Comments on: First Female In History Managing Men’s Game Today

By: Drabik

Drabik — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:38:22 +0000

And she lost…. o dear….. back to the day job

By: Muhammed

Muhammed — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:10:59 +0000

She’s 37 given the date on her wiki, not 27.

By: Drabik

Drabik — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:07:45 +0000

Yea, they wouldn’t let some guy that worked at the burger van manage the team for raising cash, would they?

By: Cerberus

Cerberus — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:57:42 +0000

I really want to see more female managers, but yeah, this isn’t going to help and feels a little bit like insult “oh ho, we’ll let the little lady play at manager as a reward for working hard”.

By: Drabik

Drabik — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:11:53 +0000

As a footballer supporter from Eastleigh (Fisher’s next opponents), I agree with what the Eastleigh director has said, “devalues the league”. She is managing one game, as a reward for raising money, not because she has proven to be a good (wo)manager. They have a manager already, how is he going to feel if she is a success (which I sincerely hope she’s not).

I am by no means sexist, but this is clearly a publicity stunt (which is working apparently) to promote the club. She is inexperienced at levels at this competition, and I hope that eastleigh thrash them, so that Fisher look stupid for doing something like this. Maybe if she had helped coach the players in training a few times, I might accept this, but she hasn’t, so it’s going to be a failure.

By: bush

bush — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:06:43 +0000

Seriously, why ain’t there women managers? Because they just don’t care?

By: Marco P.

Marco P. — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:37:41 +0000

P.S: not sure if they changed the text since you last read it Chris, but the BBC article wasn’t/isn’t claiming she’s the first woman to manage a pro team.

Quote:

Club turnstile operator Donna Powell raised £500 for the struggling club and was rewarded with becoming the first woman to manage a Conference side.

By: Marco P.

Marco P. — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:33:27 +0000

She’s definitely NOT the first. Carolina Morace (one of the best Italian female players in history) managed Serie C1 club Viterbese in 1999 (albeit only for two games).

Oh, and in case your’re interested: Morace has also been named head coach of the Canadian Women’s National team just last week.