Wednesday 19 July 2017 22:54, UK
Brighton have appointed former England head coach Hope Powell as the club’s new women’s first-team manager.
Powell arrives at the club with a glittering coaching career, having spent 15 years in charge of England, and also managed the Great Britain Olympic Women's team in 2012.
Chief executive Paul Barber said, "Hope is someone with an outstanding record in coaching, playing and management within football - she is also someone I know well from my time at The Football Association.
"She has an incredible wealth of coaching experience at the very highest level, and had a very impressive career as a player too.
"We feel Hope is the right person to take our women's team forward, as we look to gain promotion and establish ourselves as a FA Women's Super League 1 side.
"This appointment also further demonstrates the ongoing commitment that the chairman, myself and the board of directors have in promoting women's football at the club."
Powell added: "I am delighted to be back in management at a club that has so much ambition with an amazing infrastructure both on and off the pitch.
"I have followed the club's progress closely and I was thrilled to hear news of their well-deserved promotion to the FA Women's Super League last year.
"The team had a solid campaign in this year's Spring Series, and the task is now to build a side that is capable of mounting a challenge for promotion into FA Women's Super League 1."
