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With the rise of Women's Football in England I was shocked to learn how few women are managers/coaches. What makes it more surprising is Jill Ellis, the USA manager, is English Surely there are qualified women to manage English sides or has Sweet Fanny Adams screwed up again.

 


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Originally posted by kenbarr

With the rise of Women's Football in England I was shocked to learn how few women are managers/coaches. What makes it more surprising is Jill Ellis, the USA manager, is English Surely there are qualified women to manage English sides or has Sweet Fanny Adams screwed up again.

You make a good observation.
I'm sure most women would've seen a cock before so if it is about being in the changing room with a load of naked men then that's a lame reason.
I reckon a woman with the badges should get a chance. Once they start shouting I'm sure attention would be undivided.
It is when my old lady goes into one!

 

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I know all woman are supposed to be feminists however maybe they have something better to do than stand around on a miserable freezing cold day coaching a bunch of kids. I can't say I blame them.

At grass roots to be a coach you must really love the game and the endless hours of self sacrifice. There are women who do but I suppose many simply don't have the time.

 


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I wanted to post this link earlier but i was on my mobile. The statistics are depressing when it comes to the number of qualified women. 347 men to 7 at the Uefa Pro level and 1672 to 41 at UEFA A Level. That tells me the FA isn't beating the bushes (definitely no pun intended) to encourage women into the field. The USA has had three women manage the National side, April Heinrichs (USA and World Cup winner in 1991), Pia Sundhage (Sweden) and Ellis, who is a naturalized citizen. I realize that for many years women and girls were forbidden to play but that only should increase the urgency to recruit at all levels, both players and coaches. Certainly there are plenty of licensed PE teachers who could be trained..

 


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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 17 Jan 18 7.37am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by kenbarr

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I wanted to post this link earlier but i was on my mobile. The statistics are depressing when it comes to the number of qualified women. 347 men to 7 at the Uefa Pro level and 1672 to 41 at UEFA A Level. That tells me the FA isn't beating the bushes (definitely no pun intended) to encourage women into the field. The USA has had three women manage the National side, April Heinrichs (USA and World Cup winner in 1991), Pia Sundhage (Sweden) and Ellis, who is a naturalized citizen. I realize that for many years women and girls were forbidden to play but that only should increase the urgency to recruit at all levels, both players and coaches. Certainly there are plenty of licensed PE teachers who could be trained..

Actually 347 men at Pro level is depressing poor. I have a feeling that in most of the major European football countries the equivalent number is in the low thousands. So as I posted on the Rooney rule thread we need to broaden and deepen the gene pool.

 


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Originally posted by Badger11

Actually 347 men at Pro level is depressing poor. I have a feeling that in most of the major European football countries the equivalent number is in the low thousands. So as I posted on the Rooney rule thread we need to broaden and deepen the gene pool.

Agreed. That puts England's recent success at the youth level in a different light. The playing talent is certainly there but imagine how much better things would be with better coaching.

 


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Originally posted by kenbarr

With the rise of Women's Football in England I was shocked to learn how few women are managers/coaches. What makes it more surprising is Jill Ellis, the USA manager, is English Surely there are qualified women to manage English sides or has Sweet Fanny Adams screwed up again.

Women's football is not as "on the rise" as the BBC and a few other websites would have you imagine. The national team gets a bit of interest as it's always free to air, and they usually win.

The coach of the Canadian women's team was also English, and he's got the gig for the men's side now.

We had a female coach for 15 years, and quite frankly she underachieved. The Welsh bloke who replaced her got much better results, until the FA found a weak excuse to remove him.

 


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