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Body defend decision to hire male manager for women’s team
The Football Association defended their decision yesterday to appoint Mark Sampson as head coach of England’s women’s team while aiming to raise the the number of women working in football.
Earlier in the week Kick It Out chair Lord Ouseley called Sampson’s appointment last year “an insult to all women,” after he replaced Hope Powell who had held the position for 15 years.
But the FA said they appointed Sampson, who was head coach of Women’s Super League side Bristol Academy, due to how well he would do in the dugout and not because of his gender.
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