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Audrey Cooper, FA Head of Women’s Coach Development. (Pierre Teyssot for The FA)
On the back of The FA’s announcement today about the launch of the inaugural Coaching Excellence Initiative, we had a call with The FA’s Head of Women’s Coach Development Audrey Cooper, who kindly gave some of her time to explain to the media more about the new programme.
So if you would like to read a little further about the background and aims of the initiative and the processes employed in selecting the talented candidates and mentors, then this is for you…
Cooper, who has decades of experience as both an international athlete and coach, as well as in business and then in coach development, has been with The FA for four years.
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Brighton & Hove Albion Women’s New Zealand international defender Rebekah Stott has returned to Australia for medical reasons.
The 27-year-old, who has won more than 70 caps for her country, made seven appearances for Albion having joined last summer from Melbourne City.
Stott told brightonandhovealbion.com: “I would like to inform everyone that I have returned home to Australia due to medical reasons.
“Although disappointed that I will miss the remainder of the FA WSL season, I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Brighton & Hove Albion so far and wish Hope and the girls the very best of luck for the remainder of the season.
In recent years, men’s clubs worldwide have invested in the women’s game, leading to rapid growth, but progress can come at a price. Glenn Moore investigates, for SHE KICKS, whether there remains a future for independent clubs at the heart of our sport.
History can go unnoticed when it happens. None of the 17,147 watching the 2015 Women’s Champions League final in Berlin knew they were witnessing it…
1. FFC Frankfurt won that final, Mandy Islacker’s stoppage-time goal defeating Paris Saint- Germain 2-1. It is the last time an independent women’s team will win the leading club competition, and not just because Lyon have annexed it since.