The powerhouse Liverpool forward secured a record-breaking 90 per cent of the vote, while Arsenal’s Alessia Russo topped a wide field to win the women’s award, writes JAMES NALTON
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I don’t want to be known as that female, Asian football coach
MANISHA TAILOR speaks exclusively to Kadeem Simmonds about her dreams of working at the elite level in football and how she refuses to use her gender and ethnicity to make her way to the top
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With the Women’s Super League kicking off today, the debate surrounding the lack of female managers in the league will soon arise.
Emma Hayes will continue to prove that she deserves to be considered one of the best British managers for the work she has done with Chelsea but given that she, along with Reading manager Kelly Chambers, are the only two female managers in the WSL 1, many feel that more could be done to increase the numbers of female coaches at elite level.
One of those coaches who hopes to emulate Hayes and Chambers is Manisha Tailor. Tailor has the background and pedigree to be working alongside the country’s best players. She has her Uefa B licence and plans to get her A badge next year.
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