The Guardian - First English coach in an Olympic football final for 73 years left her north-east comfort zone to pursue a dream
Bev Priestman is a fully paid-up subscriber to the view that fortune favours the brave. “The teams and players that do great things are courageous,” says the first English coach to guide a team into an Olympic football final for 73 years.
The 35-year-old from Consett in County Durham will lead Canada out against Sweden in Tokyo on Friday hoping to match George Raynor’s achievement at Wembley in 1948. Continue reading...
