Liverpool have named Matt Beard as the feminine staff supervisor after itemizing a listing of 160 candidates to decide on the coach that led them to back-to-back WSL titles in 2013 and 2014.
Liverpool have been led by interim coach Amber Whiteley since January following the departure of Vicky Jepson. However Beard will now take management completely with the ambition of returning to the WSL after being relegated in 2020. Whiteley will proceed as assistant coach.
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– Liverpool FC Ladies (@LiverpoolFCW) 13 Might 2021
Beard’s most up-to-date job noticed him strive to avoid wasting Bristol Metropolis from WSL relegation, whereas rising to a extra distinguished position as West Ham boss because of the BBC actuality sequence Squad Targets that adopted the staff.
The 43-year-old was additionally the forerunner of Emma Hayes at Chelsea and labored for 2 years in the US with accountability for the Boston Breakers after leaving Liverpool.
“I’m delighted to be again at Liverpool Ladies. When the chance arose, it was one thing I needed to do. I actually have at all times adopted the membership since I left, that’s my coronary heart, “mentioned Beard.
“If you find yourself right here and you then are away from the soccer membership, you notice how particular and distinctive it’s. I actually have by no means been to a metropolis or labored for a soccer membership the place soccer is every little thing and ends every little thing for the supporters. I simply can’t wait to start.
Beard led West Ham to FA Cup last 2019 | Catherine Ivill / Getty Pictures
“It is an enchanting soccer membership, it is an enchanting metropolis. My household and I cherished our time right here and we’re actually trying ahead to coming again. ”
Liverpool completed third in the ladies’s championship 2020/21. Regardless of earlier successes, the membership has been severely criticized in recent times for a perceived lack of funding or effort to offer enough amenities for its girls’s staff, with a lot concentrate on their absence from the brand new state-of-the-art coaching space at Kirkby in Kirkby when it opened final 12 months.
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