Lydia Mary Bedford[1] is an English professional football coach who is the manager of Brentford's under-18 men's team.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lydia Mary Bedford | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brentford U18 (head coach) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2021–2022 | Leicester City Women | ||
| 2023 | Arsenal Women (assistant coach) | ||
| 2023– | Brentford U18 | ||
Career
editBedford began her coaching career in 2008 and earned her UEFA Pro Licence in 2019.[3]
On 30 November 2021, Leicester City announced the appointment of Bedford as the first team manager of Leicester City Women on a contract to the end of the 2021–22 season. She officially started her role as first team manager on 6 December.[3] She led Leicester to their first top-flight win in her second match in charge, winning 2–0 over Birmingham City at home.[4]
After successfully keeping the team in the top division in 2021–22 season, she signed a new two-year deal with Leicester City Women on 5 July 2022.[5] On 3 November 2022, she was replaced as manager by Willie Kirk.[6]
On 24 February 2023, Arsenal Women confirmed that Bedford had joined the club as an assistant coach.[7][8][9]
On 1 June 2023 she was appointed as new coach of Brentford's under-18 men's team, the first woman to coach at a Premier League club.[2]
Honours
editIndividual
- FA Women's Super League Manager of the Month: February 2022[10]
References
edit- ^ "Match Report" (PDF). 2017 Summer Universiade. 22 August 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Ex-Leicester women's boss named Brentford U18 coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b "LCFC Women Appoint Lydia Bedford As First Team Manager". Leicester City F.C. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "Leicester City's Lydia Bedford on navigating her first transfer window". The FA Women's Competitions. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "Lydia Bedford Agrees New Contract To Continue Journey With LCFC Women". www.lcfc.com.
- ^ "Leicester: Willie Kirk replaces Lydia Bedford as Foxes boss". BBC Sport. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Arsenal W.F.C. [@ArsenalWFC] (24 February 2023). "Joining us as an Assistant Coach...Welcome to The Arsenal, Lydia Bedford 👋" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 February 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ Stillman, Tim (24 February 2023). "Lydia Bedford joins Arsenal Women coaching staff". Arseblog. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ Pinnock, Hannah (25 February 2023). "Arsenal complete raid for former Leicester City coach Lydia Bedford". football.london. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "February Barclays FA Women's Super League monthly awards". Sky Sports. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
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