Club have been transformed off the field and now face battle on the pitch with London City for promotion from the Championship
The understudies in the ensemble of Les Misérables are not ordinarily interviewed by football coaches. For detail-driven Amy Merricks, the Birmingham City head coach and a lover of the West End musical, they were her prime focus during her Uefa Pro Licence dissertation on maximising squad harmony and ensuring the fringe members of a squad feel valued.
With three games to go in the Women’s Championship title battle, the time has come for Merricks’ second-placed team to formez vos bataillons as they fight with London City Lionesses for promotion to the Women’s Super League, in a race so close it is offering theatre-worthy drama. But four years ago it was very hard for anybody at Birmingham City Women to feel happy, understudies or not.
Head coach Amy Merricks at the training ground in Wast Hills.
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