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ST HELENS, England – between the sea sea during St. Hallens Stadium during the Stadium Liverpool‘S Female super league Confrontation with (WSL) Manchester UnitedThere was a particularly poignant joint.
“Liverpool was designed for Matt and Matt was designed for Liverpool,” Read the banner, the former manager of the host was displayed in a tribute to Matte Beard, who was displayed in a tribute Died in the last weekend at the age of 47 years,
Just eight days from that disastrous news, Liverpool fell to one 2-0 necklace Thanks for the goals for united on Mercesis Hinata Miazawa And Ella ToneHowever, for head coach Gareth Taylor and his players, the challenges around Sunday’s game expanded beyond matters on the pitch.
Fourteen, out of 20 players at Liverpool’s Match Destin Squad, played under the beard before being dismissed in February, after a link of disappointing results. Eight members of the team starting against United were signed by Beard, while more than half the defender Jemma Bonor200 WSL shows – a landmark that she arrived on Sunday – came under it Chelsey And in two separate mantras in Liverpool.
It was during the first period on Mercesis that both Beyard and Bonner helped give the first WSL title of the club in 2013, which they successfully defended the next season. Liverpool fans in the presence against United honored that feat in the 13th and 14th minute with the mantras of “Matt Bears Myte Reds”.
For many of those supporters, the beard was not just a football manager but a friend. After the game at the former club stadium, Penton Park – where they played by 2024, they could be found regularly after the last whistle, signing the autograph for a long time, before joining the fans for postmatch drinks at the pub next door.
It was a level of acquaintance that defined the position of the beard as one of the most high-profile and successful managers in WSL history. But, in many ways, it was an easy-going personality that separated him from his contemporaries and won the affection of so many people within the women’s game.
“It is rare to love so many players for a football manager,” Liverpool captain Grace fisk This week said in a heartfelt tribute posted on the club’s website. “He gave coaching to hundreds of players, but interacted with many more and he had this way to pull people.
“We saw how competitive he was, so loudly, a nuisance and screaming at his ears for a minute, but then 20 minutes later he was joking with you. He only had this warmth about him and he had cared a lot about people. If you were playing badly or a bad training session, he was realizing that he was really all. Was.”
Indeed, the feelings congratulating the passing sentiments of the beard say that the volume about the contribution she has made in the world of female football. London-born coach, describing them by those who knew him, managed seven different clubs in a 17-year career, and played an integral role in furthering the professionalism of women’s sports.
After leaving Liverpool in 2015, he enjoyed the in -charge of the mantra owner Side with Boston Breakers – West Ham United And Bristle cityHe re -incorporated Reds in 2021 when the club was in its lowest eb, which was re -resurrected at the second level before.
With the beard back to the hull, Liverpool immediately promoted to the top flight and rejected expectations by finishing the top four despite its limited transfer budget, in the 2023–24 season. He helped to turn the fate of Liverpool around and in doing so, left an indelible mark, not only on the club but also on the game.
“I thought [the players] Everyone introduced it beautifully, “United Boss Mark Skinner said after his team’s victory.” What would I say, though, is the time of sadness, but we need to celebrate Matt’s life. I know [Beard’s wife] Debbie was in a stand and I know that he would like to remember everyone how he was in front of everyone.
“So, I promised everyone that I would keep talking about him in my environment so that his memory will be strong. And so, as sad as it is, I think it is time to turn it into happiness and remember it in the best way because he was an incredible human.”
For Liverpool, work in hand is now clear. Reds is yet to collect a point in WSL-despite winning 5–0 against this word Sunderland In the league cup in midweek – and the need to start taking results is becoming rapid pressure.
Of course, it is very easy to achieve success at this level, but Liverpool should inspire the flexibility shown in the second half, at least, oppressed that this team is ready to fight.
“I think it’s a cracking group to work with people,” said Taylor. “I think it is super special to be in this club. Every person who works here or plays here feels, and I think there is a lot of positivity.
“Girls are excellent to work, they are really, really. I think it is clearly a lot of infection going on now; new employees, potentially new way to play. Hopefully there will be new expectations from the back side.
“It takes a little time and is trying to change the mentality of the players here. Trying to turn them into winners again, which we have already gone under Matt, is a difficult challenge.”
This challenge will continue when Liverpool costs free London City lioness Next Sunday in WSL. A win in Hayes Lane can mark the beginning of a new era under Taylor, although the memory of a person laying the foundation of the club will survive forever.
