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The Independent
04-05-2025
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- The Independent
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City LIVE: Women's Super League latest score, goals and updates from fixture
The new Women's Super League marks the start of a new era for reigning champions Chelsea, with long-serving boss Emma Hayes having departed in summer to start a new adventure with the USA Women's team. Last year they just about did enough to claim the title on goal difference ahead of Manchester City, while Arsenal will again hope to make it a three-horse race for the WSL title. Meanwhile Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham will hope to progress after further rebuilding this summer. Crystal Palace were promoted to replace Bristol City in the top flight, while on a wider note, the league is now under the management and operation of a new organisation set up to lead women's football towards further growth and progression, with Nikki Doucet overseeing both the WSL and Championship in a new phase for the game. Crystal Palace vs Leicester City Offside, Leicester City Women. Saori Takarada is caught offside. 4 May 2025 15:39 Crystal Palace vs Leicester City Attempt blocked. Shannon O'Brien (Leicester City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Asmita Ale with a cross. 4 May 2025 15:37 Crystal Palace vs Leicester City Corner, Leicester City Women. Conceded by Abbie Larkin. 4 May 2025 15:36 Crystal Palace vs Leicester City Delay over. They are ready to continue. 4 May 2025 15:35 Crystal Palace vs Leicester City Delay in match because of an injury Shannon O'Brien (Leicester City Women). 4 May 2025 15:32 Crystal Palace vs Leicester City Attempt missed. Molly-Mae Sharpe (Crystal Palace Women) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Abbie Larkin with a cross. 4 May 2025 15:31 Crystal Palace vs Leicester City Corner, Crystal Palace Women. Conceded by Asmita Ale. 4 May 2025 15:31 Crystal Palace vs Leicester City Delay over. They are ready to continue. 4 May 2025 15:30 Crystal Palace vs Leicester City Substitution, Leicester City Women. Nelly Las replaces Hannah Cain because of an injury. 4 May 2025 15:30 4 May 2025 15:30
The Independent
26-03-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Willie Kirk struggling for ‘second chance' in women's football after relationship with player: ‘Feels like a jail term'
Former Leicester City Women head coach Willie Kirk says he is struggling to get a 'second chance' in football after being dismissed from his post when admitting to being in a relationship with a player. Kirk was let go from Leicester in March 2024 after an internal investigation found that he had breached the Women's Super League club's code of conduct. He was suspended before Leicester's FA Cup quarter-final against Liverpool last term and missed three games before being sacked. Personal relationships between players and coaches in women's football can create a power imbalance and have been criticised widly including from Lionesses coach Sarina Wiegman. Since his dismissal, Kirk has applied for coaching roles at other WSL clubs but claims he 'never got one interview' and that his ostracism from the game 'feels like a jail term'. "I have applied for every WSL and Championship vacancy since I lost my job, apart from Arsenal and Manchester City," Kirk told BBC Sport. "I never got one interview. I let myself down in terms of what happened at Leicester. I understand why clubs haven't wanted to get involved, I can see why people will be upset. "But in the grand scheme of things I've not committed a serious crime. There is no jail term, but it feels like there has been a jail term." The 46-year-old knows what he did was wrong and that he broke rules that are in place to safeguard both players and staff. "I knew there was a code of conduct, I signed it like everyone else," Kirk said. "As first-team manager you are there to lead by example and that is why I have never said I shouldn't have been sacked. "Sometimes I think I should have denied it and taken it to the grave, but I don't think that would have sat well with me. I admitted it and that was it. "It was quite public [his dismissal], I hope people think 'we cannot do this'. I have learned a hell of a lot and you never want to go through a year like I have been through. 'It affects everything - your professional life, your personal life, your finances, your emotional well-being." Kirk spent 14 years in the women's game managing Leicester, Everton, Bristol City and Hibernian. He is currently studying for a masters degree in sporting directorship in the hopes of being accepted to a different role within football. He added: "It will never be acceptable, but when will it be accepted? Obviously I'm going to say this about myself when I am trying to find a job, but the statistics show there is a good manager out of work. "I get it, but when will somebody say enough is enough, this person deserves a second chance?"
BBC News
26-03-2025
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- BBC News
'I've not committed a serious crime, there's no jail term, but it feels like one'
One year on from being sacked as Leicester City Women manager, after admitting he was in a relationship with a player, Willie Kirk wants a second 46-year-old was dismissed on 28 March 2024 with the Women's Super League club saying he breached the team's code of knows what he did was wrong and while he is still happily in a relationship with the player, and they have lived together since August, the Scot remains out of work."I have applied for every WSL and Championship vacancy since I lost my job, apart from Arsenal and Manchester City," Kirk told BBC Sport. "I never got one interview."I let myself down in terms of what happened at Leicester. I understand why clubs haven't wanted to get involved, I can see why people will be upset."But in the grand scheme of things I've not committed a serious crime. There is no jail term, but it feels like there has been a jail term."Kirk has spent 14 years in the women's game and previously managed Everton, Bristol City and Hibernian. He was Casey Stoney's assistant at Manchester United for six taking charge of Leicester, he was the club's director of football and while he feels he has unfinished business on the touchline, he is open to a similar role and is currently studying for a masters degree in sporting directorship."I'm really keen to get back into the game," Kirk said. "In what capacity I am open to that, be it the women's game or the men's game."I have not ticked all the boxes that I wanted to tick in terms of being a head coach and achieving what I want to achieve."I have done enough in the game to deserve a second chance, but it's not me that is going to decide that. I need to keep doing what I am doing. Keep applying, keep working on myself. It's frustrating but it's also understandable." 'I have never said I shouldn't have been sacked' Kirk was initially suspended by Leicester on 8 March, 2024 - the eve of the club's FA Cup quarter-final against Liverpool - to "assist with an internal process" after a complaint was lodged from someone outside the missed three games before being sacked after the conclusion of an relationships between players and coaches in women's football have been criticised for potentially creating a power imbalance in a are not illegal as long as no minors are involved, albeit they can breach codes of WSL club has their own code of conduct and every club must have a safeguarding officer in place."I knew there was a code of conduct, I signed it like everyone else," Kirk said. "As first-team manager you are there to lead by example and that is why I have never said I shouldn't have been sacked."I got pulled into a meeting on the Friday, 30 minutes before training and was questioned about it."Sometimes I think I should have denied it and taken it to the grave, but I don't think that would have sat well with me. I admitted it and that was it."Kirk was separated from his ex-wife when the relationship began, which was when the player suffered an injury. The pair travelled to Italy together in the February international break and the club were made aware shortly accepts a line had been crossed and said if he had his time again things would have been done differently."At the time of the investigation, we had already called it off," Kirk recalled. "We said 'we have taken this too far, this is too close for comfort, we need to put this on the back-burner until the end of the season and then one of us leave the club. If we still feel this way we can do something about it'."Kirk was on a permanent contract when he was sacked but did not receive any compensation because the club found him to have committed gross has only been to two Leicester games since his exit and regrets the manner of his departure."I never saw the staff, never saw the players," Kirk added. I wanted the chance to apologise to everybody face-to-face. I think they would have felt very let down." Men's game could offer 'clean break' Kirk is not the first women's football manager to start a relationship with a player, but he hopes he is the last."It was quite public," he said of his dismissal. "I hope people think 'we cannot do this'."I have learned a hell of a lot and you never want to go through a year like I have been through. It affects everything - your professional life, your personal life, your finances, your emotional well-being."Kirk continues to co-parent his four-year-old son with his ex-wife and has applied for roles abroad that would allow him to continue to do hasn't ruled out international management and would drop lower down the leagues for the right project. Though his preference is to return to the women's game, he knows his chances of a fresh start could lie elsewhere."Being part of the evolution of the game, I just want to remain part of it," he said."It feels I would be allowed to go and do my job and wouldn't be prejudiced against if I get into the men's game and it would be a clean break."Kirk is remorseful but remains hopeful a club will give him an opportunity in the near said: "It will never be acceptable, but when will it be accepted? Obviously I'm going to say this about myself when I am trying to find a job, but the statistics show there is a good manager out of work."I get it, but when will somebody say enough is enough, this person deserves a second chance?"
Yahoo
05-03-2025
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Chelsea vs Leicester City LIVE: Women's Super League latest score, goals and updates from fixture
The new Women's Super League marks the start of a new era for reigning champions Chelsea, with long-serving boss Emma Hayes having departed in summer to start a new adventure with the USA Women's team. Last year they just about did enough to claim the title on goal difference ahead of Manchester City, while Arsenal will again hope to make it a three-horse race for the WSL title. Meanwhile Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham will hope to progress after further rebuilding this summer. Crystal Palace were promoted to replace Bristol City in the top flight, while on a wider note, the league is now under the management and operation of a new organisation set up to lead women's football towards further growth and progression, with Nikki Doucet overseeing both the WSL and Championship in a new phase for the game. Follow the live action below as Chelsea face Leicester City today in the WSL: Chelsea FC Women 2 - 1 Leicester City FC 21:07 Foul by Maika Hamano (Chelsea Women). 21:07 Attempt missed. Janice Cayman (Leicester City Women) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Saori Takarada with a headed pass following a set piece situation. 21:07 Foul by Maika Hamano (Chelsea Women). 21:03 Substitution, Chelsea Women. Erin Cuthbert replaces Oriane Jean-François. 21:01 Attempt missed. Mayra Ramírez (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Johanna Rytting Kaneryd. 21:01 Hand ball by Mayra Ramírez (Chelsea Women). 20:59 Attempt saved. Janice Cayman (Leicester City Women) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved. 20:59 Substitution, Leicester City Women. Deanne Rose replaces Shannon O'Brien. 20:59 Substitution, Leicester City Women. Nelly Las replaces Missy Goodwin. 20:57 Attempt missed. Maika Hamano (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Johanna Rytting Kaneryd. 20:55 Attempt missed. Maika Hamano (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Agnes Beever-Jones. 20:53 Attempt saved. Mayra Ramírez (Chelsea Women) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. 20:55 Attempt saved. Wieke Kaptein (Chelsea Women) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. 20:55 Attempt blocked. Mayra Ramírez (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Maika Hamano. 20:51 Offside, Chelsea Women. Mayra Ramírez is caught offside. 20:49 Attempt missed. Hannah Cain (Leicester City Women) right footed shot from the right side of the box. 20:49 Foul by Millie Bright (Chelsea Women). 20:49 Substitution, Chelsea Women. Ashley Lawrence replaces Nathalie Björn. 20:48 Substitution, Chelsea Women. Wieke Kaptein replaces Catarina Macário. 20:48 Delay over. They are ready to continue. 20:48 Delay in match (Chelsea Women). 20:47 Goal! Chelsea Women 2, Leicester City Women 1. Nicole Momiki (Leicester City Women) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Asmita Ale. 20:45 Offside, Leicester City Women. Hannah Cain is caught offside. 20:43 Goal! Chelsea Women 2, Leicester City Women 0. Agnes Beever-Jones (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mayra Ramírez. 20:42 Foul by Hannah Cain (Leicester City Women). 20:39 Attempt missed. Maika Hamano (Chelsea Women) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Johanna Rytting Kaneryd following a fast break. 20:37 Second Half begins Chelsea Women 1, Leicester City Women 0. 20:22 First Half ends, Chelsea Women 1, Leicester City Women 0. 20:22 Attempt blocked. Julie Thibaud (Leicester City Women) header from the centre of the box is blocked. 20:21 Corner, Leicester City Women. Conceded by Millie Bright. 20:20 Corner, Chelsea Women. Conceded by Sophie Howard. 20:20 Attempt blocked. Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. 20:20 Attempt blocked. Missy Goodwin (Leicester City Women) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hannah Cain with a cross. 20:17 Foul by Millie Bright (Chelsea Women). 20:16 Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time. 20:16 Attempt blocked. Maika Hamano (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Catarina Macário. 20:15 Attempt missed. Catarina Macário (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick. 20:15 Shannon O'Brien (Leicester City Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 20:15 Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Chelsea Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 20:15 Corner, Chelsea Women. Conceded by Missy Goodwin. 20:12 Substitution, Leicester City Women. Saori Takarada replaces Ruby Mace because of an injury. 20:12 Delay over. They are ready to continue. 20:09 Delay in match because of an injury Ruby Mace (Leicester City Women). 20:04 Attempt saved. Janice Cayman (Leicester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is saved. 20:00 Attempt missed. Mayra Ramírez (Chelsea Women) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Catarina Macário with a cross following a corner. 20:00 Corner, Chelsea Women. Conceded by Missy Goodwin. 20:00 Attempt blocked. Agnes Beever-Jones (Chelsea Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Niamh Charles. 19:56 Corner, Chelsea Women. Conceded by Julie Thibaud. 19:48 Foul by Julie Thibaud (Leicester City Women). 19:48 Foul by Catarina Macário (Chelsea Women). 19:44 Attempt missed. Mayra Ramírez (Chelsea Women) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Oriane Jean-François. 19:44 Attempt saved. Janice Cayman (Leicester City Women) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Shannon O'Brien. 19:40 Corner, Chelsea Women. Conceded by Julie Thibaud. 19:39 Goal! Chelsea Women 1, Leicester City Women 0. Catarina Macário (Chelsea Women) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. 19:38 Ruby Mace (Leicester City Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 19:38 Catarina Macário (Chelsea Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 19:38 Attempt blocked. Catarina Macário (Chelsea Women) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Johanna Rytting Kaneryd. 19:33 Foul by Catarina Macário (Chelsea Women). 19:31 First Half begins. 19:00 Lineups are announced and players are warming up. 17:30 Follow live football coverage with The Independent today. Whether it's Premier League, Champions League, a European Championship or the World Cup we will keep you up to date with everything you need to know. We will have all the latest scores, goals and updates plus analysis and reaction throughout the game here.
BBC News
31-01-2025
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- BBC News
Leicester sign teenage forward Torres on loan
Leicester City Women have completed the loan signing of forward Karla Torres from Independiente Santa 18-year-old Colombian international is Leicester's third signing of the January transfer joins Leicester until the end of the 2024-25 campaign and will be available for the FA Cup fixture against Manchester City on Sunday, 9 scored 12 goals in 27 league appearances for Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia's top flight. The deal is subject to visa, league and international signed striker Hlin Eiriksdottir from Swedish side Kristianstads on a two-and-a-half-year deal on also brought in Wales goalkeeper Olivia Clark to replace Lize Kop, who left to join Tottenham, earlier in the window.
