• November 23, 2024

Hannah Dingley takes charge of first game as Forest Green Rovers head coach | ‘This isn’t a gimmick’

Hannah Dingley, the first woman to take charge of an English Football League club, oversaw her opening game on Wednesday as Forest Green began their pre-season campaign with a 1-1 draw against non-League Melksham Town. Forest Green’s academy manager of four years, Dingley has stepped up on an interim basis after Duncan Ferguson’s brief reign…

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Hannah Dingley: Why Forest Green’s historic decision will ‘spark intrigue and debate’

In 2019, Sky Sports’ Adam Bate made the trip to Nailsworth in Gloucestershire to meet Hannah Dingley, the newly-appointed academy manager of Forest Green Rovers, and to speak to chairman Dale Vince about the decision to employ her in that role. Both were keen to downplay its wider significance. “It was not an issue for…

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