By Chris Wright
"Err, Stuart...you've got a bit of a 'tuft' situation going on up top pal"
It's been announced this morning that England U21 coach Stuart Pearce and England Women's
manager Hope Powell will be jointly charged with leading the Great British football team (should it
ever actually come into existence) at the London 2012 Olympic games.
By Oliver Sparrow, writing from London.
In the words of my unimpressed girlfriend as she caught me hunched in front of the computer
screen in my darkened front room: "Bloody hell. You must be desperate!"
And in a sense, I was. My girlfriend was disappointed, but I was starting to get football
withdrawal symptoms.
Today has been a very sexist one thanks to the antics of Andy Gray and Richard Keys, so
here is a fact about women's football...
In 2003, England Women's manager, Hope Powell, became the first female to achieve the
UEFA Pro Licence the highest coaching award available.
