Hope Patricia Powell, CBE (born 8 December 1966) is an English former international footballer who is the coach of the England women's national football team and the Great Britain and Northern Ireland women's Olympic football team. Powell is an ‘A’ License coach and in 2003 became the first woman to achieve the UEFA Pro Licence - the highest coaching award available.

Playing career[link]

As a player, Powell won 66 caps for England, mainly as an attacking midfielder, scoring 35 goals. She made her England debut at the age of 16, and went on to play in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, England's first World Cup appearance. She was also vice-captain of her country. At club-level, she played for Millwall Lionesses for nine years and won the FA Women's Cup three times, including a league and Cup double as captain of Croydon in 1996.

Coaching career[link]

She was appointed as the first ever full-time national coach in 1998 and has led England to the 2001 European Championship, the quarter-finals of the 2005 European Championship, the 2007 World Cup Finals and the final of the 2009 European Championship. As well as managing the England Senior team, she oversees the whole set-up from Under-15s to the Under-21s, a coach mentoring scheme and The FA’s National Player Development Centre at Loughborough University.

In 2003 Powell became the first woman to be awarded the UEFA Pro Licence, studying alongside Stuart Pearce.^[1] She had become England coach in 1998, and led the national team to the final of Euro 2009 where they lost to Germany. It was speculated that Powell would become the first female manager in men's football when she was linked with the vacant managerial role at Grimsby Town F.C. in October 2009, however caretaker manager Neil Woods was appointed on a permanent basis.^[2]

Honours[link]

Powell was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2002 and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.^[3][4] In 2003 she was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in recognition of her talents.

Powell was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of East London in 2011.^[5]

Personal life[link]

Powell is a lesbian. In August, 2010, she was named in 68th place on The Independent newspaper’s Pink List of influential lesbian and gay people in the UK.^[6] During her playing career she had embarked on heterosexual relationships with men, who were "intrigued" to discover that she was a footballer.^[7]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Profile at the theFA.com
• Hope Powell at The National Football Museum Hall of Fame Pages

Hope Powell international tournaments v t e England squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Cope 2 Powell 3 Mapes 4 Britton 5 Taylor 6 Coultard 7 Spacey 8 Bampton (c) 9 Farley 10 Burke 11 Sempare 12 Davis 13 Higgs 14 Walker 15 Williams 16 Smith 17 Waller 18 Phillip 19 Fletcher 20 Easton Coach: Copeland v t e England squad – 2001 UEFA Women's European Championship 1 Cope 2 Murphy 3 Unitt 4 Easton 5 Marley (c) 6 Chapman 7 Burke 8 Proctor 9 K. Smith 10 Banks 11 S. Smith 12 White 13 Hall 14 Fletcher 15 Britton 16 Spacey 17 Yankey 18 Walker 19 Exley 20 Brown Coach: Powell v t e England squad – 2005 UEFA Women's European Championship 1 Fletcher 2 A. Scott 3 Unitt 4 Chapman 5 White (c) 6 Phillip 7 Handley 8 Williams 9 Barr 10 Westwood 11 Yankey 12 K. Smith 13 Brown 14 Carney 15 Stoney 16 Exley 17 Asante 18 Aluko 19 Johnson 20 Hall Coach: Powell v t e England squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Brown 2 A. Scott 3 Stoney 4 Chapman 5 White (c) 6 Phillip 7 Carney 8 Williams 9 Aluko 10 K. Smith 11 Yankey 12 Asante 13 Chamberlain 14 Unitt 15 S. Smith 16 J. Scott 17 Handley 18 Sanderson 19 Exley 20 Johnson 21 Telford Coach: Powell v t e England squad – 2009 UEFA Women's European Championship 1 Brown 2 A. Scott 3 Stoney 4 Williams 5 Johnson 6 Asante 7 Carney 8 Chapman 9 Aluko 10 K. Smith 11 S. Smith 12 J. Scott 13 Chamberlain 14 White (c) 15 Unitt 16 Handley 17 Sanderson 18 Westwood 19 Bassett 20 Buet 21 Clarke 22 Bardsley Coach: Powell v t e England squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Bardsley 2 A. Scott 3 Unitt 4 J. Scott 5 F. White (c) 6 Stoney 7 Clarke 8 Williams 9 E. White 10 K. Smith 11 Yankey 12 Carney 13 Brown 14 Aluko 15 Bradley 16 Houghton 17 Bassett 18 Asante 19 Susi 20 Rafferty 21 Chamberlain Coach: Powell

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Stuart Pearce

Personal information
Full name	Stuart Pearce[1]
Date of birth	(1962-04-24) 24 April 1962 (age 50)
Place of birth	Hammersmith, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Great Britain Olympic (manager) England U21 (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1978–1983	Wealdstone	176	(10)
1983–1985	Coventry City	52	(4)
1985–1997	Nottingham Forest	401	(63)
1997–1999	Newcastle United	37	(1)
1999–2001	West Ham United	42	(2)
2001–2002	Manchester City	38	(3)
Total		746	(83)
National team
1986	England U21	1	(0)
1987–1999	England	78	(5)
Teams managed
1996–1997	Nottingham Forest (caretaker)
2001–2005	Manchester City (coach)
2005–2007	Manchester City
2007–	England U21
2011–	Great Britain Olympic
2012	England (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Stuart Pearce MBE (born 24 April 1962) is an English football manager and former player. He is currently manager of the England national under-21 team and most recently been made manager of the Great Britain Olympic football team.^[2][3] As a player, Pearce captained both the England national football team and Nottingham Forest, turning out 78 times for England between 1987 and 1999.

He retired as a player in 2002 while at Manchester City. He remained with the club as a coach under Kevin Keegan's managership until being promoted to the manager's job in 2005. He was manager of the club for two years before being dismissed. He is now full-time manager of the England U-21 team, a position he previously held part-time while still Manchester City manager.

Playing career[link]

Early career[link]

Born in Shepherds Bush, London, Pearce first attended Fryent Primary School in Kingsbury, North West London before attending Claremont High School in Kenton. He failed a trial at Queens Park Rangers and then rejected an offer from Hull City, instead settling into a career in the non-league game with his local side, Wealdstone, while training and working as an electrician and plumber. For almost five years, he was the first choice full back for the team, then amongst the biggest names of non-league football in the Alliance Premier League.

Coventry City[link]

In 1983 Wealdstone received an unexpected offer of £30,000 (then a huge sum for a semi-professional player) for Pearce from then top-flight club Coventry City. Sky Blues manager Bobby Gould had been to watch Wealdstone, and was impressed by Pearce's determination and combative attitude. Pearce agreed to the step up in clubs reluctantly – making his professional debut for Coventry immediately. He established himself as an uncompromising left back who played hard but fair.

Nottingham Forest[link]

Two years later he was brought to Nottingham Forest by manager Brian Clough as the makeweight in a £300,000 deal which also saw Coventry's centre back Ian Butterworth move to Forest. Indeed, so unsure was Pearce of his footballing future that, after the transfer, he actually advertised his services as an electrician in Forest's match-day programme.

Pearce spent 12 years at Forest, most of it as club captain. During his playing career he won two League Cups and the Full Members Cup, while also scoring from a free kick in the 1991 FA Cup final, when Forest were beaten by Tottenham Hotspur. In his time at the City Ground, Pearce was one of the Forest players who had to cope with the horrors of the Hillsborough disaster during the opening minutes of their FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool. Pearce played in the rescheduled game at Old Trafford, which Liverpool won 3–1. He helped them finish third in the league that year (as they had done a year earlier), and also contributed to their victories in the Football League Cup and Full Members Cup. He helped them retain the Football League Cup a year later and in 1991 he had his first crack at the FA Cup, and despite giving Forest an early lead against Tottenham Hotspur in a game most remembered for the knee injury suffered by Pearce's opponent Paul Gascoigne, Pearce ended up on the losing side as Spurs came back to win 2–1. He was on the losing side at Wembley again the following year when Forest lost 1–0 to Manchester United in the Football League Cup final. ^[4]

Despite their relegation from the top flight in 1993, Pearce decided to stay, helping Forest to gain promotion the following season, including scoring a header to secure promotion, under new manager Frank Clark following the retirement of Brian Clough after 18 years at the helm. He helped Forest finish third in the Premier League in the season following promotion and reach the UEFA Cup quarter-finals a year later.

He was appointed caretaker player-manager of Forest in December 1996, after Clark resigned with Forest bottom of the Premier League. His first game was at home to Arsenal. He admitted in an interview with Match of the Day, that in his first attempt at picking a starting eleven, he did not realise until it was pointed out to him by his wife that he had omitted goalkeeper Mark Crossley. However Forest won the game 2–1, coming from behind after an Ian Wright goal with 2 goals from Alf-Inge Haaland.^[5] Despite winning manager of the month in January 1997, the club were relegated from the Premier League. He had relinquished managerial duties in March 1997 on the appointment of Dave Bassett.

He opted to leave the club at the end of the 1996–97 season after twelve years at the City Ground.

Later career[link]

Pearce joined Newcastle United along with fellow veterans John Barnes and Ian Rush in the 1997-98 season under Kenny Dalglish and played in the 1998 FA Cup Final, though again he emerged on the defeated side. He scored once during his spell at Newcastle, in a Champions League tie against Dynamo Kiev.^[6] Eventually Pearce was isolated, along with other players including Rob Lee and John Barnes upon Kenny Dalglish's sacking after Ruud Gullit took over. A number of players were treated coldly by Gullit, and Pearce along with Barnes and Lee were made to train with the reserves despite cumulatively having over 150 England caps between them. Both Pearce and Barnes assert in their autobiographies Gullit felt threatened by the senior players in the squad, and they felt they were being sidelined to prevent them challenging him for the manager's position should it arise. Pearce claims also that he once kicked Gullit up in the air during a training session, and a number of other players sniggered at this due to Gullit's poor relationship with them.^[7]

He went on to play for West Ham United, a year after falling out of favour with Newcastle manager Ruud Gullit. In 2001 he joined Manchester City for what would be the final season in his career. He captained the club to the First Division championship. In the final game of his career, against Portsmouth, he had the aim to reach 100 career goals.^[8] He took a penalty kick for City four minutes into injury time, but missed it along with the chance to reach his target.^[9]

Throughout his career, he was given the nickname of "Psycho" for his unforgiving style of play. This was initially a tag afforded to him only by Forest fans, though later it was adopted by England supporters too. Former England Team mate Matthew Le Tissier has since described him as his scariest opponent in his book Taking Le Tiss. Former Nottingham Forest team mate Roy Keane said he was a "Man amongst boys" at Forest. In recognition of his talents and his support for various charities, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in January 1999.^[10]

England career[link]

Debut[link]

He made his debut for England against Brazil in a 1-1 friendly draw at Wembley on 19 May 1987 at the age of 25, at the end of his second season with Nottingham Forest and his fourth as a Football League player.

He would soon become the first choice left back for his country, in so doing wresting the number three jersey from Kenny Sansom prior to Sansom's thirtieth birthday. Injury robbed him of a place as Sansom's back-up in England's squad for the 1988 European Championships, but after the tournament, coach Bobby Robson decided to make Pearce his first choice left back. He ultimately became Forest's most capped player and ended up with 78 international appearances to his name.

He finally found the net for England in his 21st senior appearance for the nation on 25 April 1990, scoring in a 4-2 friendly win over Czechoslovakia at Wembley.

1990 World Cup[link]

At the 1990 World Cup, Pearce had a goal ruled out from a free kick during a group game against the Netherlands, but played well throughout the tournament, setting up a goal for David Platt in the quarter-finals and operating as a more attacking left back than normal as England deployed a sweeper system. England progressed to the semi-finals, and Pearce was one of two players (the other being Chris Waddle) to miss a penalty in the shoot-out against West Germany after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw. Pearce left the field in tears.

The following summer, on 8 June 1991, he scored his second England goal in a 2-0 win over New Zealand during the England side's tour of Oceania. This game was his 40th appearance for England.^[11]

Euro 92[link]

Pearce played in an unsuccessful Euro 92 campaign for England, when they failed to win any of their group games. He had a free kick strike the underside of the crossbar and bounce away from goal in a drawn game against France.

1994 World Cup[link]

England's failure to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States included a mistake by Pearce, when his underhit back pass allowed forward Davide Gualtieri to score for San Marino (who at the time had never won an international game) inside the first eight seconds of their qualifier. England still won the game 7–1, but qualification was highly unlikely anyway as England needed Poland to defeat the Netherlands, but the Dutch won the game 3–1 and England were knocked out.

Euro 96[link]

When Terry Venables became England coach later in 1994, Pearce lost his place to Graeme Le Saux but then regained it after Le Saux suffered a broken leg. Pearce stayed in the side into the Euro 96 competition, laying his ghosts to rest with a successful penalty in a quarter-final shoot-out against Spain, which England won. His forceful, emotional celebration in front of an ecstatic Wembley crowd became one of English football's most celebrated images. He repeated the feat in the semi-final shoot-out against Germany but once again the Germans emerged victorious.

After the tournament, Pearce joined fellow England penalty missers Chris Waddle and Gareth Southgate (who missed in Euro 96) in a light-hearted commercial for Pizza Hut in which they poked fun at their own misfortunes.

International retirement[link]

Pearce had intended to retire from international football after Euro 96,^{[citation needed]} but new national coach Glenn Hoddle persuaded him to change his mind and he continued his international career for a few more seasons. He was not selected for the 1998 World Cup, but the appointment of Kevin Keegan to the England job and Pearce's form for West Ham prompted a recall for the 37-year-old for two qualifying games for Euro 2000. Pearce's broken leg later put paid to further international chances and he ended his international career in 1999 with 78 caps, which for a time put him in the all-time top ten appearance makers for England.

His last appearance for England was in a goalless draw in Poland on 8 September 1999 in the Euro 2000 qualifiers. His last goal had come on 8 September 1993 (when he was playing outside the top flight at club level following Nottingham Forest's relegation) in a 3-0 World Cup qualifier win over Poland.^[12]

At 37 years and 137 days, he was the third-oldest outfield player ever to appear for England (only Stanley Matthews and Leslie Compton, plus five goalkeepers, have been older).

During his one match tenure, Peter Taylor appointed Pearce as assistant manager. England played, and lost to, Italy in Turin.

Coaching career[link]

Manchester City[link]

After ending his playing career with Manchester City, he remained at the club as a coach under manager Kevin Keegan. In March 2005, less than three years after retiring, he was appointed caretaker of City after Keegan left the club.^[13] After a successful run of form, which put the club close to UEFA Cup qualification, Pearce was given the job on a permanent basis.^[14] However, they missed the opportunity to reach Europe on the final game of the season by drawing 1–1 with Middlesbrough. Robbie Fowler missed a penalty in the last minute which, if it had gone in, would have given City a UEFA Cup place.

Despite a successful start to the 2005–06 season, Man City finished 15th in the Premiership due to losing nine of the last ten games. They were also eliminated from the League Cup by League One side Doncaster Rovers. Pearce developed the reputation as being unusually fair and honest by refusing to criticise referees for mistakes they may have made.^[15] He was also touted as a potential successor for England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson.^[16]

Pearce failed to bring about an improvement in the 2006–07 season which saw Man City come close to relegation.^[17] The club were again eliminated from the League Cup by a League One team, this time by Chesterfield. The side also scored just 10 goals at home in the league, and none after New Years Day in 2007, a record low in top-flight English football.^[18] Pearce was sacked at the end of the season in May 2007.^[19]

England Under 21s[link]

In February 2007, before his sacking by Man City, Pearce had been appointed manager of the England Under-21 team,^[20] initially part-time in conjunction with his role at Man City. Under his guidance, England reached the semi-finals of the 2007 UEFA Under-21 Championships but were eliminated on penalties by the hosts, the Netherlands. This success, coupled with the ending of his job at Man City, saw him appointed as the full-time manager of the England Under-21 team in July 2007.^[21]

His role in the England set-up was extended in January 2008 when new manager Fabio Capello appointed Pearce as a coach for the senior England team in addition to his Under-21 duties.^[22]

In June 2009, he guided the England Under 21's to the final of the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championships where they lost 4–0 to Germany.^[23]

Great Britain Olympic football team[link]

On 20 October 2011, Pearce was named as the coach for the Great Britain Olympic football team.^[24] He began his role by writing to 191 players informing them of his interest in selecting them for the team. Only seven of these players ruled themselves out of contention. The players under the age of 23 who have ruled themselves in include Gareth Bale (Tottenham/Wales), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal/Wales), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea/England), Jack Rodwell (Everton/England), Jack Butland (Birmingham City/England), Josh McEachran (Chelsea/England), Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace/England), James Forrest (Celtic/Scotland), Adam Matthews (Celtic/Wales) and Jordan Rhodes (Huddersfield/Scotland). The players over the age of 23 who have ruled themselves include David Beckham (LA Galaxy/England), Ryan Giggs (Manchester United/Wales), Craig Bellamy (Liverpool/Wales), Chris Brunt (West Brom/Northern Ireland), Steven Fletcher (Wolves/Scotland), Joe Cole (Lille/England), Scott Brown (Celtic/Scotland), Michael Mancienne (Hamburg/England) and Craig Gordon (Sunderland/Scotland).^{[25][26][27][28]} A further cut was announced in April 2012, with the shortlist of eligible players reduced to around 80.^[29][30]

England[link]

On 8 February 2012, it was announced by David Bernstein that, following the resignation of Fabio Capello, Pearce would take charge of England's home friendly against the Netherlands on 29th February 2012. The match ended in a defeat for England, losing the game 3-2 after coming from 2-0 down late on to draw level, only for a late Arjen Robben goal to win the game for the Dutch.^[31]

Personal life[link]

Pearce is a devotee of punk rock and is visible as one of the members of a frenetic audience featured on the cover of a live album by one of his favourite bands, The Lurkers. Additionally, he has met The Stranglers nearly 30 times, and has had a record label named after him by the band, Psycho Records. He also enjoys reading, going to the theatre and owns racehorses with his wife, Liz.^{[citation needed]}

In 1994, Pearce was accused of directing a racial slur in Paul Ince's direction during a Nottingham Forest-Manchester United match.^[32] It was alleged Pearce called Ince an arrogant black c**t.^[33] Pearce has since admitted the offence, saying "it wasn't appropriate at the time".^[34]

In 1998, Pearce was involved in a serious car crash, when the car he was driving was crushed by a lorry overturning and landing on the roof of the car. Pearce escaped with only minor hand injuries and a stiff back.^[35]

His autobiography, Psycho, was released in 2001 and became a Sunday Times best seller.^{[citation needed]}

His brother Dennis is a British National Party activist and was third on the BNP list for London for the European Parliament election, 2009. However, in a brief statement through the FA – which has a strong anti-racism stance – Pearce said: "My brother's views are his own and do not in any way reflect mine.".^[36]

Career statistics[link]

Honours[link]

As a player[link]

Nottingham Forest

• Football League Centenary Tournament (1): 1988
• Football League Cup (2): 1988–89, 1989–90
• Full Members Cup (2): 1989, 1992

West Ham United

• Intertoto Cup (1): 1999
• Premier League Player of the Month (1): February 2001

Manchester City

• Nationwide Division One Title (1): 2001–02

Individual

• Domestic Team of the Decade – Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992/3 – 2001/2)
• Nottingham Forest Player of the Year (3): 1988–89, 1990–91, 1995–96

As a manager[link]

England U-21s

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship third place: 2007
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner up: 2009

Managerial statistics[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Stuart Pearce career stats at Soccerbase
• Stuart Pearce management career stats at Soccerbase
• Stuart Pearce profile at the League Managers Association

England squads v t e England squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Shilton 2 Stevens 3 Pearce 4 Webb 5 Walker 6 Butcher 7 Bryan Robson (c) 8 Waddle 9 Beardsley 10 Lineker 11 Barnes 12 Parker 13 Woods 14 Wright 15 Dorigo 16 McMahon 17 Platt 18 Hodge 19 Gascoigne 20 Steven 21 Bull 22 Beasant Coach: Bobby Robson v t e England squad – UEFA Euro 1992 1 Woods 2 Curle 3 Pearce 4 Keown 5 Walker 6 Wright 7 Platt 8 Steven 9 Clough 10 Lineker (c) 11 Sinton 12 Palmer 13 Martyn 14 Dorigo 15 Webb 16 Merson 17 Smith 18 Daley 19 Batty 20 Shearer Coach: Taylor v t e England squad – UEFA Euro 1996 Third Place 1 Seaman 2 G. Neville 3 Pearce 4 Ince 5 Adams (c) 6 Southgate 7 Platt 8 Gascoigne 9 Shearer 10 Sheringham 11 Anderton 12 Howey 13 Flowers 14 Barmby 15 Redknapp 16 Campbell 17 McManaman 18 Ferdinand 19 P. Neville 20 Stone 21 Fowler 22 Walker Coach: Venables v t e England squad – 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Carson 2 Hoyte 3 Baines 4 Taylor 5 Ferdinand 6 Cahill 7 Reo-Coker 8 Bentley 9 Richardson 10 Nugent 11 Young 12 Routledge 13 Hart 14 Rosenior 15 Milner 16 Lita 17 Huddlestone 18 Noble 19 Derbyshire 20 Onuoha 21 Vaughan 22 Alnwick 23 Whittingham Coach: Pearce v t e England squad – 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Hart 2 Cranie 3 Taylor 4 Cattermole 5 Stearman 6 Onuoha 7 Milner 8 Gardner 9 Agbonlahor 10 Noble 11 Johnson 12 Muamba 13 Lewis 14 Walcott 15 Rodwell 16 Tomkins 17 Richards 18 Mancienne 19 Gibbs 20 Driver 21 Campbell 22 Loach 23 Rose Coach: Pearce v t e England squad – 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Fielding 2 Mancienne 3 Bertrand 4 Muamba 5 Smalling 6 Jones 7 Albrighton 8 Henderson 9 Welbeck 10 Sturridge 11 Sinclair 12 Gibbs 13 McCarthy 14 Walker 15 Tomkins 16 Cork 17 Cleverley 18 Lansbury 19 Rodwell 20 Rose 21 Delfouneso 22 Wickham 23 Steele Coach: Pearce