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KATHRYN BATTE: Women's football's conservative approach to sacking managers reveals that clubs and nations persist with mediocrity, but there is also something to be said for perseverance
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April 9, 2024
KATHRYN BATTE: Pressing the panic button does not always work. Doing so raises obvious cost issues, but there is no guarantee that the replacements will be any better. And, of course, persistence is also responsible. Gareth Taylor could have been fired if Manchester City had failed to win a trophy or qualify for the Champions League last season. The club stuck by him and now has a chance to win their first WSL title in eight years.
EXCLUSIVE: Maisie Symonds fights an illness that threatens her career in order to resuming football career and pursuing England's U23 aspiration
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November 4, 2023
Maisie Symonds remembers dragging herself to Wembley to watch England triumph the Euros. The Brighton midfielder, who had played for the U19s at a European Championship two months earlier, was suffering from what she felt was a bad cold. Symonds says, 'I was adamant that I was going to the final.' "I was with my friends and they were all saying, 'Come on, you've got to come,' sort of thing.' I remember having a double espresso shot, a turmeric shot, and was only getting the painkillers down. I went to the game, enjoyed together, and the next day it all hit me.'