Matt Beard walks away from Liverpool after meetings with club thereby ending his second stint in charge of the club.
Matt Beard leaves job as Liverpool manager with club seventh in WSL.
The seventh-place team in the Women’s Super League, Liverpool Women, has fired manager Matt Beard.
After leading Liverpool to consecutive WSL victories in 2013 and 2014, Beard was in his second stint as manager. When they were in the Championship in May 2021, he came back.
It is said that after extensive discussions, the 47-year-old and the club came to the decision that Beard had done everything he could to advance the team. Liverpool broke into the WSL’s “big four” by finishing above Manchester United in fourth place last season, but they haven’t been able to replicate that performance, in part due to a slew of injuries.
A Liverpool statement said: “We have all experienced some fantastic moments with Matt as manager of LFC Women and we express our gratitude for his significant contribution. Our priority was to return this team to where it belongs and we collectively achieved that in 2022 by winning promotion to the WSL.
“We need to build on that momentum and although this has been a difficult decision, we believe it provides us with the best opportunity for future success on the pitch. The search for a new manager of LFC Women is under way, with Amber Whiteley stepping into the interim manager role with immediate effect.”
Beard thanked Liverpool and their fans in a statement and said: “I am proud [of] what we managed to achieve over the last three and a half years, including promotion back to the WSL. I could not have asked for more from the players and staff, and thank them for all their sacrifice and support.”