Matt Beard was a ‘special’ man who helped transform English women’s football

There was always a smile. No matter how the game had ended, even if his team lost, Matt Beard, the former Liverpool Women’s manager who died suddenly at the age of 47 over the weekend, would always find a moment to smile.
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Goodbye Matt Beard: the Del Boy of women’s football who took Liverpool to two WSL titles | OneFootball

On a tour around Liverpool’s revamped women’s training site at Melwood in 2024, of all the grand improvements to the building that Matt Beard could have pointed out with pride, one specific addition meant more to him than any other.

BBC pundit breaks down in tears with emotional Matt Beard tribute as TV coverage paused

BBC Sport pundit Fara Williams was left in tears while paying tribute to former Liverpool Women's manager Matt Beard live on TV after his tragic death this week.

WSL: Reaction as Man Utd draw with Arsenal, plus tributes to Beard

Reaction as Manchester United and Arsenal draw 0-0 in the Women's Super League, plus tributes to former Liverpool, Chelsea and West Ham manager Matt Beard.

Matt Beard tributes: Man Utd boss Marc Skinner remembers ‘beautiful human’

Beard, who won back-to-back Women’s Super League titles with Liverpool in 2013 and 2014, died on Saturday, aged 47.
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