While playing for the all-conquering Belles, Broadhurst worked as a forklift truck driver for Royal Doulton in Stoke.

As a playmaker, Broadhurst was a key component of the side which wrested the League title back from Arsenal and completed a domestic double in 1994.

By 1997–98 Broadhurst was playing for Croydon, scoring the opening goal in a 3–2 defeat to Arsenal in that season's FA Women's Cup final.

[13] Broadhurst retired after hitting the winning goal as Charlton reserves beat Millwall Lionesses 3–2 in the 2006 Kent County Cup final.

[13] Manager Martin Reagan called–up Broadhurst for the Mundialito tournament in August 1984 and handed her a first cap against hosts Italy.

Along with Kirsty Pealling, Broadhurst was controversially dropped from the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squad, with manager Ted Copeland saying "They are not international footballers at this level.

[21] In 2023 Broadhurst was employed by the Royal Mail, but remained committed to developing women's football and worked as a scout for Southampton.