She captained the team during the 2003–04 season, when Rovers won promotion to the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division for the first time.

In February 2007, Anderton signed a three-month deal to play for American Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) team FC Indiana from May that year, returning to the UK in time for the start of the 2007–08 season.

[5] Indiana's coach Shek Borkowski already boasted a star-studded forward line, including Elena Danilova, Mónica Ocampo and Lauren Sesselmann.

[14] In January 2008 Anderton cited personal reasons for her late withdrawal from the England squad's annual training trip to La Manga Club.

Anderton attended Corpus Christi High School[17] before studying Leisure and Recreation on a scholarship at Preston College.