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26-02-2025
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'Brave' club needed to lead way with female boss
Non-league coach Rosi Webb believes having females in charge of men's professional teams could become a norm once a club is "brave enough" to be the first to do it. Stanway Pegasus boss Webb, one of very few females in charge of a men's team in England, recently obtained a Uefa A license. It entitles her to coach teams up to the second tier of English football, but she would need a Uefa Pro license for a job in the Premier League. "There's certainly a lot of talented females out there that, first of all, hold the right qualifications but also have experience in the game," she told BBC Essex. "I think sometimes clubs aren't brave enough to do it because if they were we'd have a female (in charge of a team) already. "As soon as one club does it, it will probably start to become the norm a little bit but it will take that first club to take that step." No club has ever appointed a female manager in the top five tiers of English football, although Hannah Dingley had a two-week spell as interim boss of Forest Green Rovers in 2023 where she was head of their academy. Female coach in charge of men's team earns A licence Men's game not ready for female manager - Hayes Dingley enjoying journey after moment of history Webb believes that a female should only be appointed on merit, not on the basis of attracting headlines. "I'd like to think that there's a club out there that will give a female a job because they deserve the job," she added. "It's got to be the right fit for the club. It's like any job - whoever gets it should be the right person for the job." Webb obtained her A license 10 years on from earning her previous B qualification after studying over a period of eight months at the St George's Park national training centre in Burton-upon-Trent. "It was a bit of a relief because the course is so intense, like you'd expect it to be being a Uefa qualification," Webb said. "It took about a year to complete. "In between each block, you'd have two online calls and talk about things like tactics and strategy and you'd also have a minimum of six visits, so a coach developer would come out into your environment and watch your sessions." She continued: "There's always going to be trends in the game and we've gone from playing long to playing out (from) the back - it will be a forever evolving game and we see things now where players don't just play one position, they look to rotate. "It's also the other bits around it like analysis and injury prevention, which all inform the practices you're putting on - it's not just a case of turning up and putting sessions on, you have to take into account everything that comes along with it." Stanway face Framlingham this weekend and are hoping to go one better than the last two seasons when they lost out in the Eastern Counties League Division One North play-offs. Given her current level of qualification permits her to coach up to Championship level, Webb was asked whether she would fancy coaching a club like leaders Leeds United one day. She replied: "Not sure about Leeds United but certainly that's probably the aim in around that kind of standard at some point, I guess." Get the latest WSL news on our dedicated page
BBC News
26-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Brave' club needed to lead way with female boss
Non-league coach Rosi Webb believes having females in charge of men's professional teams could become a norm once a club is "brave enough" to be the first to do Pegasus boss Webb, one of very few females in charge of a men's team in England, recently obtained a Uefa A entitles her to coach teams up to the second tier of English football, but she would need a Uefa Pro license for a job in the Premier League."There's certainly a lot of talented females out there that, first of all, hold the right qualifications but also have experience in the game," she told BBC Essex."I think sometimes clubs aren't brave enough to do it because if they were we'd have a female (in charge of a team) already."As soon as one club does it, it will probably start to become the norm a little bit but it will take that first club to take that step." No club has ever appointed a female manager in the top five tiers of English football, although Hannah Dingley had a two-week spell as interim boss of Forest Green Rovers in 2023 where she was head of their academy. Webb believes that a female should only be appointed on merit, not on the basis of attracting headlines."I'd like to think that there's a club out there that will give a female a job because they deserve the job," she added."It's got to be the right fit for the club. It's like any job - whoever gets it should be the right person for the job."Webb obtained her A license 10 years on from earning her previous B qualification after studying over a period of eight months at the St George's Park national training centre in Burton-upon-Trent."It was a bit of a relief because the course is so intense, like you'd expect it to be being a Uefa qualification," Webb said. "It took about a year to complete."In between each block, you'd have two online calls and talk about things like tactics and strategy and you'd also have a minimum of six visits, so a coach developer would come out into your environment and watch your sessions."She continued: "There's always going to be trends in the game and we've gone from playing long to playing out (from) the back - it will be a forever evolving game and we see things now where players don't just play one position, they look to rotate."It's also the other bits around it like analysis and injury prevention, which all inform the practices you're putting on - it's not just a case of turning up and putting sessions on, you have to take into account everything that comes along with it."Stanway face Framlingham this weekend and are hoping to go one better than the last two seasons when they lost out in the Eastern Counties League Division One North her current level of qualification permits her to coach up to Championship level, Webb was asked whether she would fancy coaching a club like leaders Leeds United one replied: "Not sure about Leeds United but certainly that's probably the aim in around that kind of standard at some point, I guess."
BBC News
24-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Female coach in charge of men's team earns A licence
Non-league Stanway Pegasus have hailed head coach Rosi Webb as "remarkable" after she obtained a Uefa A is one of very few female coaches in charge of a men's team in England, having been appointed by Stanway in team are second in Eastern Counties League Division One North after winning 22 of their 29 games this season."Since joining the club Rosi Webb has secured promotion, taken the team to the play-offs twice and is on track for a third in consecutive seasons, reached last 32 of the FA Vase and helped develop players to push on higher," Stanway posted on X., external"More than worthy of an A Licence, remarkable coach!"Webb is also development officer at the FA Women's High Performance Football Centre based at the University Of Essex, which was opened in September 2022. Holders of an A licence are eligible to coach men's teams up to and including the second tier - but need a Pro licence to do so in the top year the Football Association had its first all-female cohort for an A licence course, external, including several international players like Steph Houghton, Beth Mead, Karen Bardsley and Izzy Christiansen. Hannah Dingley was appointed Forest Green Rovers caretaker manager in 2023 but a woman has never been permanently appointed manager of a men's team in the top five tiers of English 2012, then England manager Hope Powell said more and more female coaches were coming through with the "credentials" to work in the Premier last year former Chelsea boss Emma Hayes, now in charge of the US national team, said the men's game was still not ready to appoint female managers."I've said this a million times over – you can find a female pilot, a female doctor, a female lawyer, a female banker, but you can't find a female coach working in the men's game, leading men. It just shows you how much work there is to be done," she accepted in men's football has not been straightforward for Webb and only last month, Stanway complained to Haverhill Rovers after she was the target of "derogatory comments" from supporters, the club saying it was "sad" to see in the modern after earning her latest qualification, she posted on X on Monday: "Completing my A Licence has always been a personal goal and while it may just be a certificate it represents so much more to me."It's confirmation that hard work and countless hours out on the grass has paid off and gives me the confidence to keep pushing on without hesitation."
