Matt Beard, former manager of Liverpool Women, dies aged 47

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Beard guided Liverpool to WSL titles in 2013 and 2014Club say they are ‘deeply shocked and saddened’The former Liverpool manager Matt Beard has died at the age of 47, the Women’s Super League club have announced. A Liverpool statement expressed the club’s deep shock and sadness at the news.Beard guided the club to two WSL titles in consecutive seasons in 2013 and 2014, in his first of two spells in charge of the club. In the second spell, he led them to promotion back to the top flight. He is the most successful manager in Liverpool’s women’s team’s history. Continue reading...