerr, John Bayer and Pedro Martinez Losa.

However, the season ended with silverware and Smith scored in the final as the Gunners won the Women's FA Cup at Everton's expense.

She will be up against Chelsea's Eniola Aluko and Ji So-Yun, Manchester City's Lucy Bronze, Birmingham City's Karen Carney and Notts County's Jess Clarke.